title: Plasmids from Food Lactic Acid Bacteria: Diversity, Similarity, and New Developments.
abstract: Plasmids are widely distributed in different sources of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) as self-replicating extrachromosomal genetic materials, and have received considerable attention due to their close relationship with many important functions as well as some industrially relevant characteristics of the LAB species. They are interesting with regard to the development of food-grade cloning vectors. This review summarizes new developments in the area of lactic acid bacteria plasmids and aims to provide up to date information that can be used in related future research.
authors.affiliation: School of Food Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China. yhcui@hit.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Yanhua
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.affiliation: School of Food Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China. tonghu1992715@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Tong
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbiology, Heilongjiang Academy of Sciences, Harbin 150010, China. quxiaojuncyh@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Xiaojun
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Qu
authors.affiliation: School of Food Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China. zhanglw@hit.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Lanwei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: School of Food Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China. dingzhongqing@hit.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Zhongqing
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.affiliation: School of Food Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China. daj@hit.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Aijun
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dong
mesh_terms: D005285:Fermentation / Q000235:genetics; D005516:Food Microbiology; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D007778:Lactobacillus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics*; D019936:Probiotics
keywords: diversity; fermentation; lactic acid bacteria; plasmid; probiotics