Genome sequence of the probiotic bacterium Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis AD011.
Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis is a probiotic bacterium that naturally inhabits the guts of most mammals, including humans. Here we report the complete genome sequence of B. animalis subsp. lactis AD011 that was isolated from an infant fecal sample. Biological functions encoded in a single circular chromosome of 1,933,695 bp, smallest among the completely sequenced bifidobacterial genomes, are suggestive of their probiotic functions, such as utilization of bifidogenic factors and a variety of glycosidic enzymes and biosynthesis of polysaccharides.
Kim
Jihyun F
JF
Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, 111 Gwahangno, Yuseong, Daejeon 305-806, Korea. jfk@kribb.re.kr
Jeong
Haeyoung
H
Yu
Dong Su
DS
Choi
Sang-Haeng
SH
Hur
Cheol-Goo
CG
Park
Myeong-Soo
MS
Yoon
Sung Ho
SH
Kim
Dae-Won
DW
Ji
Geun Eog
GE
Park
Hong-Seog
HS
Oh
Tae Kwang
TK
D001644:Bifidobacterium / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D041981:Gastrointestinal Tract / Q000382:microbiology; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D019936:Probiotics / Q000737:chemistry*