HPLC purification and re-evaluation of chemical identity of two circular bacteriocins, gassericin A and reutericin 6

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 406-411

  Arakawa, K ^a   Kawai, Y ^a   Ito, Y ^b   Nakamura, K ^a   Chujo, T ^a   Nishimura, J ^a   Kitazawa, H ^a   Saito, T ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MEIJI DAIRIES CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacteriocin; Circular peptide; Gassericin A; HPLC purification; Lactobacillus gasseri; Lactobacillus reuteri; Reutericin 6

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE; AMINO ACIDS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROPHOBICITY; ORGANIC ACIDS; PEPTIDES;

BACTERIOCIN; BACTERIOCINS; CIRCULAR PEPTIDE; LACTOBACILLUS GASSERI; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI;

PURIFICATION;

2 PROPANOL; ACETONITRILE; ALANINE; BACTERIOCIN; GASSERICIN A; REUTERICIN 6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; FLUORESCENCE; HOMOGENEITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII; LACTOBACILLUS GASSERI; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; NONHUMAN; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

LACTOBACILLUS GASSERI; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI;

EID: 77949383625     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2010.02810.x     Document Type: Article

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