Draft Genome Sequence of Lactobacillus helveticus Strain Lh 12 Isolated from Natural Whey Starter

Gaia Bertani; Daniela Bassi; Monica Gatti; Pier Sandro Cocconcelli; Erasmo Neviani

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00139-18

Draft Genome Sequence of Lactobacillus helveticus Strain Lh 12 Isolated from Natural Whey Starter

Genome Announc. 2018 Mar 8;6(10):e00139-18. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00139-18.

Authors

Gaia Bertani¹, Daniela Bassi², Monica Gatti³, Pier Sandro Cocconcelli², Erasmo Neviani³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Food and Drug, University of Parma, Parma, Italy gaia.bertani@studenti.unipr.it.
² Institute of Microbiology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Cremona, Italy.
³ Department of Food and Drug, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.

Abstract

Lactobacillus helveticus is a lactic acid bacterium widely used in cheese-making and for the production of bioactive peptides from milk proteins. Here, we describe the draft genome sequence and annotation of L. helveticus strain Lh 12 isolated from natural whey starter used in the production of Grana Padano cheese.