Resistance of rumen bacteria murein to bovine gastric lysozyme

BMC Ecology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Domínguez Bello, María G ^a,b   Pacheco, M Andreína ^b   Ruiz, Marie C ^b   Michelangeli, Fabián ^b   Leippe, Matthias ^c   De Pedro, Miguel A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^c BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^d CENTRO DE BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVIDAE; BOVINAE; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

LYSOZYME; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ANIMAL; BOVINAE; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOBACILLUS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; PH; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RUMINANT STOMACH; STOMACH MUCOSA; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUINUS;

ABOMASUM; ANIMALS; CATTLE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GASTRIC MUCOSA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MURAMIDASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RUMEN; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS;

EID: 2942624231     PISSN: 14726785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6785-4-7     Document Type: Article

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