Mode of action of acidocin 8912, a bacteriocin produced by Lactobacillus acidophilus TK8912

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 192-194

  Tahara, T ^a   Oshimura, M ^a   Kanatani, K ^a  

^a Research Laboratory   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLI; CELL MEMBRANES;

BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIOCINS; CYTOPLASMIC MEMBRANE; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODE OF ACTION; PH GRADIENTS; PORE FORMATION; PROTON-MOTIVE FORCES;

PORE SIZE;

ACIDOCIN 8912; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIOCIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH INHIBITION; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; NONHUMAN; PH;

EID: 0029846662     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765x.1996.tb00062.x     Document Type: Article

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