ABSTRACTBacillussp. strain KICET-1, a bacterium isolated from traditional Korean soybean paste (Doenjang) at Osong, has one 4,099,652-bp DNA chromosome. The G+C content is 46.1%, and KICET-1 shares 99.64% similarity withBacillus velezensisCR-502T(AY603658), according to phylogenetic classification based on 16S rRNA gene sequences.