Evidence for production of a new lantibiotic (butyrivibriocin OR79A) by the ruminal anaerobe Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens OR79: Characterization of the structural gene encoding butyrivibriocin OR79A

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2128-2135

  Kalmokoff, M L ^a,c   Lu, D ^a   Whitford, M F ^a,b   Teather, R M ^a,b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM SULFATE; BACTERIAL DNA; BUTYRIVIBRIOCIN; GLYCINE; LANTHIONINE; LANTIBIOTIC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIOSTASIS; BUTYRIVIBRIO FIBRISOLVENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG PURIFICATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; GENE ISOLATION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BUTYRIVIBRIO FIBRISOLVENS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032901289     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.5.2128-2135.1999     Document Type: Article

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