Publication Date:
2015-10-01
Description:
Article Lactobacillus is a lactic acid bacteria and has a wide range of application from use in probiotic food production to biotherapeutics. Here, the authors sequence and compare the genomes of 213 different Lactobacillus strains and related genera, and provide new insight into phylogenomic organization and adaptive immunity elements in this bacteria family. Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/ncomms9322 Authors: Zhihong Sun, Hugh M. B. Harris, Angela McCann, Chenyi Guo, Silvia Argimón, Wenyi Zhang, Xianwei Yang, Ian B Jeffery, Jakki C. Cooney, Todd F. Kagawa, Wenjun Liu, Yuqin Song, Elisa Salvetti, Agnieszka Wrobel, Pia Rasinkangas, Julian Parkhill, Mary C. Rea, Orla O’Sullivan, Jarmo Ritari, François P. Douillard, R. Paul Ross, Ruifu Yang, Alexandra E. Briner, Giovanna E. Felis, Willem M. de Vos, Rodolphe Barrangou, Todd R. Klaenhammer, Page W. Caufield, Yujun Cui, Heping Zhang, Paul W. O’Toole
Electronic ISSN:
2041-1723
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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