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A single mutation in the gene responsible for the mucoid phenotype of Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis confers surface and functional characteristics.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Dec 2015
Hidalgo-Cantabrana Claudio, Sánchez Borja, Álvarez-Martín Pablo, López Patricia, Martínez-Álvarez Noelia, Delley Michele, Martí Marc, Varela Encarna, Suárez Ana, Antolín María, Guarner Francisco, Berger Bernard, Ruas-Madiedo Patricia, Margolles Abelardo
Abstract excerpt
Exopolysaccharides (EPS) are extracellular carbohydrate polymers synthesized by a large variety of bacteria. Their physiological functions have been extensively studied, but many of their roles have not yet been elucidated. We have sequenced the genomes of two isogenic strains of Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis that differ in their EPS-producing phenotype. The original strain displays a nonmucoid...
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