show Abstracthide AbstractTo understand the contribution of bacteria to the global biogeochemical cycles of chemical elements (arsenic, bromine, and iodine), we performed whole-genome shotgun sequencing on bacterial strains isolated from soils and marine sediments. Draft genome sequences of an arsenate-reducing bacterium Tepidibacillus sp. HK-1. Draft genome sequences of a bromate-reducing bacterium Rhodococcus sp. Br-6. Draft genome sequences of an iodine-accumulating bacterium Arenibacter sp. C-21.Draft genome sequences of an iodide-oxidizing bacterium Roseovarius sp. A-2.Draft genome sequences of an arsenite-oxidizing bacterium Sinorhizobium sp. KGO-5.Draft genome sequences of an iodate-reducing bacterium Pseudomonas sp. SCT.Draft genome sequences of an antimonate-reducing bacterium Geobacter sp. SbR.Draft genome sequences of a bromate-reducing bacterium Shewanella sp. M-Br.