Multiple-peptidase mutants of Lactococcus lactis are severely impaired in their ability to grow in milk

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2794-2803

  Mierau, Igor ^a   Kunji, Edmund R S ^a   Leenhouts, Kees J ^a,c   Hellendoorn, Michiel A ^a   Haandrikman, Alfred J ^a,d   Poolman, Bert ^a   Konings, Wil N ^a   Venema, Gerard ^a,b   Kok, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

^d Herkules   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MUTATION; DELETION MUTANT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH REGULATION; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; PEPO; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0029864345     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.10.2794-2803.1996     Document Type: Article

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