Generation of food-grade lactococcal starters which produce the lantibiotics lacticin 3147 and lacticin 481

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 3681-3685

  O'Sullivan, Lisa ^a,b   Ryan, Maire P ^a,b   Ross, R Paul ^a   Hill, Colin ^b  

^a ANIMAL AND GRASSLAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CELL CULTURE; FERMENTATION;

PLASMIDS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

LACTICIN 3147; LACTICIN 481; LANTIBIOTIC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

FOOD SCIENCE; MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; EXTRACTION; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD SAFETY; GROWTH INHIBITION; LACTOCOCCUS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; SYNTHESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS FERMENTUM; LACTOCOCCUS; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037640011     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.6.3681-3685.2003     Document Type: Article

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