The essential genomic landscape of the commensal Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003

Abstract Bifidobacteria are common gut commensals with purported health-promoting effects. This has encouraged scientific research into bifidobacteria, though recalcitrance to genetic manipulation and scarcity of molecular tools has hampered our knowledge on the precise molecular determinants of the...

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Main Authors: Lorena Ruiz, Francesca Bottacini, Christine J. Boinett, Amy K. Cain, Mary O’Connell-Motherway, Trevor D. Lawley, Douwe van Sinderen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-05795-y