Fitness costs associated with class IIa bacteriocin resistance in Listeria monocytogenes B73

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 5-8

  Dykes, G A ^a   Hastings, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; STRAIN;

BACTERIOCIN RESISTANCE; BACTERIOCINS; CO-CULTURES; EXPOSED TO; FITNESS COSTS; L.MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LOW GROWTH RATE; NATURAL POPULATION; RESISTANT STRAINS;

LISTERIA;

BACTERIOCIN; LEUCOCIN A; LEUCOCIN B; LEUCOCIN E; SAKACIN A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SPONTANEOUS MUTATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031933252     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.1998.00255.x     Document Type: Article

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