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SUBMITTER: Garrigues C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2863482 | biostudies-literature | 2010 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Garrigues Christel C Johansen Eric E Pedersen Martin B MB
Journal of bacteriology 20100226 9
Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BB-12 is a commercially available probiotic strain used throughout the world in a variety of functional foods and dietary supplements. The benefits of BB-12 have been documented in a number of independent clinical trials. Determination of the complete genome sequence reveals a single circular chromosome of 1,942,198 bp with 1,642 predicted protein-encoding genes, 4 rRNA operons, and 52 tRNA genes. Knowledge of this sequence will lead to insight into the spe ...[more]