Comparing methods for identifying Bacillus strains capable of producing the antifungal lipopeptide iturin A

Current Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-5

  Hsieh, Feng Chia ^a,b   Lin, Tsung Chun ^a   Meng, Menghsiao ^b   Kao, Suey Sheng ^a  

^a TAIWAN AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS AND TOXIC SUBSTANCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bacillus spp.; Iturin A; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ITURIN A; LIPOPEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACILLUS; BACILLUS AMYLOLIQUEFACIENS; BACILLUS CIRCULANS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GROWTH INHIBITION ASSAY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACYL-CARRIER PROTEIN S-MALONYLTRANSFERASE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DNA, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSFERASES (OTHER SUBSTITUTED PHOSPHATE GROUPS);

BACILLUS AMYLOLIQUEFACIENS; BACILLUS CIRCULANS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 37549005198     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-007-9003-x     Document Type: Article

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