Characterization of enterocin- and salivaricin-producing lactic acid bacteria from the mammalian gastrointestinal tract: RESEARCH LETTER

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 291, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 24-34

  O'shea, Eileen F ^a,b   Gardiner, Gillian E ^a,c   O'connor, Paula M ^a,c   Mills, Susan ^a   Ross, R Paul ^a,c   Hill, Colin ^b,c  

^a TEAGASC FOOD RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bacteriocin; enterocin A; Gastrointestinal tract; Lactic acid bacteria; Salivaricin A; Salivaricin P

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIOCIN; ENTEROCIN A; PROTEINASE; SALIVARICIN P; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS HYOINTESTINALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS SALIVARIUS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOCINS; CATTLE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MAMMALS; MIDDLE AGED; SWINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA; STREPTOCOCCUS HYOINTESTINALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS SALIVARIUS;

EID: 58149280200     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01427.x     Document Type: Article

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