Complete genome sequence of Propionibacterium freudenreichii DSM 20271(T)

Patrik Koskinen; Paulina Deptula; Olli-Pekka Smolander; Fitsum Tamene; Juhana Kammonen; Kirsi Savijoki; Lars Paulin; Vieno Piironen; Petri Auvinen; Pekka Varmanen

doi:10.1186/s40793-015-0082-1

Complete genome sequence of Propionibacterium freudenreichii DSM 20271(T)

Stand Genomic Sci. 2015 Oct 24:10:83. doi: 10.1186/s40793-015-0082-1. eCollection 2015.

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, PO Box 56 (Viikinkaari 9), 00014 Helsinki, Finland.
² Department of Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, PO Box 66 (Agnes Sjöbergin katu 2), 00014 Helsinki, Finland.

Abstract

Propionibacterium freudenreichii subsp. freudenreichii DSM 20271(T) is the type strain of species Propionibacterium freudenreichii that has a long history of safe use in the production dairy products and B12 vitamin. P. freudenreichii is the type species of the genus Propionibacterium which contains Gram-positive, non-motile and non-sporeforming bacteria with a high G + C content. We describe the genome of P. freudenreichii subsp. freudenreichii DSM 20271(T) consisting of a 2,649,166 bp chromosome containing 2320 protein-coding genes and 50 RNA-only encoding genes.

Keywords: +Propionibacterium; B12 vitamin; Dairy starter; Type strain.