Occurrence of bacteriocin production among environmental enterococci

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 178-182

  Laukova A ^a   Czikkova S ^a   Vasilkova Z ^b   Juris P ^b   Marekova M ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^b PARASITOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

^c Med Faculty of Safarik University   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTAGONISTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL SUBSTANCE; BACTERIOCIN PRODUCTION; CATTLE DUNG; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; HYDROPHOBICS; INHIBITORY EFFECT; SLOVAKIA; TOTAL COUNTS;

BACILLI;

BACTERIOCIN;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COCULTURE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; SLOVAKIA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS AVIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS DURANS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0031707092     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.1998.00404.x     Document Type: Article

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