Conjugative plasmid from Lactobacillus gasseri LA39 that carries genes for production of and immunity to the circular bacteriocin gassericin A

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 6340-6351

  Ito, Yoshiyuki ^a   Kawai, Yasushi ^b   Arakawa, Kensuke ^b   Honme, Yoshiko ^a   Sasaki, Takashi ^a   Saito, Tadao ^b  

^a MEIJI DAIRIES CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI-BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIOCINS; CONJUGATIVE TRANSFER; FILTER MATINGS; LACTOBACILLUS GASSERI; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID VECTORS;

GALLIUM ALLOYS; MAINTENANCE; STRAIN;

GENES;

BACTERIOCIN; GASSERICIN A; PLASMID VECTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNITY; PLASMID;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPLICATION; LACTOBACILLUS GASSERI; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOCINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE ORDER; GENES, BACTERIAL; LACTOBACILLUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

LACTOBACILLUS GASSERI; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI;

EID: 70349410315     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00195-09     Document Type: Article

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