Increased D-alanylation of lipoteichoic and a thickened septum are main determinants in the nisin resistance mechanism of Lactococcus lactis

Microbiology

Volumn 154, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1755-1762

  Kramer, Naomi E ^a,b   Hasper, Hester E ^b   van den Bogaard, Patrick T C ^a   Morath, Siegfied ^c   de Kruijff, Ben ^b   Hartung, Thomas ^c   Smid, Eddy J ^d   Breukink, Eefjan ^b   Kok, Jan ^a   Kuipers, Oscar P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^d NIZO FOOD RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; GALACTOSE; LIPID; LIPOTEICHOIC ACID; NISIN; VANCOMYCIN; ALANINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; TEICHOIC ACID;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL DIVISION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WILD TYPE; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS;

ALANINE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CELL DIVISION; CELL WALL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NISIN; TEICHOIC ACIDS; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 48449091725     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2007/015412-0     Document Type: Article

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