Cloning of genes encoding colicin E2 in Lactococcus lactis subspecies lactis and evaluation of the colicin-producing transformants as inhibitors of Escherichia coli O157:H7 during milk fermentation

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1146-1154

  Liu, S M ^a   Miller, D M ^a   Roberts, R F ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colicin; Escherichia coli O157:H7

Indexed keywords

COLICIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FERMENTATION; GENETICS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; MOLECULAR CLONING; PLASMID;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOCIN PLASMIDS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COLICINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FERMENTATION; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MILK;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS;

EID: 79951714675     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2010-3539     Document Type: Article

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