Complete genome sequence of Bifidobacterium adolescentis P2P3, a human gut bacterium possessing strong resistant starch-degrading activity.

ABSTRACT: Resistant starch (RS) is an important food source from which gut bacteria produce short chain fatty acids, which have beneficial effects for human health. The Bifidobacterium adolescentis P2P3, a human gut bacterium possessing a strong RS-degrading activity, was isolated from a healthy Korean adult male. In vitro experiments showed that this bacterium could utilize approximately 63% of high amylose corn starch after forming RS granule clusters. Here we provide the first complete set of genomic information on RS-degrading B. adolescentis P2P3. The genome of B. adolescentis P2P3 consists of one chromosome (2,202,982 bp) with high GC content (59.4%). Analysis of the protein-coding genes revealed that at least nineteen of the starch degradation-related enzymes were present

SUBMITTER: Jung DH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6944717 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature