Genome Sequences of Potential Probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus Isolates from Human Infants

Jason W Arnold; Andrea Monteagudo-Mera; Eric Altermann; Maria Belen Cadenas; Amanda L Thompson; M Andrea Azcarate-Peril

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00107-17

Genome Sequences of Potential Probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus Isolates from Human Infants

Genome Announc. 2017 Apr 6;5(14):e00107-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00107-17.

Authors

Jason W Arnold¹, Andrea Monteagudo-Mera¹, Eric Altermann^{2

3}, Maria Belen Cadenas¹, Amanda L Thompson⁴, M Andrea Azcarate-Peril⁵

Affiliations

¹ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and Microbiome Core Facility, Department of Medicine, Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
² AgResearch Ltd., Palmerston North, New Zealand.
³ Riddet Institute, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
⁴ Departments of Anthropology and Nutrition, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
⁵ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and Microbiome Core Facility, Department of Medicine, Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA azcarate@med.unc.edu.

Abstract

Probiotics provide health benefits to their hosts, including modulation of host immune response, inhibition of colonization by pathogens, modulation of the gut microbiota, and epithelial barrier enhancement. Here, we present the draft genome sequences of two newly isolated Lactobacillus rhamnosus strains of probiotic potential from healthy human infants.

Grants and funding

P30 DK034987/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States