Variations in the degree of D-alanylation of teichoic acids in Lactococcus lactis alter resistance to cationic antimicrobials but have no effect on bacterial surface hydrophobicity and charge

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 4764-4767

  Giaouris, Efstathios ^a,b,c   Briandet, Romain ^b   Meyrand, Mickael ^a   Courtin, Pascal ^a   Chapot Chartier, Marie Pierre ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^c AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; BACTERIOLOGY; CELL MEMBRANES; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; HYDROPHOBICITY;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL CELL SURFACE; BACTERIAL RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL SURFACES; GLASS SURFACES; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; TEICHOIC ACIDS; VARIATIONS OF;

SURFACE CHARGE;

GLASS; LYSOZYME; NISIN; POLYSTYRENE; TEICHOIC ACID;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; GLASS; HYDROPHOBICITY; POLYMER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; HYDROPHOBICITY; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ALANINE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; DNA PRIMERS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; OPERON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEICHOIC ACIDS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS;

EID: 49449096952     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00078-08     Document Type: Conference Paper

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