A new rapid fluorogenic method for measuring bacteriocin activity

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 196-199

  de la Fuente Salcido, Norma ^a,b,c   Salcedo Hernández, Rubén ^a   Alanís Guzmán, Ma Guadalupe ^c   Bideshi, Dennis K ^d,e   Barboza Corona, J Eleazar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE COAHUILA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

^d CALIFORNIA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Bacteriocin activity; Berberine; Fluorescence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; BERBERINE; NISIN; PEDIOCIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FOOD PRESERVATION; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; PEDIOCOCCUS ACIDILACTICI; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOCINS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BERBERINE; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; FLUORESCENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34250745630     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2007.03.020     Document Type: Article

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