Bacillus subtilis develops competence for uptake of plasmid DNA when growing in milk products

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 28-32

  Zenz, Kirsten I ^a   Neve, Horst ^a   Geis, Arnold ^a   Heller, Knut J ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION AND FOOD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Competence; Milk products; Plasmid DNA

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; NEUTRAL PROTEINASE; PLASMID DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM COMPETENCE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DAIRY PRODUCT; GROWTH CURVE; MILK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIUM SUBTILIS;

EID: 0031941828     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0723-2020(98)80005-2     Document Type: Article

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