Sensitivity of capsular-producing Streptococcus thermophilus strains to bacteriophage adsorption

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 462-468

  Rodriguez C ^a   Van Der Meulen, R ^b   Vaningelgem, F ^b   Font De Valdez, G ^a   Raya, R ^a   De Vuyst, L ^b   Mozzi, F ^a,b,c  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c CENTRO DE REFERENCIA PARA LACTOBACILOS CERELA CONICET   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bacteriophages; Capsular polysaccharides; Exopolysaccharides; Lactic acid bacteria

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BACTERIOPHAGES; LACTIC ACID; METABOLITES;

CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDES; HOSTS INTERACTIONS; LACTIC ACID BACTERIA; PHAGE ADSORPTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS STRAINS; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; THERMOPHILUS;

POLYSACCHARIDES;

EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; POLYMER; POLYSACCHARIDE; YOGHURT;

ADSORPTION; BACTERIA; FOOD PRODUCTS; STRAIN;

ADSORPTION; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EXOPOLYMER; FERMENTATION; MUTATION;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FOOD INDUSTRY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 41049084638     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2008.02341.x     Document Type: Article

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