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Published on: September 30, 2014
Genetic organization of Streptococcus salivarius 24SMBc blp-like bacteriocin locus
Maria Santagati1, Marina Scillato2, Stefania Stefani2
1LabMMAR, Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, Section of Microbiology, Via Santa Sofia 97, University of Catania, Italy, m.santagati@unict.it.
Abstract:
In this paper, we describe, for the first time, the genetic organization of the blpU This strain has recently been found useful and widely applied as an oral probiotic in the prevention of recurrent characterization of Streptococcus pneumoniae, showing a crucial role in interspecies competition within the nasopharynx. hypervariable region was specific target S. salivarius 24SMBc contribute to elucidate the microbial interactions in the nasopharynx, underlining the potential role of the blp locus in human nasopharyngeal colonization.
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