title: Intra-species diversity between seven Bifidobacterium adolescentis strains identified by genome-wide tiling array analysis.
abstract: Six Bifidobacterium adolescentis strains, JCM1275, JCM1251, JCM7044, JCM7045, JCM7046, and 9-124, were analyzed using a tiling array designed according to the full genome sequence of ATCC15703. The results demonstrated deletion clusters along with single-gene mutations and deletions. Most deletions concerned genes involved in polysaccharide and cell-surface biogenesis. A dendrogram illustrating the deletions and mutations is presented and the evolution of B. adolescentis is discussed.
authors.affiliation: United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Gifu University, Yanagido, Gifu, Japan.
authors.forename: Kazumasa
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yasui
authors.forename: Mototsugu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tabata
authors.forename: Satoki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: Toshimichi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ikemura
authors.forename: Ro
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Osawa
authors.forename: Tohru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suzuki
mesh_terms: D001644:Bifidobacterium / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D013045:Species Specificity