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Next generation sequencing, biochemical characterization, metabolic pathway analysis of novel probiotic Pediococcus acidilactici NCDC 252 and it’s evolutionary relationship with other lactic acid bacteria

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Pediococcus acidilactici NCDC 252 is a facultative anaerobe of dairy origin that possessed all studied in vitro probiotic attributes and several useful enzyme activities. Its whole genome was sequenced and analysed for its evolutionary relationship with other lactic acid bacteria (LAB). This is a novel sequence and first report of genome sequence of P. acidilactici of dairy origin. Its genome is relatively larger than other studied genomes of P. acidilactici and is comprised of 40 scaffolds that totals to 3,243,337 bases and 44.5% GC content. A total of 3054 coding sequences (CDS) were identified by RAST and DIAMOND servers. The genome also encoded different enzyme activities required for utilization of various carbohydrates. This was also confirmed by carbohydrate utilization studies. The genome also encoded genes for probiotics properties. The phylogenetic analysis of P. acidilactici NCDC 252 genome was done using Maximum Parsimony and Maximum Likelihood methods to study its evolution and relatedness to other LABs based upon their 16S rDNA sequences. The strain exhibited highest resemblance to Lactobacillus plantarum WCFS1 and is also much close to P. acidilactici based on similarity of ribosomal protein. The strain seems to have acquired some genes for its adaptation in dairy/environmental niche. This genome sequence is novel with genome more similar to L. plantarum and biochemical and phenotypic characteristics of P. acidilactici.

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The authors are thankful to Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, India for funding the work.

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This work was funded Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, India in the framework of the project “Phenotypic, biochemical and molecular characterization of Pediococcus acidilactici: a potential biotherapeutic agent” (NO. SB/YS/LS-180/2014).

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    Poonam Bansal, Raman Kumar, Jasbir Singh & Suman Dhanda

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Bansal, P., Kumar, R., Singh, J. et al. Next generation sequencing, biochemical characterization, metabolic pathway analysis of novel probiotic Pediococcus acidilactici NCDC 252 and it’s evolutionary relationship with other lactic acid bacteria. Mol Biol Rep 46, 5883–5895 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-019-05022-z

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