Genome Sequence of Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. cremoris Strain T26, Isolated from Mesophilic Undefined Cheese Starter

T B Pedersen; W P Kot; L H Hansen; S J Sørensen; J R Broadbent; F K Vogensen; Y Ardö

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00485-14

Genome Sequence of Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. cremoris Strain T26, Isolated from Mesophilic Undefined Cheese Starter

Genome Announc. 2014 Jun 5;2(3):e00485-14. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00485-14.

Authors

T B Pedersen¹, W P Kot², L H Hansen³, S J Sørensen², J R Broadbent⁴, F K Vogensen⁵, Y Ardö⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Food Science, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark [email protected].
² Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
³ Department of Environmental Science, Aarhus University, Roskilde, Denmark.
⁴ Department of Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, USA.
⁵ Department of Food Science, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Abstract

Leuconostoc is the main group of heterofermentative bacteria found in mesophilic dairy starters. They grow in close symbiosis with the Lactococcus population and are able to degrade citrate. Here we present a draft genome sequence of Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. cremoris strain T26.