A modified electro-transformation method for Bacillus subtilis and its application in the production of antimicrobial lipopeptides

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1047-1051

  Cao, Guoqiang ^a   Zhang, Xiaohui ^a   Zhong, Lei ^a   Lu, Zhaoxin ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial lipopeptides; Bacillus subtilis; Electroporation; Trehalose

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ELECTROPORATION; FENGYCINS; LIPOPEPTIDES; SUBTILIS; SURFACTIN; TRANSFORMATION EFFICIENCY; TRANSFORMATION METHODS; TREHALOSE;

BACILLI; BACTERIOLOGY;

MICROORGANISMS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; LIPOPEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ELECTROPORATION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL GENETICS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ELECTROPORATION; GENETICS, MICROBIAL; LIPOPEPTIDES; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 79955082904     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-011-0531-x     Document Type: Article

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