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Genomic Diversity of Phages Infecting Probiotic Strains of Lactobacillus paracasei.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Jan 2016
Mercanti Diego J, Rousseau Geneviève M, Capra María L, Quiberoni Andrea, Tremblay Denise M, Labrie Simon J, Moineau Sylvain
Abstract excerpt
Strains of the Lactobacillus casei group have been extensively studied because some are used as probiotics in foods. Conversely, their phages have received much less attention. We analyzed the complete genome sequences of five L. paracasei temperate phages: CL1, CL2, iLp84, iLp1308, and iA2. Only phage iA2 could not replicate in an indicator strain. The genome lengths ranged from 34,155 bp (iA2) to 39,474 bp...
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