Plasmid-mediated bacteriocin production by Shigella flexneri isolated from dysenteric diarrhoea and their transformation into Escherichia coli

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 300-303

  Padilla, C ^a   Lobos, O ^a   Brevis, P ^a   Abaca, P ^a   Hubert, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Bacteriocins; Dysenteric diarrhoea and transformation; Plasmids; Shigella flexneri

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL STRAINS; BACTERIOCIN PRODUCTION; BACTERIOCINS; DYSENTERIC DIARRHEA AND TRANSFORMATION; E. COLI; ELECTROPORATION; PLASMID; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIOCIN;

BACTERIOLOGY; DISEASES; DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSFER; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

BACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DIARRHEA; DYSENTERY; ELECTROPORATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUIDAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

EID: 33645236176     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2005.01829.x     Document Type: Article

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