Comparative Genomic Analysis of 45 Type Strains of the Genus Bifidobacterium: A Snapshot of Its Genetic Diversity and Evolution

• Zhihong Sun ,

  ¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Key Laboratory of Dairy Biotechnology and Engineering, Education Ministry of China, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China, Synergetic Innovation Center of Food Safety and Nutrition, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China

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• Wenyi Zhang ,

  ¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Key Laboratory of Dairy Biotechnology and Engineering, Education Ministry of China, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China

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• Chenyi Guo ,

  ¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, China

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• Xianwei Yang ,

  ¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, China

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• Wenjun Liu,

  Affiliations Key Laboratory of Dairy Biotechnology and Engineering, Education Ministry of China, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China, Synergetic Innovation Center of Food Safety and Nutrition, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China

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• Yarong Wu,

  Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, China

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• Yuqin Song,

  Affiliation Key Laboratory of Dairy Biotechnology and Engineering, Education Ministry of China, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China

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• Lai Yu Kwok,

  Affiliation Key Laboratory of Dairy Biotechnology and Engineering, Education Ministry of China, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China

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• Yujun Cui,

  Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, China

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• Bilige Menghe,

  Affiliation Key Laboratory of Dairy Biotechnology and Engineering, Education Ministry of China, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China

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• Ruifu Yang,

  Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, China

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• Liangping Hu,

  Affiliation Consulting Centre of Biomedical Statistics, Beijing, 100850, China

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• Heping Zhang

  * E-mail: hepingdd@vip.sina.com

  Affiliations Key Laboratory of Dairy Biotechnology and Engineering, Education Ministry of China, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China, Synergetic Innovation Center of Food Safety and Nutrition, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China

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