In silico prediction of horizontal gene transfer events in Lactobacillus bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus reveals protocooperation in yogurt manufacturing

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 4120-4129

  Liu, Mengjin ^a,b   Siezen, Roland J ^b,c,d   Nauta, Arjen ^a  

^a FRIESLANDCAMPINA   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NIZO FOOD RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d TOP INSTITUTE FOOD AND NUTRITION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATED FEATURE; BACTERIAL SPECIES; BIOSYNTHESIS GENES; CO-EVOLUTION; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; FUNCTIONAL ASPECTS; GENE CLUSTERS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; IN-SILICO; LACTOBACILLUS BULGARICUS; LACTOBACILLUS HELVETICUS; PROTOCOOPERATION; STARTER CULTURES; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; THERMOPHILUS; TRANSFER MECHANISMS;

AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOCHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS; GENE TRANSFER; GENES; ORGANIC ACIDS; POLYSACCHARIDES; STARTERS; SULFUR;

DAIRY PRODUCTS;

EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; SULFUR; YOGHURT;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIUM; COEXISTENCE; GENE TRANSFER; MILK; OPTIMIZATION; POLYSACCHARIDE; THERMOPHILY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS BULGARICUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOMICS; LACTOBACILLUS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; YOGURT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII SUBSP. BULGARICUS; LACTOBACILLUS HELVETICUS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 67149096084     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02898-08     Document Type: Article

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