| Literature DB >> 23645200 |
Christian Milani1, Sabrina Duranti, Gabriele Andrea Lugli, Francesca Bottacini, Francesco Strati, Stefania Arioli, Elena Foroni, Francesca Turroni, Douwe van Sinderen, Marco Ventura.
Abstract
Strains of Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis are extensively exploited by the food industry as health-promoting bacteria, although the genetic variability of members belonging to this taxon has so far not received much scientific attention. In this article, we describe the complete genetic makeup of the B. animalis subsp. lactis Bl12 genome and discuss the genetic relatedness of this strain with other sequenced strains belonging to this taxon. Moreover, a detailed comparative genomic analysis of B. animalis subsp. lactis genomes was performed, which revealed a closely related and isogenic nature of all currently available B. animalis subsp. lactis strains, thus strongly suggesting a closed pan-genome structure of this bacterial group.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 23645200 PMCID: PMC3697524 DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00984-13
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Appl Environ Microbiol ISSN: 0099-2240 Impact factor: 4.792