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Genomics of the Genus Bifidobacterium Reveals Species-Specific Adaptation to the Glycan-Rich Gut Environment

Christian Milani, Francesca Turroni, Sabrina Duranti, Gabriele Andrea Lugli, Leonardo Mancabelli, Chiara Ferrario, Douwe van Sinderen, Marco Ventura
H. L. Drake, Editor
Christian Milani
aLaboratory of Probiogenomics, Department of Life Sciences, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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Francesca Turroni
aLaboratory of Probiogenomics, Department of Life Sciences, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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Sabrina Duranti
aLaboratory of Probiogenomics, Department of Life Sciences, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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Gabriele Andrea Lugli
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Leonardo Mancabelli
aLaboratory of Probiogenomics, Department of Life Sciences, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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Chiara Ferrario
aLaboratory of Probiogenomics, Department of Life Sciences, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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Douwe van Sinderen
bAPC Microbiome Institute and School of Microbiology, National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland
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Marco Ventura
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University of Bayreuth
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DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03500-15
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ABSTRACT

Bifidobacteria represent one of the dominant microbial groups that occur in the gut of various animals, being particularly prevalent during the suckling period of humans and other mammals. Their ability to compete with other gut bacteria is largely attributed to their saccharolytic features. Comparative and functional genomic as well as transcriptomic analyses have revealed the genetic background that underpins the overall saccharolytic phenotype for each of the 47 bifidobacterial (sub)species representing the genus Bifidobacterium, while also generating insightful information regarding carbohydrate resource sharing and cross-feeding among bifidobacteria. The abundance of bifidobacterial saccharolytic features in human microbiomes supports the notion that metabolic accessibility to dietary and/or host-derived glycans is a potent evolutionary force that has shaped the bifidobacterial genome.

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Genomics of the Genus Bifidobacterium Reveals Species-Specific Adaptation to the Glycan-Rich Gut Environment
Christian Milani, Francesca Turroni, Sabrina Duranti, Gabriele Andrea Lugli, Leonardo Mancabelli, Chiara Ferrario, Douwe van Sinderen, Marco Ventura
Applied and Environmental Microbiology Feb 2016, 82 (4) 980-991; DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03500-15

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Genomics of the Genus Bifidobacterium Reveals Species-Specific Adaptation to the Glycan-Rich Gut Environment
Christian Milani, Francesca Turroni, Sabrina Duranti, Gabriele Andrea Lugli, Leonardo Mancabelli, Chiara Ferrario, Douwe van Sinderen, Marco Ventura
Applied and Environmental Microbiology Feb 2016, 82 (4) 980-991; DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03500-15
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