Nisin resistance distinguishes Mycoplasma spp. from Acholeplasma spp. and provides a basis for selective growth media

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 3107-3111

  Abu Amero, Khaled K ^a   Halablab, Mahmoud A ^a   Miles, Roger J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; BACTERIOCIN; CARBONYL CYANIDE CHLOROPHENYLHYDRAZONE; CHOLESTEROL; NISIN; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN;

ACHOLEPLASMA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CELL RESPIRATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

ACHOLEPLASMA; ACHOLEPLASMA LAIDLAWII; ACHOLEPLASMA OCULI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOPLASMA;

EID: 0029811994     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.9.3107-3111.1996     Document Type: Article

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