Genetic identification of the bacteriocins produced by Enterococcus faecium IT62 and evidence that bacteriocin 32 is identical to enterocin IT

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1907-1911

  Izquierdo, Esther ^a   Cai, Yimin ^b   Marchioni, Eric ^a   Ennahar, Saïd ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LIVESTOCK AND GRASSLAND SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; BACTERIOCIN 32; ENTEROCIN L50A; ENTEROCIN L50B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM IT62; ENTL50A GENE; ENTL50B GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIOCINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; LOLIUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 66149144274     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00052-09     Document Type: Article

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