title: Genome sequence of the probiotic bacterium Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis AD011.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, 111 Gwahangno, Yuseong, Daejeon 305-806, Korea. jfk@kribb.re.kr
authors.forename: Jihyun F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Haeyoung
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.forename: Dong Su
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Sang-Haeng
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Cheol-Goo
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Hur
authors.forename: Myeong-Soo
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Sung Ho
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.forename: Dae-Won
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Geun Eog
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.forename: Hong-Seog
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Tae Kwang
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Oh
mesh_terms: 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*