Complete genome sequence of the probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus ATCC 53103.
Morita H., Toh H., Oshima K., Murakami M., Taylor T.D., Igimi S., Hattori M.
Lactobacillus rhamnosus is a facultatively heterofermentative lactic acid bacterium and is frequently isolated from human gastrointestinal mucosa of healthy individuals. L. rhamnosus ATCC 53103, isolated from a healthy human intestinal flora, is one of the most widely used and well-documented probiotics. Here, we report the finished and annotated genome sequence of this organism.