Lactobacillus rossiae, a Vitamin B₁₂ Producer, Represents a Metabolically Versatile Species within the Genus Lactobacillus

• Maria De Angelis ,

  ¶These authors are joint first authors on this work.

  Affiliation Department of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy

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• Francesca Bottacini ,

  ¶These authors are joint first authors on this work.

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

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• Bruno Fosso,

  Affiliation Department of Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biopharmaceutical, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy

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• Philip Kelleher,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

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• Maria Calasso,

  Affiliation Department of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy

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• Raffaella Di Cagno,

  Affiliation Department of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy

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• Marco Ventura,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Probiogenomics, Department of Life Sciences, University of Parma, Parma, Italy

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• Ernesto Picardi,

  Affiliations Department of Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biopharmaceutical, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy, Institute of Biomembranes and Bioenergetics (IBBE), CNR, Bari, Italy, National Institute of Biostructures and Biosystems (INBB), Rome, Italy

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• Douwe van Sinderen ,

  * E-mail: d.vansinderen@ucc.ie (DVS); marco.gobbetti@uniba.it (MG)

  ¶‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland, Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

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• Marco Gobbetti

  * E-mail: d.vansinderen@ucc.ie (DVS); marco.gobbetti@uniba.it (MG)

  ¶‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliation Department of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy

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