Serogroups of the beer spoilage bacterium Megasphaera cerevisiae correlate with the molecular weight of the major EDTA-extractable surface protein

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 95-100

  Ziola, Barry ^a   Gee, Lori ^a   Berg, Nancy N ^a   Lee, Sun Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Molson Coors Brewing Company   (United States)

Author keywords

Beer spoilage bacteria; Megasphaera cerevisiae; Monoclonal antibodies; Serogroups; Surface proteins

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SPOILAGE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MEGASPHAERA CEREVISIAE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MEGASPHAERA CEREVISIAE; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033997257     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w99-123     Document Type: Article

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