Table 1 Lactococcal representative strains used in this study

 Il1403

AE005176

Dairy isolate

Sanger

2001

[12]

 KF147

CP001834

Plant isolate

454-pyrosequencing & Illumina

2009

[65]

 CV56

CP002365

Human isolate

454-pyrosequencing

2011

[66]

 IO-1

AP012281

Drain water

Sanger

2012

[67]

 KLDS 4.0325

CP006766

Koumiss

Illumina

2013

[68]

 NCDO 2118

CP009054

Frozen peas

SOLiD, Ion PGM & Ion Torrent PGM

2014

[69]

 SO

CP010050

Dairy isolate

Ion Torrent PGM

2014

[70]

 AI06

CP009472

Açaí palm

454-pyrosequencing

2014

[26]

 184

CP015895

Dairy isolate

PacBio SMRT

2016

**

 229

CP015896

Dairy isolate

PacBio SMRT

2016

**

 275

CP015897

Dairy isolate

PacBio SMRT

2016

**

 UC06

CP015902

Dairy isolate

PacBio SMRT

2016

**

 UC08

CP015903

Fermented meat

PacBio SMRT

2016

**

 UC11

CP015904

Fermented meat

PacBio SMRT

2016

**

 UC063

CP015905

Dairy isolate

PacBio SMRT

2016

**

 UC77

CP015906

Dairy isolate

PacBio SMRT

2016

**

 UL8

CP015908

Dairy isolate

PacBio SMRT

2016

**

 C10

CP015898

Dairy isolate

PacBio SMRT

2016

**

 SK11

CP000425

Dairy isolate

Sanger

2006

[7]

 MG1363

AM406671

Dairy isolate

Sanger

2007

[13]

 NZ9000

CP002094

Laboratory strain

Illumina

2010

[71]

 A76

CP003132

Dairy isolate

Sanger

2011

[72]

 UC509.9

CP003157

Dairy isolate

454-pyrosequencing & Illumina

2012

[6]

 KW2

CP004884

Dairy isolate

454-pyrosequencing

2013

[73]

 158

CP015894

Dairy isolate

PacBio SMRT

2016

**

 UC109

CP015907

Dairy isolate

PacBio SMRT

2016

**

 JM1

CP015899

Dairy isolate

PacBio SMRT

2016

**

 JM2

CP015900

Dairy isolate

PacBio SMRT

2016

**

 JM3

CP015901

Dairy isolate

PacBio SMRT

2016

**

 JM4

CP015909

Dairy isolate

PacBio SMRT

2016

**