Characterization of serracin P, a phage-tail-like bacteriocin, and its activity against Erwinia amylovora, the fire blight pathogen

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 5704-5710

  Jabrane, Abdelhamid ^a   Sabri, Ahmed ^a   Compère, Philippe ^a   Jacques, Philippe ^a   Vandenberghe, Isabel ^a   Van Beeumen, Jozef ^a   Thonart, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIOPHAGES; CELL CULTURE; DISEASES; PROTEINS;

CULTURE SUPERNATANT;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIOCIN; SERRACIN P; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; ERWINIA; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; FIRE BLIGHT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SERRATIA LIQUEFACIENS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SERRATIA PLYMUTHICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALUS X DOMESTICA; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PYRUS COMMUNIS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SERRATIA; SERRATIA LIQUEFACIENS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SERRATIA PLYMITHICUM; SERRATIA PLYMUTHICA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE; YERSINIA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 0036841847     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.11.5704-5710.2002     Document Type: Article

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