Spontaneous Mutation Reveals Influence of Exopolysaccharide on Lactobacillus johnsonii Surface Characteristics

As a competitive exclusion agent, Lactobacillus johnsonii FI9785 has been shown to prevent the colonization of selected pathogenic bacteria from the chicken gastrointestinal tract. During growth of the bacterium a rare but consistent emergence of an altered phenotype was noted, generating smooth col...

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Main Authors: Horn, Nikki, Wegmann, Udo, Dertli, Enes, Mulholland, Francis, Collins, Samuel R. A., Waldron, Keith W., Bongaerts, Roy J., Mayer, Melinda J., Narbad, Arjan
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3609815/