Screening of lactic acid bacteria for bacteriocins by microbiological and PCR methods

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 364-369

  Suwanjinda, Duongdearn ^a   Eames, Chris ^a   Panbangred, Watanalai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b Mahidol University ^*  (Thailand)

Author keywords

Bacteriocin; Genes; LAB; PCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; DNA EXTRACTION; ENTEROCIN GENE; FERMENTATION; FOOD; GENE; HUMAN; LABORATORY; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NISIN GENE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEDIOCIN GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STUDENT;

EID: 34748884370     PISSN: 14708175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bmb.84     Document Type: Article

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