Engineering of Bacillus subtilis 168 for increased nisin resistance

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 6688-6695

  Hansen, Mette E ^a   Wangari, Romilda ^a   Hansen, Egon B ^b   Mijakovic, Ivan ^c   Jensen, Peter R ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b DANISCO A S   (Denmark)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIOCINS; FOOD INDUSTRIES; HETEROLOGOUS PRODUCTION; HOST ORGANISM; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; OVER-EXPRESSION; PROTEOME ANALYSIS; RESISTANCE GENES; SUBTILIS; TRANSCRIPTOMES;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCHEMISTRY; GENES;

ANTIBIOTICS;

NISIN;

FERMENTATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PROTEOMICS;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII; NONHUMAN; PROTEOMICS; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NISIN; PROTEOME; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS;

EID: 70350518280     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00943-09     Document Type: Article

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