Correlation of the capsular phenotype in propionibacterium freudenreichii with the level of expression of gtf, a unique polysaccharide synthase-encoding gene

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2740-2746

  Deutsch, Stéphanie Marie ^a,b   Le Bivic, Pierre ^a,b   Hervé, Christophe ^c   Madec, Marie Noëlle ^a,b   Lapointe, Gisèle ^d   Jan, Gwenaël ^a,b   Le Loir, Yves ^a,b   Falentin, Hélène ^a,b  

^a UMR1253   (France)

^b AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

^c Laboratoires Standa   (France)

^d LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENCODING GENES; EPS PRODUCTION; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDES; FERMENTED FOODS; GENE CODING; GENE-SPECIFIC PRIMERS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; OPEN READING FRAME; PCR AMPLIFICATION; PCR ASSAY; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; PROBIOTICS; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; SYNTHASES; UPSTREAM REGION;

AMPLIFICATION; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; BACTERIA; FOOD PRODUCTS; GENE ENCODING; RNA;

TRANSCRIPTION;

BETA GLUCAN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ANTIBODY; BACTERIUM; FERMENTATION; FOOD QUALITY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROPIONIBACTERIUM;

BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GLUCANS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROPIONIBACTERIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; POSIBACTERIA; PROPIONIBACTERIUM FREUDENREICHII;

EID: 77951616261     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02591-09     Document Type: Article

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