Table 1

Probiotic bacteria with completed genome sequences

Strain
Size (Mb)
Reference

Bifidobacterium longum NCC 2705
2.25
[12]
Lactobacillus plantarum WCFS1
3.30
[18]
Lactobacillus johnsonii NCC 533
2.02
[23]
Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM
1.99
[22]

Salminen et al. Genome Biology 2005 6:225   doi:10.1186/gb-2005-6-7-225