Enterocin B, a new bacteriocin from enterococcus faecium T136 which can act synergistically with enterocin A

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2287-2294

  Casaus, Pilar ^a   Nilsen, Trine ^b   Cintas, Luis M ^a   Nes, Ingolf F ^b   Hernández, Pablo E ^a   Holo, Helge ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Enterococcus faecium; Synergistic bacteriocins

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARNOBACTERIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LISTERIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSLATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CARNOBACTERIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; LISTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0030789029     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-7-2287     Document Type: Article

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