Phylogenetic Analysis of the Bifidobacterium Genus Using Glycolysis Enzyme Sequences.

ABSTRACT: Bifidobacteria are important members of the human gastrointestinal tract that promote the establishment of a healthy microbial consortium in the gut of infants. Recent studies have established that the Bifidobacterium genus is a polymorphic phylogenetic clade, which encompasses a diversity of species and subspecies that encode a broad range of proteins implicated in complex and non-digestible carbohydrate uptake and catabolism, ranging from human breast milk oligosaccharides, to plant fibers. Recent genomic studies have created a need to properly place Bifidobacterium species in a phylogenetic tree. Current approaches, based on core-genome analyses come at the cost of intensive sequencing and demanding analytical processes. Here, we propose a typing method based on sequences of glycolysis

SUBMITTER: Brandt K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4860490 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature