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Genome adaptive evolution of Lactobacillus casei under long-term antibiotic selection pressures.
BMC genomics - 24 Apr 2017
Wang Jicheng, Dong Xiao, Shao Yuyu, Guo Huiling, Pan Lin, Hui Wenyan, Kwok Lai-Yu, Zhang Heping, Zhang Wenyi
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BACKGROUND: The extensive use of antibiotics in medicine has raised serious concerns about biosafety. However, the effect of antibiotic application on the adaptive evolution of microorganisms, especially to probiotic bacteria, has not been well characterized. Thus, the objective of the current work was to investigate how antibiotic selection forces might drive genome adaptation using Lactobacillus (L.) casei...
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