Conversion of methionine to thiols by lactococci, lactobacilli, and brevibacteria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 3320-3326

  Dias, Benjamin ^a   Weimer, Bart ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; CYSTATHIONINE BETA LYASE; CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA LYASE; METHIONINE; SULFUR AMINO ACID; THIOL GROUP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BREVIBACTERIUM; CHEESE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STABILITY; FOOD HANDLING; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BREVIBACTERIUM; BREVIBACTERIUM LINENS; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOCOCCI; LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS SUBSP. CREMORIS; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0031687912     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.9.3320-3326.1998     Document Type: Article

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