Purification and characterization of a new peptide antibiotic produced by a thermotolerant Bacillus licheniformis strain

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 115-119

  Mendo, Sónia ^a   Faustino, Nuno André ^a   Sarmento, Ana Cristina ^a   Amado, Francisco ^a   Moir, Arthur J G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Peptide antibiotics; Peptide synthetases; Thermotolerant Bacillus

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PEPTIDE; PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; BACILLUS; DRUG EFFECT; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; PH;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZORES; BACILLUS; ENDOPEPTIDASES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PEPTIDES;

BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 1042303023     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BILE.0000012888.72489.3f     Document Type: Article

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