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Genes but not genomes reveal bacterial domestication of Lactococcus lactis.
PloS one - 17 Dec 2010
Passerini Delphine, Beltramo Charlotte, Coddeville Michele, Quentin Yves, Ritzenthaler Paul, Daveran-Mingot Marie-Line, Le Bourgeois Pascal
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BACKGROUND: The population structure and diversity of Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis, a major industrial bacterium involved in milk fermentation, was determined at both gene and genome level. Seventy-six lactococcal isolates of various origins were studied by different genotyping methods and thirty-six strains displaying unique macrorestriction fingerprints were analyzed by a new multilocus sequence typing...
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