A plasmid pRH45 of Lactobacillus brevis confers hop resistance

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 361-363

  Sami, Manabu ^a   Suzuki, Koji ^a   Sakamoto, Kanta ^a   Kadokura, Hiroshi ^b   Kitamoto, Katsuhiko ^b   Yoda, Koji ^b  

^a ASAHI BREWERIES LTD   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ethidium bromide; Hop resistance; Lactobacillus brevis; Multidrug resistance; Plasmid curing

Indexed keywords

ETHIDIUM BROMIDE;

ARTICLE; BEER; BIOTECHNOLOGY; LACTOBACILLUS BREVIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

HUMULUS; LACTOBACILLUS BREVIS;

EID: 0032448154     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.44.361     Document Type: Article

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