Comparative genome analysis of the candidate functional starter culture strains Lactobacillus fermentum 222 and Lactobacillus plantarum 80 for controlled cocoa bean fermentation processes

BMC Genomics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Illeghems, Koen ^a   De Vuyst, Luc ^a   Weckx, Stefan ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

454 pyrosequencing; Cocoa bean fermentation; Functional starter cultures; Lactobacillus fermentum; Lactobacillus plantarum

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ARGININE DEIMINASE; BACTERIOCIN; CYSTATHIONINE BETA LYASE; FRUCTOSE; FUMARATE HYDRATASE; GENOMIC DNA; GLUTAMINE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; METHIONINE; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; SORBOSE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BASE PAIRING; BEAN; CACAO; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEAT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECARBOXYLATION; FERMENTATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; LACTOBACILLUS FERMENTUM; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; NONHUMAN; NOX GENE; OPERON; PEPC GENE; PEPD GENE; PEPE GENE; PEPF GENE; PEPN GENE; PEPP GENE; PEPQ GENE; PEPR GENE; PEPV GENE; PEPX GENE; PYROSEQUENCING; VIRUS VIRULENCE; BIOLOGY; CHROMOSOMAL MAPPING; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PROCEDURES; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

CACAO; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FERMENTATION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; LACTOBACILLUS FERMENTUM; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEOLYSIS;

EID: 84959114728     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12864-015-1927-0     Document Type: Article

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