Characterization of six Leuconostoc fallax bacteriophages isolated from an industrial sauerkraut fermentation

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 5452-5458

  Barrangou, Rodolphe ^a   Yoon, Sung Sik ^a   Breidt Jr , Frederick ^a   Fleming, Henry P ^a   Klaenhammer, Todd R ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BRINES; DNA; ECOLOGY; ELECTROPHORESIS; FERMENTATION; GENES; PROTEINS;

POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA;

CAPSID PROTEIN; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN;

BACTERIOPHAGE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ELECTROPHORESIS; FERMENTATION TECHNIQUE; LEUCONOSTOC; LEUCONOSTOC FALLAX; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FALLAX; LEUCONOSTOC; LEUCONOSTOC FALLAX; MYOVIRIDAE; POSIBACTERIA; SIPHOVIRIDAE; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0036841192     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.11.5452-5458.2002     Document Type: Article

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