Subject area	biology
More specific subject area	promoter sequences
Type of data	text file
How data was acquired	script developed in Python
Data format	Raw
Experimental factors	not applicable
Experimental features	We collected the genome and promoter sequences recognized by B. subtilis sigma factors. The data (767 promoter sequences) obtained were validated by a software called BacSVM+ which simulates the prediction of promoters in B. subtilis bacteria.
Data source location	not applicable
Data accessibility	http://bacpp.bioinfoucs.com/rafael/Sigmas.zip
Related research article	Silva et al. [18].