Bioengineering of a Nisin A-producing Lactococcus lactis to create isogenic strains producing the natural variants Nisin F, Q and Z

Microbial Biotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 375-382

  Piper, Clare ^a   Hill, Colin ^a,b   Cotter, Paul D ^b,c   Ross, R Paul ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c TEAGASC FOOD RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LANTIBIOTIC; NISIN; NISIN A; NISIN F; NISIN Q; NISIN Z; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOENGINEERING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CODE; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOENGINEERING; ENTEROCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NISIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 79955421170     PISSN: 17517907     EISSN: 17517915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7915.2010.00207.x     Document Type: Article

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