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Comparative genome analysis of Lactobacillus casei strains isolated from Actimel and Yakult products reveals marked similarities and points to a common origin.
Microbial biotechnology - 1 Sept 2013
Douillard François P, Kant Ravi, Ritari Jarmo, Paulin Lars, Palva Airi, de Vos Willem M
Abstract excerpt
The members of the Lactobacillus genus are widely used in the food and feed industry and show a remarkable ecological adaptability. Several Lactobacillus strains have been marketed as probiotics as they possess health-promoting properties for the host. In the present study, we used two complementary next-generation sequencing technologies to deduce the genome sequences of two Lactobacillus casei strains LcA and...
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