Extensive intra-phylotype diversity in lactobacilli and bifidobacteria from the honeybee gut

BMC Genomics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Ellegaard, Kirsten M ^a   Tamarit, Daniel ^a   Javelind, Emelie ^a   Olofsson, Tobias C ^b   Andersson, Siv G E ^a   Vásquez, Alejandra ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bifidobacteria; Comparative genomics; Firmicutes; Lactic acid bacteria; Lactobacillus spp; Niche specialization; Phosphotransferase systems

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; RNA 16S; BACTERIAL DNA;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; APIS MELLIFERA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIFIDOBACTERIACEAE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME MODIFICATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FERMENTATION; FIRMICUTES; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HONEYBEE; INTESTINE; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS HELSINGBORGENSIS; LACTOBACILLUS KIMBLADII; LACTOBACILLUS KULLABERGENSIS; LACTOBACILLUS MELLIFER; LACTOBACILLUS MELLIS; LACTOBACILLUS MELLIVENTRIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STEM CELL NICHE; SYNTENY; ANIMAL; BEE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEAT; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FIRMICUTES; LACTOBACILLUS;

ANIMALS; BEES; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEATS; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; INTESTINES; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROBIOTA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84930640210     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12864-015-1476-6     Document Type: Article

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