Complete Genome Sequence of Bifidobacterium longum W11 (LMG P-21586), Used as a Probiotic Strain

Rosanna Inturri; Marco Ventura; Patricia Ruas-Madiedo; Gabriele Andrea Lugli; Giovanna Blandino

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01659-16

Complete Genome Sequence of Bifidobacterium longum W11 (LMG P-21586), Used as a Probiotic Strain

Genome Announc. 2017 Mar 9;5(10):e01659-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01659-16.

Authors

Rosanna Inturri¹, Marco Ventura², Patricia Ruas-Madiedo³, Gabriele Andrea Lugli², Giovanna Blandino⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
² Laboratory of Probiogenomics, Department of Life Sciences, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.
³ Department of Microbiology and Biochemistry of Dairy Products, Instituto de Productos Lácteos de Asturias, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IPLA-CSIC), Villaviciosa, Asturias, Spain.
⁴ Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy blandino@unict.it.

Abstract

We report the complete genome sequence of Bifidobacterium longum W11 (LMG P-21586) isolated from the intestinal microbiota of a healthy man. The analysis of the sequence may provide insights into the microbiological characteristics and the functional activity of this probiotic strain.