Changes in cell morphology of Listeria monocytogenes and Shewanella putrefaciens resulting from the action of protamine

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1058-1064

  Johansen, Charlotte ^a   Gill, Tom ^b   Gram, Lone ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTAMINE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CELL STRUCTURE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0030044174     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.3.1058-1064.1996     Document Type: Article

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