Comparative genomic analysis of the gut bacterium <it>Bifidobacterium longum </it>reveals loci susceptible to deletion during pure culture growth

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Bifidobacteria are frequently proposed to be associated with good intestinal health primarily because of their overriding dominance in the feces of breast fed infants. However, clinical feeding studies with exogenous bifidobacteria s...

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Main Authors: Shakhova VV, Slesarev AI, Richardson PM, Polouchine NN, Pavlova NV, Pavlov AR, Mills D, Kozyavkin SA, Karamychev VN, Lee Ju-Hoon, Weimer B, O'Sullivan DJ
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-05-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/9/247