Expanding the biotechnology potential of lactobacilli through comparative genomics of 213 strains and associated genera.

Although niche associations and described sources for Lactobacillus strains and species are not all equally robust, there was a clear trend for the genomes of species isolated from animals to be smaller, consistent with genome decay in a nutrient-rich environment 18 ( Supplementary Fig. 3 ).

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