Insertional mutagenesis to generate lantibiotic resistance in Lactococcus lactis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 4677-4680

  Guinane, Caitriona M ^a,b,d   Cotter, Paul D ^a   Lawton, Elaine M ^a   Hill, Colin ^a,b   Ross, R Paul ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c ANIMAL AND GRASSLAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERMENTATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTAGENESIS; PATHOGENS;

FOOD SPOILAGE; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; STARTER CULTURES;

BACTERIA;

LANTIBIOTIC;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; FERMENTATION; MUTATION;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; FERMENTATION; FOOD SPOILAGE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; SCREENING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOCINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL;

LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS;

EID: 34547152043     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02351-06     Document Type: Article

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