title: Draft Genome Sequence of Lactobacillus casei Lbs2.
abstract: We report here a 3.2-Mb draft assembled genome of Lactobacillus casei Lbs2. The bacterium shows probiotic and immunomodulatory activities. The genome assembly and annotation will help to identify molecules and pathways responsible for interaction between the host immune system and the microbe.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases (NICED), West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Swati
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bhowmick
authors.affiliation: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (IICB), West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Mathu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Malar
authors.affiliation: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (IICB), West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Abhishek
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Das
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases (NICED), West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Bhupesh
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kumar Thakur
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases (NICED), West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Piu
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Saha
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases (NICED), West Bengal, India santasabujdas@yahoo.com tsucheta@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Santasabuj
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Das
authors.affiliation: Molecular Biology Unit, Dairy Microbiology Division, National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Haryana, India.
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Rashmi
authors.affiliation: Molecular Biology Unit, Dairy Microbiology Division, National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Haryana, India.
authors.forename: Virender K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Batish
authors.affiliation: Molecular Biology Unit, Dairy Microbiology Division, National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Haryana, India.
authors.forename: Sunita
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Grover
authors.affiliation: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (IICB), West Bengal, India santasabujdas@yahoo.com tsucheta@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Sucheta
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0611-8088
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tripathy