Genome Sequence of Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris Mast36, a Strain Isolated from Bovine Mastitis

Carme Plumed-Ferrer; Simona Gazzola; Cecilia Fontana; Daniela Bassi; Pier-Sandro Cocconcelli; Atte von Wright

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00449-15

Genome Sequence of Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris Mast36, a Strain Isolated from Bovine Mastitis

Genome Announc. 2015 May 21;3(3):e00449-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00449-15.

Authors

Carme Plumed-Ferrer¹, Simona Gazzola², Cecilia Fontana², Daniela Bassi², Pier-Sandro Cocconcelli², Atte von Wright³

Affiliations

¹ Food Biotechnology, Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland carme.plumed@uef.fi.
² Istituto di Microbiologia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza, Italy.
³ Food Biotechnology, Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.

Abstract

The genome sequence of Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris Mast36, isolated from bovine mastitis, is reported here. This strain was shown to be able to grow in milk and still possess genes of vegetable origin. The genome also contains a cluster of genes associated with pathogenicity.