Identification and characterization of enterococci from bryndza cheese

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 553-559

  Jurkovic D ^a   Krizkova L ^a   Dusinsky R ^a   Belicova A ^a   Sojka, M ^a   Krajcovic J ^a   Ebringer, L ^a  

^a Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Bryndza cheese; Enterococci; vanA; vanB genes; Virulence determinants

Indexed keywords

BACILLI; DAIRY PRODUCTS;

BACTERIAL STRAINS; BRYNDZUM CHEESE; ENTEROCOCCUS; MICROFLORAE; SHEEP MILKS; VANA; VANB GENE; VANCOMYCIN; VIRULENCE DETERMINANT; WINTER SEASONS;

GENES;

AGAR; CYTOLYSIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN AGG; PROTEIN GEIE; PROTEIN VANA; PROTEIN VANB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPOSITION; DAIRY PRODUCTS; GENES; VIRUSES;

ANIMAL PRODUCT; BACTERIUM; GENE; PHENOTYPE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHEESE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS DURANS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; EVALUATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS DURANS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS SP.; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33646874340     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2006.01918.x     Document Type: Article

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