Article
The pan-genome of Lactobacillus reuteri strains originating from the pig gastrointestinal tract
1 Dec 2015
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Lactobacillus reuteri is a gut symbiont of a wide variety of vertebrate species that has diversified into distinct phylogenetic clades which are to a large degree host-specific. Previous work demonstrated host specificity in mice and begun to determine the mechanisms by which gut colonisation and host restriction is achieved. However, how L. reuteri strains colonise the gastrointestinal (GI) tract of...