Similarity and differences in the Lactobacillus acidophilus group identified by polyphasic analysis and comparative genomics

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1311-1321

  Berger, Bernard ^a   Pridmore, R David ^a   Barretto, Caroline ^a   Delmas Julien, Françoise ^a   Schreiber, Kerstin ^a   Arigoni, Fabrizio ^a   Brüssow, Harald ^a  

^a NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CELL FUNCTION; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; COMPUTER MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA REPLICATION; FLUORESCENCE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HYBRIDIZATION; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII; LACTOBACILLUS GASSERI; LACTOBACILLUS JOHNSONII; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHAGE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SYNTENY; TAXONOMY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII; LACTOBACILLUS GASSERI; LACTOBACILLUS JOHNSONII;

EID: 33846931503     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01393-06     Document Type: Conference Paper

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