Distribution of megaplasmids in Lactobacillus salivarius and other Lactobacilli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 6128-6139

  Li, Yin ^a,b   Canchaya, Carlos ^a   Fang, Fang ^a   Raftis, Emma ^a   Ryan, Kieran A ^a   Van Pijkeren, Jan Peter ^a   Van Sinderen, Douwe ^a   O'Toole, Paul W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; GROEL GENE; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS ACETOTOLERANS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDIPISCIS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS AGILIS; LACTOBACILLUS AMYLOVORUS; LACTOBACILLUS ANIMALIS; LACTOBACILLUS ANTRI; LACTOBACILLUS AVIARIUS; LACTOBACILLUS AVIARIUS ARAFFINOSUS; LACTOBACILLUS BIFERMENTANS; LACTOBACILLUS BREVIS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LACTOBACILLUS CRISPATUS; LACTOBACILLUS CURVATUS; LACTOBACILLUS CYPRICASEI; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII BULGARICUS; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII LACTIS; LACTOBACILLUS EQUI; LACTOBACILLUS FERMENTUM; LACTOBACILLUS GALLINARUM; LACTOBACILLUS GASSERI; LACTOBACILLUS GASTRICUS; LACTOBACILLUS GRAMINI; LACTOBACILLUS HAMSTERI; LACTOBACILLUS HELVETICUS; LACTOBACILLUS INGLUVIEI; LACTOBACILLUS INTESTINALIS; LACTOBACILLUS JOHNSONII; LACTOBACILLUS KALIXENSIS; LACTOBACILLUS KITASATONIS; LACTOBACILLUS MALEFERMENTANS; LACTOBACILLUS MINDENSIS; LACTOBACILLUS MUCOSAE; LACTOBACILLUS MURINUS; LACTOBACILLUS ORIS; LACTOBACILLUS PANTHERIS; LACTOBACILLUS PARABUCHNERI; LACTOBACILLUS PARACASEI; LACTOBACILLUS PARAPLANTARUM; LACTOBACILLUS PENTOSUS; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; LACTOBACILLUS RUMINIS; LACTOBACILLUS SAERIMNERI; LACTOBACILLUS SAKEI; LACTOBACILLUS SALIVARIUS; LACTOBACILLUS SOBRIUS; LACTOBACILLUS ULTUNENSIS; LACTOBACILLUS VACCINOSTERCUS; LACTOBACILLUS VAGINALIS; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPA GENE; REPE GENE; REPLICON;

AGED; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GROEL PROTEIN; HUMANS; INFANT; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; REPLICATION ORIGIN; REPLICATION PROTEIN A; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS SALIVARIUS;

EID: 34548486020     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00447-07     Document Type: Article

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