Complete genome sequence of the prototype lactic acid bacterium Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris MG1363

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 3256-3270

  Wegmann, Udo ^a   O'Connell Motherway, Mary ^b   Zomer, Aldert ^b,c   Buist, Girbe ^c,e   Shearman, Claire ^a   Canchaya, Carlos ^b   Ventura, Marco ^b   Goesmann, Alexander ^d   Gasson, Michael J ^a   Kuipers, Oscar P ^c   Van Sinderen, Douwe ^b   Kok, Jan ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOINFORMATICS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATE TRANSPORT; CARBON UTILIZATION; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS CREMORIS; LYSOGENIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHAGE; PSEUDOGENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

BACILLUS PHAGES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOME, VIRAL; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; PROPHAGES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS SUBSP. CREMORIS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS SUBSP. LACTIS IL1403; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 34247854960     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01768-06     Document Type: Article

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