The ability of Aneunnibacillus migulanus (Bacillus brevis) to produce the antibiotic gramicidin S is correlated with phenotype variation

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 6620-6628

  Berditsch, Marina ^a   Afonin, Sergii ^b   Ulrich, Anne S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; PEPTIDES;

ANEUNNIBACILLUS MIGULANUS; ANTIBIOTIC GRAMICIDIN; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; PHENOTYPE VARIATION;

BACTERIA;

GRAMICIDIN S; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; GRAMICIDIN;

ANTIBIOTICS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE;

ANEURINIBACILLUS MIGULANUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BREVIBACILLUS BREVIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACILLUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANEURINIBACILLUS MIGULANUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BREVIBACILLUS BREVIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CULTURE MEDIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GRAMICIDIN; PHENOTYPE; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 35448957629     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00881-07     Document Type: Article

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