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Assessing the functionality and genetic diversity of lactococcal prophages.
International journal of food microbiology - 2 May 2018
Kelleher Philip, Mahony Jennifer, Schweinlin Katharina, Neve Horst, Franz Charles M, van Sinderen Douwe
Abstract excerpt
Lactococcus lactis is a lactic acid bacterium that is intensively and globally exploited in commercial dairy food fermentations. Though the presence of prophages in lactococcal genomes is widely reported, only limited studies pertaining to the stability of prophages in lactococcal genomes have been performed. The current study reports on the complete genome exploration of thirty lactococcal strains for the...
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