Complete genome sequence of the probiotic Lactobacillus casei strain BL23

Alain Mazé (1) , Grégory Boël (2) , Manuel Zùniga (3) , Alexa Bourand (4) , Valentin Loux (5) , Maria Jesus Yebra (3) , Vicente Monedero (3) , Karine Correia (2) , Noemie Jacques (4) , Sophie Beaufils (2) , Sandrine Poncet (2) , Philippe Joyet (4) , Eliane Milohanic (4) , Serge Casarégola (2) , Yanick Auffray (6) , Gaspar Pérez-Martinez (3) , Jean-Francois Gibrat (5) , Monique Zagorec (4) , Christof Francke (7) , Axel Hartke (6) , Josef Deutscher (4)

1 Laboratoire de génétique moléculaire et cellulaire
2 MGM - Microbiologie et Génétique Moléculaire
3 Bacterias Lacticas y Probioticos IATA-CSIC
4 MICALIS - MICrobiologie de l'ALImentation au Service de la Santé
5 MIG - Unité Mathématique Informatique et Génome
6 EVA - Ecophysiologie Végétale, Agronomie et Nutritions
7 TI Food and Nutrition and Centre for Molecular and Biomolecular Informatics (CMBI)

The entire genome of Lactobacillus casei BL23, a strain with probiotic properties, has been sequenced. The genomes of BL23 and the industrially used probiotic strain Shirota YIT 9029 (Yakult) seem to be very similar.

Mots clés: bacteria; compete genome; probiotic; lactobacillus casei

Domaines: Microbiologie et Parasitologie

Alain Mazé, Grégory Boël, Manuel Zùniga, Alexa Bourand, Valentin Loux, et al.. Complete genome sequence of the probiotic Lactobacillus casei strain BL23. Journal of Bacteriology, 2010, 192 (10), pp.2647-2648. ⟨10.1128/JB.00076-10⟩. ⟨hal-01204245⟩