Identification of antifungal antibiotics of Bacillus species isolated from different microhabitats using polymerase chain reaction and MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1021-1032

  Athukorala, Sarangi N P ^a   Fernando, W G Dilantha ^a   Rashid, Khalid Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacillomycin D; Bacillus spp.; Fengycin; Iturin A; MALDI TOF MS; PCR detection; Surfactin; Zwittermicin A

Indexed keywords

BACILLOMYCIN D; BACILLUS SPP.; FENGYCIN; ITURIN A; MALDI-TOF-MS; PCR-DETECTION; SURFACTIN; ZWITTERMICIN A;

ANTIBIOTICS; BIOCONTROL; BIOSYNTHESIS; DESORPTION; GENES; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; STRAIN;

BACTERIOLOGY;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BACILLOMYCIN D; FENGYCIN; ITURIN A; MYCOSUBTILIN; SURFACTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZWITTERMICIN A;

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; BIOCONTROL AGENT; DESORPTION; GENE; HOMOLOGY; INHIBITION; IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROHABITAT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AGROECOSYSTEM; ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS AMYLOLIQUEFACIENS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GROWTH INHIBITION; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROHABITAT; MYCELIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASCOMYCOTA; BACILLUS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; GENES, BACTERIAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

BACILLUS AMYLOLIQUEFACIENS; BACILLUS MYCOIDES; BACILLUS SP.; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; SCLEROTINIA SCLEROTIORUM;

EID: 70349768142     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W09-067     Document Type: Article

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