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Lactobacillus plantarum strain 16 restricts the growth of various food spoilage fungi and has the potential to be used as a biopreservative to improve the shelf life of foods. The complete genome sequence contains 3,044,678 bp with a G+C content of 44.74% and harbors the largest plasmid complement reported for this species to date.
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