Characterization of the Tn916 conjugative transposon in a food-borne strain of Lactobacillus paracasei

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3866-3871

  Devirgiliis, Chiara ^a,b   Coppola, Doriana ^a   Barile, Simona ^a   Colonna, Bianca ^b   Perozzi, Giuditta ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FERMENTED DAIRY PRODUCTS; LACTIC ACID BACTERIA; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; MOLECULAR LEVELS; NATURAL STRAIN; PALINDROMIC; PCR ANALYSIS; STARTER CULTURES;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DAIRY PRODUCTS; LACTIC ACID; ORGANIC ACIDS;

STRAIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MILK; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LACTOBACILLUS PARACASEI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DAIRY PRODUCTS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOTYPE; ITALY; LACTOBACILLUS; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE;

BRUGMANSIA VERSICOLOR; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; LACTOBACILLUS PARACASEI;

EID: 67149096102     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00589-09     Document Type: Article

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