Genomic features of Lactobacillus species

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1362-1386

  Goh, Yong Jun ^a   Klaenhammer, Todd R ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional genomics; Genome; Lactic acid bacteria; Lactobacillus; Probiotic; Review

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS;

BACTERIAL GENOME; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; LACTOBACILLUS; REVIEW;

EVOLUTION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; LACTOBACILLUS;

EID: 63849107393     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/3313     Document Type: Article

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