A genetic element present on megaplasmids allows Enterococcus faecium to use raffinose as carbon source

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 518-528

  Zhang, Xinglin ^a   Vrijenhoek, Joyce E P ^a   Bonten, Marc J M ^a   Willems, Rob J L ^a   Van Schaik, Willem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GALACTOSIDASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBON; RAFFINOSE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; DNA MICROARRAY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID;

ALPHA-GALACTOSIDASE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBON; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PLASMIDS; RAFFINOSE;

ANIMALIA; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

EID: 78651433025     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02355.x     Document Type: Article

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