Growth inhibition of Prevotella ruminicola by protamine

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 81-88

  Madeira, Humberto M F ^a   Morrison, Mark ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

cell wall ultrastructure; Prevotella ruminicola; protamine

Indexed keywords

MONENSIN; NOVOBIOCIN; PROTAMINE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PREVOTELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CELL MEMBRANE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MONENSIN; NOVOBIOCIN; PREVOTELLA; PROTAMINES;

EID: 0030910838     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00100-6     Document Type: Article

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