Natural genetic transformation: A novel tool for efficient genetic engineering of the dairy bacterium Streptococcus thermophilus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 6751-6756

  Blomqvist, Trinelise ^a   Steinmoen, Hilde ^a   Håvarstein, Leiv Sigve ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; FERMENTATION; FOOD PRODUCTS; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MICROBIOLOGY;

FOOD-GRADE MUTANTS; GENOME SEQUENCES; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

GENE TRANSFER;

YOGHURT;

BACTERIUM; FERMENTATION; FOOD; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CHEESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY INDUSTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; FERMENTATION TECHNIQUE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PROCESS DESIGN; STARTER CULTURE; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

DNA, BACTERIAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; YOGURT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 33750052593     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01156-06     Document Type: Article

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