Butyrivibriocin AR10, a new cyclic bacteriocin produced by the ruminal anaerobe Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens AR10: Characterization of the gene and peptide

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 763-773

  Kalmokoff, M L ^a,d   Cyr, T D ^b   Hefford, M A ^b   Whitford, M F ^c   Teather, R M ^c  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b Health Canada and World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Standardization and Evaluation of Biologicals   (Canada)

^c LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d Agriculture and Agri Food Canada Kentville   (Canada)

Author keywords

Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens AR10 rumen bacteriocin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; GENES; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

MOLECULAR MASS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIOCIN; BUTYRIVIBRIOCIN; DNA; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

GENE EXPRESSION; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BUTYRIVIBRIO FIBRISOLVENS; BVIA GENE; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOSIS; BACTERIOCINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BUTYRIVIBRIO; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE ORDER; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OPEN READING FRAMES; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BUTYRIVIBRIO; BUTYRIVIBRIO FIBRISOLVENS;

EID: 1642294445     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w03-101     Document Type: Article

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