Using glycolysis enzyme sequences to inform Lactobacillus phylogeny.

ABSTRACT: The genus Lactobacillus encompasses a diversity of species that occur widely in nature and encode a plethora of metabolic pathways reflecting their adaptation to various ecological niches, including humans, animals, plants and food products. Accordingly, their functional attributes have been exploited industrially and several strains are commonly formulated as probiotics or starter cultures in the food industry. Although divergent evolutionary processes have yielded the acquisition and evolution of specialized functionalities, all Lactobacillus species share a small set of core metabolic properties, including the glycolysis pathway. Thus, the sequences of glycolytic enzymes afford a means to establish phylogenetic groups with the potential to discern species that are too closely related fr

SUBMITTER: Brandt K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6096939 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature