Comparative genomics and transcriptional analysis of prophages identified in the genomes of Lactobacillus gasseri, Lactobacillus salivanus, and Lactobacillus casei

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 3130-3146

  Ventura, Marco ^a,b   Canchaya, Carlos ^a   Bernini, Valentina ^b   Altermann, Eric ^c   Barrangou, Rodolphe ^c   McGrath, Stephen ^a   Claesson, Marcus J ^a   Li, Yin ^a   Leahy, Sinead ^a   Walker, Carey D ^d   Zink, Ralf ^e   Neviani, Erasmo ^b   Steele, Jim ^f   Broadbent, Jeff ^g   Klaenhammer, Todd R ^c   Fitzgerald, Gerald F ^a   O'Toole, Paul W ^a   Van Sinderen, Douwe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Chr Hansen Inc   (United States)

^e Department of Nutrition and Health ^*  (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^g UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MICROBIOLOGY; RNA;

GENOMICS; PROPHAGE SEQUENCES; SOUTHERN BLOT HYBRIDIZATION;

BACTERIOLOGY;

BACTERIUM; EVOLUTION; GENOME; HYBRIDIZATION; PHYLOGENY;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME ANALYSIS; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LACTOBACILLUS GASSERI; LACTOBACILLUS SALIVARIUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROPHAGE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOME, VIRAL; GENOMICS; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROPHAGES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIPHOVIRIDAE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRAL PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI ATCC 334; LACTOBACILLUS GASSERI; LACTOBACILLUS GASSERI ATCC 33323; LACTOBACILLUS SALIVARIUS; LACTOBACILLUS SALIVARIUS SUBSP. SALIVARIUS; SIPHOVIRIDAE;

EID: 33646572506     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.72.5.3130-3146.2006     Document Type: Article

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