Detection and localization of a peptidoglycan hydrolase in Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 96-104

  Kang, O J ^a   Laberge, S ^b   Simard, R E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electron and fluorescence microscopy; Lactobacillus; Peptidoglycan hydrolase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII SUBSP. BULGARICUS; MICROCOCCUS; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS;

LYSOZYME; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; N ACETYLMURAMOYLALANINE AMIDASE;

ARTICLE; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; CROSS REACTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENZYMOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LACTOBACILLUS; METABOLISM; MICROCOCCUS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL WALL; CROSS REACTIONS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENTEROCOCCUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROCOCCUS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MURAMIDASE; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE;

EID: 0038320880     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(03)73588-7     Document Type: Article

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