Bacteriophage defence systems in lactic acid bacteria

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 89-113

  Forde, Amanda ^a   Fitzgerald, Gerald F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION;

BACTERIOPHAGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HOST RESISTANCE; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOPHAGES; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; LACTIC ACID; LACTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0032881774     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1002027321171     Document Type: Conference Paper

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