Propionibacterium jensenii produces the polyene pigment granadaene and has hemolytic properties similar to those of Streptococcus agalactiae

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 5501-5506

  Vanberg, Christin ^a   Lutnaes, Bjart Frode ^b   Langsrud, Thor ^a   Nes, Ingolf F ^a   Holo, Helge ^a,c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c TINE SA   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION PEAKS; GRANADAENE; HEMOLYTIC PROPERTIES; PROPIONIBACTERIUM JENSENII; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

CELLS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PIGMENTS; STARCH; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY;

BACTERIA;

GRANADAENE; PIGMENT; POLYENE; STARCH; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PIGMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; HEMOLYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; PROPIONIBACTERIUM JENSENII; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CULTURE MEDIA; ERYTHROCYTES; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HEMOLYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; POLYENES; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROPIONIBACTERIUM JENSENII; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 34548499061     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00545-07     Document Type: Article

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