Variacin, a new lanthionine-containing bacteriocin produced by Micrococcus varians: Comparison to lacticin 481 of Lactococcus lactis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1799-1802

  Pridmore, D ^a   Rekhif, N ^a   Pittet, A C ^a   Suri, B ^b   Mollet, B ^a  

^a NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

^b CIBA GEIGY LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; LANTHIONINE;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MICROCOCCUS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN STABILITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GENE;

KOCURIA VARIANS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MICROCOCCUS; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0029974631     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.5.1799-1802.1996     Document Type: Article

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