Extensive intra-phylotype diversity in lactobacilli and bifidobacteria from the honeybee gut

BMC Genomics

Table 1 Strains sequenced in the current study

Strain	Species ¹	Genus	Bee gut phylotype ²
Bma6	B. coryneforme/B. indicum	Bifidobacterium	Bifido-2
Bin2	B. asteroides	Bifidobacterium	Bifido-1
Bin7	B. asteroides	Bididobacterium	Bifido-1
Hma3	B. asteroides	Bifidobacterium	Bifido-1
Hma11	L. apis	Lactobacillus	Firm5
Bma5	L. helsingborgensis	Lactobacillus	Firm5
Hma8	L. melliventris	Lactobacillus	Firm5
Hma2	L. kimbladii	Lactobacillus	Firm5
Biut2	L. kullabergensis	Lactobacillus	Firm5
Hon2	L. mellis	Lactobacillus	Firm4
Bin4	L. mellifer	Lactobacillus	Firm4

¹Species descriptions were recently published for the Lactobacillus strains in [30]. For the Bifidobacterium strains, the closest relative (based on the 16S rRNA gene) is indicated.
²The “Bifido” group was further divided into subgroups, based on the core genome phylogeny (Figure 2).

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