The geothermal zone of Araró, México, is located within the trans-Mexican volcanic belt, an area with numerous arsenic (As)-rich hot springs. In this study, the draft genome sequence of two endemic Bacillus strains (ZAP17 and ZAP62) from Araró microbial mat hot springs was determined, which were able to grow on arsenate As(V) (up to 64 mM) and arsenite As(III) (up to 32 mM). Phylogenetic analysis based on 16 S rRNA and gyrB sequences, as well as genome sequence analysis based on average nucleotide identity (>96 %) and digital DNA-DNA hybridization (>70 %), indicated that these strains belong to the Bacillus paralicheniformis ZAP17 and Bacillus altitudinis ZAP62. Furthermore, through genome mining, it was identified two arsenic resistance operons, arsRBC, and arsRBCDA in both strains as potential determinants of As resistance. Predicted ArsA (arsenial pump-driving ATPase), ArsB (Arsenical efflux pump protein), ArsC (Arsenate reductase), ArsD (Arsenical efflux pump protein) and ArsR (Metalloregulator/ars operon repressor) proteins, clearly grouped with their respective clades corresponding to other characterized bacterial species, mainly Firmicutes. To further evaluate the functionality of the ars operons in ZAP17 and ZAP62 strains, our results showed that arsRBC and arsRBCDA genes were expressed in the presence of As(III). Finally, the presence of ars operons in the genome of Bacillus species residing in As-rich environments, such as the Araró hot springs, might be a potential mechanism to survive under such harsh conditions.
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