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Comparative Analyses of Prophage-Like Elements Present in Two Lactococcus lactis Strains |
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| Authors: | Marco Ventura Aldert Zomer Carlos Canchaya Mary O'Connell-Motherway Oscar Kuipers Francesca Turroni Angela Ribbera Elena Foroni Girbe Buist Udo Wegmann Claire Shearman Michael J. Gasson Gerald F. Fitzgerald Jan Kok Douwe van Sinderen |
| Abstract: | In this study, we describe the genetic organizations of six and five apparent prophage-like elements present in the genomes of the Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris strains MG1363 and SK11, respectively. Phylogenetic investigation as well bioinformatic analyses indicates that all 11 prophages belong to subdivisions of the lactococcal P335 group of temperate bacteriophages. |
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