Intestinal origin of sourdough Lactobacillus reuteri isolates as revealed by phylogenetic, genetic, and physiological analysis

  • Marcia Shu Wei Su
  • , Phaik Lyn Oh
  • , Jens Walter
  • , Michael G. Gänzle

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Abstract

Lactobacillus reuteri is both a gut symbiont and a stable member of sourdough microbiota. This study employed multilocus sequence analysis and an analysis of host-specific physiological and genetic traits to assign five sourdough isolates to rodent- or human-specific lineages. Comparative genome hybridization revealed that the model sourdough isolate LTH2584 had a genome content very similar to that of the model rodent isolate 100-23. These results demonstrate that sourdough isolates of L. reuteri are of intestinal origin.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6777-6780
Number of pages4
JournalApplied and Environmental Microbiology
Volume78
Issue number18
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sep 2012
Externally publishedYes

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