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Genomic diversity and distribution of Bifidobacterium longum subsp. longum across the human lifespan.
Scientific reports - 8 Jan 2018
Odamaki Toshitaka, Bottacini Francesca, Kato Kumiko, Mitsuyama Eri, Yoshida Keisuke, Horigome Ayako, Xiao Jin-Zhong, van Sinderen Douwe
Abstract excerpt
Bifidobacterium longum subsp. longum represents one of the most prevalent bifidobacterial species in the infant, adult and elderly (human) gut. In the current study, we performed a comparative genome analysis involving 145 B. longum representatives, including 113 B. longum subsp. longum strains obtained from healthy Japanese subjects aged between 0 and 98 years. Although MCL clustering did not reveal any...
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