Detection of antimicrobial activities and bacteriocin structural genes in faecal enterococci of wild animals

Microbiological Research

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 257-263

  Poeta, Patricia ^a   Costa, Daniela ^a   Rojo Bezares, Beatriz ^c   Zarazaga, Myriam ^c   Klibi, Naouel ^c   Rodrigues, Jorge ^a,b   Torres, Carmen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LA RIOJA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacteriocins; E. faecalis; E. faecium; E. hirae; Wild animals

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; TOXIC MATERIALS;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; BACTERIOCIN STRUCTURAL GENES; FAECAL ENTEROCOCCI;

GENES;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; GENE;

ANIMALIA; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; PEDIOCOCCUS; PEDIOCOCCUS PENTOSACEUS;

EID: 34250831613     PISSN: 09445013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2006.06.003     Document Type: Article

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