Genomic insights into the beneficial potential of Bifidobacterium and Enterococcus strains isolated from Cameroonian infants

Supplementary material for 'Genomic insights into the beneficial potential of Bifidobacterium and Enterococcus strains isolated from Cameroonian infants', as described in Microbial Genomics.<br>The underexplored ecological niches, e.g., the gut microbiota of infants from low- and low-middle income countries (LMICs), could represent a reservoir of novel population-specific beneficial microbes. In this study, we recovered bifidobacteria and from the intestinal microbiota of Cameroonian infants. Their genomic characterisation revealed that strains belonging to <i>Bifidobacterium bifidum</i>, <i>Bifidobacterium breve</i>, <i>Bifidobacterium longum</i> subsp. <i>longum</i>, <i>Bifidobacterium pseudocatenulatum</i>, <i>Bifidobacterium animalis</i> subsp. <i>lactis</i> and <i>Enterococcus mundtii</i> have potential to be considered for further studies aiming at the development of customised probiotics from Cameroon, in particular, and LMICs in general