Bacteriocin from honeybee beebread Enterococcus avium, active against Listeria monocytogenes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 3373-3375

  Audisio, M Carina ^a,d   Terzolo, Horacio R ^b   Apella, María C ^c  

^a Instituto de Investigaciones para la Industria Quimica Salta   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME INHIBITION; GENES; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYPEPTIDES;

BACTERIOCIN; ENTEROCOCCUS AVIUM; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; LISTERIA;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIOCIN;

ANTIBIOTICS; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS AVIUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEAT TOLERANCE; HONEYBEE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOCINS; BEES; ENTEROCOCCUS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HONEY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLLEN;

APIS MELLIFERA; ENTEROCOCCUS AVIUM; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 20444425611     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.6.3373-3375.2005     Document Type: Article

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