title: Comparative analyses of prophage-like elements present in bifidobacterial genomes.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics, Anthropology and Evolution, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 11a, 43100 Parma, Italy. marco.ventura@unipr.it
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ventura
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Turroni
authors.forename: Gipsi
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lima-Mendez
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Foroni
authors.forename: Aldert
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zomer
authors.forename: Sabrina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Duranti
authors.forename: Vanessa
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Giubellini
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bottacini
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Horvath
authors.forename: Rodolphe
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Barrangou
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Sela
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Mills
authors.forename: Douwe
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: van Sinderen
mesh_terms: D001644:Bifidobacterium / Q000235:genetics* / Q000821:virology*; D019295:Computational Biology; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D023061:Gene Order; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D010802:Phylogeny; D039002:Prophages / Q000235:genetics*; D017385:Sequence Homology
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial