Ventura, M,Turroni, F,Lima-Mendez, G,Foroni, E,Zomer, A,Duranti, S,Giubellini, V,Bottacini, F,Horvath, P,Barrangou, R,Sela, DA,Mills, DA,van Sinderen, D

2009

November

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Comparative Analyses of Prophage-Like Elements Present in Bifidobacterial Genomes

Validated

WOS: 38 ()

PROVIDES ACQUIRED-RESISTANCE LATERAL GENE-TRANSFER PHAGE GENOMES SEQUENCE EVOLUTIONARY CRISPR BACTERIOPHAGES SIPHOVIRIDAE INTEGRATION BACTERIA

75

6929

6936

So far, only scarce and rather diffuse information is available on bacteriophages infecting members of the genus Bifidobacterium. In the current study, we investigated the genetic organization, phylogenetic relationships, and, in some cases, transcription profiles and inducibility of 19 prophage-like elements present on the individual chromosomes of nine bifidobacterial strains, which represent six different species.

10.1128/AEM.01112-09