The green fluorescent protein as a visible marker for lactic acid bacteria in complex ecosystems

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 219-230

  Scott, Karen P ^a   Mercer, Derry K ^a   Glover, L Anne ^b   Flint, Harry J ^a  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaerobic; gfp; Gram positive bacterium; Green fluorescent protein; Lactococcus lactis; Marker gene

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MARKER GENE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII;

AEQUORIA VICTORIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; PEGANTHA; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; VICTORIA;

EID: 0031823949     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(98)00037-3     Document Type: Article

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