Analyses of bifidobacterial prophage-like sequences

作者：Ventura Marco^*; Turroni Francesca; Foroni Elena; Duranti Sabrina; Giubellini Vanessa; Bottacini Francesca; van Sinderen Douwe

来源：Antonie van Leeuwenhoek International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology, 2010, 98(1): 39-50.

DOI：10.1007/s10482-010-9426-4

• Prophages
• Bifidobacterium
• Genomes
• Modular organization

The genomes of 22 putative prophages (bifidoprophages), previously identified in bifidobacterial genomes, were analyzed to detect the presence and organization of functional modules. Bifidoprophages were shown to display a classical modular genomic organization in which the DNA lysogeny module and the DNA packaging regions are the most highly conserved. Furthermore, single phage gene as well as multiple phage gene-based phylogenetic analyses clearly revealed the chimeric make-up of the genomes of bifidoprophages.

• 出版日期2010-6