Proteolytic activities of the starch-fermenting ruminal bacterium, Streptococcus bovis

Current Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 180-186

  Griswold, Kenneth E ^a,b   White, Bryan A ^a   Mackie, Roderick I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; FERMENTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS;

ANIMALS; CULTURE MEDIA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENDOPEPTIDASES; NITROGEN; RUMEN; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; STARCH; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS;

EID: 0032858766     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849900442     Document Type: Article

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