Inhibition of vancomycin and high-level aminoglycoside-resistant enterococci strains and Listeria monocytogenes by bacteriocin-like substance produced by Enterococcus faecium E86

Current Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 429-436

  Lemos Miguel, Marco Antônio ^a   Dias De Castro, Ângela Cristina ^a   Ferreira Gomes Leite, Selma ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; BACTERIOCIN; BACTERIOCIN LIKE INHIBITORY SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DIFFUSION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; LACTOBACILLUS; LEUCONOSTOC; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOCINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; LACTIC ACID; VANCOMYCIN;

CORYNEBACTERIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; LACTOBACILLUS; LEUCONOSTOC; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 53849089891     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-008-9224-7     Document Type: Article

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