Naslov
The influence of gene transfer on the lactic acid bacteria evolution

Autori
Bačun-Družina, Višnja ; Mrvčić, Jasna ; Butorac, Ana ; Stehlik-Tomas, Vesna ; Gjuračić, Krešimir

Izvornik
Mljekarstvo (0026-704X) 59 (2009), 3; 181-192

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
dairy products; the lactic acid bacteria; horizontal gene transfer; evolution

Sažetak
In the case of preparing various dairy products, the lactic acid bacteria have been essential in the course of past millennia in all known nations. Numerous comparative analyses of gene and genome sequences reveal that the exchange of genetic material within and between bacterial species are far more general and frequent than has previously been thought. Consequently, the horizontal gene transfer between distant species or within the same species is an important factor in the Lactobacillales evolution. Knowledge about the exchange of lactobacillus genetic information through horizontal gene transfer, mobile genetic elements, and its evolution is very important because of the characterizations and stability maintenance of autochthonous as well as industrial lactic acid bacteria strains in milk products.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Biotehnologija, Prehrambena tehnologija

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