Complete genome sequence of the probiotic bacterium Bifidobacterium bifidum strain BGN4

J Bacteriol. 2012 Sep;194(17):4757-8. doi: 10.1128/JB.00988-12.

Abstract

Bifidobacterium bifidum, a common endosymbiotic inhabitant of the human gut, is considered a prominent probiotic microorganism that may promote health. We completely decrypted the 2.2-Mb genome sequence of B. bifidum BGN4, a strain that had been isolated from the fecal sample of a healthy breast-fed infant, and annotated 1,835 coding sequences.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Base Sequence
  • Bifidobacterium / classification
  • Bifidobacterium / genetics*
  • Bifidobacterium / isolation & purification
  • Chromosome Mapping
  • Feces / microbiology
  • Gastrointestinal Tract / microbiology
  • Genome, Bacterial*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Probiotics*
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Symbiosis

Associated data

  • GENBANK/CP001361