Antagonistic activity of Lactobacillus plantarum C11: Two new two- peptide bacteriocins, plantaricins EF and JK, and the induction factor plantaricin A

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2269-2272

  Anderssen, Erlend L ^a   Diep, Dzung Bao ^b   Nes, Ingolf F ^b   Eijsink, Vincent G H ^b   Nissen Meyer, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIOCIN; PLANTARICIN; PLANTARICIN A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; POSIBACTERIA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0031775980     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.6.2269-2272.1998     Document Type: Article

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