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The plasmid complement of Lactococcus lactis UC509.9 encodes multiple bacteriophage resistance systems.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Jul 2014
Ainsworth Stuart, Mahony Jennifer, van Sinderen Douwe
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Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris strains are used globally for the production of fermented dairy products, particularly hard cheeses. Believed to be of plant origin, L. lactis strains that are used as starter cultures have undergone extensive adaptation to the dairy environment, partially through the acquisition of extrachromosomal DNA in the form of plasmids that specify technologically important phenotypic...
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