Comparative analyses of prophage-like elements present in bifidobacterial genomes.
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.
Ventura
Marco
M
Department of Genetics, Anthropology and Evolution, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 11a, 43100 Parma, Italy. marco.ventura@unipr.it
Turroni
Francesca
F
Lima-Mendez
Gipsi
G
Foroni
Elena
E
Zomer
Aldert
A
Duranti
Sabrina
S
Giubellini
Vanessa
V
Bottacini
Francesca
F
Horvath
Philippe
P
Barrangou
Rodolphe
R
Sela
David A
DA
Mills
David A
DA
van Sinderen
Douwe
D
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
D004269:DNA, Bacterial