Short title of the paper … Paenibacillus sp. TAB 01, a laboratory contaminant of cotton tissue culture and a potential novel species within the genus Paenibacillus was sequenced using Oxford Nanopore technology. The genome was 7.46 Mb with a G+C content of 52.14%, comprising 7,353 total genes, including 6,553 coding DNA sequences (CDS) and 159 RNA sequences, including 109 tRNA genes, 46 rRNA genes, and two CRISPR regions. In addition, the genome contains 6,553 protein sequences.