Large-scale phylogenomics of the Lactobacillus casei group highlights taxonomic inconsistencies and reveals novel clade-associated features

mSystems

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Wuyts, Sander ^a   Wittouck, Stijn ^a   De Boeck, Ilke ^a   Allonsius, Camille N ^a   Pasolli, Edoardo ^b   Segata, Nicola ^b   Lebeer, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accessory Sec system; Catalase; Comparative genomics; Lactobacillus casei group; Phylogenomics

Indexed keywords

EID: 85032011461     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23795077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mSystems.00061-17     Document Type: Article

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