Identification of bacteriocin genes in enterococci isolated from game animals and saltwater fish

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1252-1260

  Almeida, Tereza ^a   Brandaão, Andreia ^a   MuñOz Atienza, Estefanía ^b   Gonçalves, Alexandre ^a   Torres, Carmen ^c   Igrejas, Gilberto ^a   Hernández, Pablo E ^b   Herranz, Carmen ^b   Cintas, Luis M ^b   Poeta, Patrícia ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LA RIOJA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROCOCCUS; FECES; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD PRESERVATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRODUCT SAFETY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BACTERIOCINS; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; ENTEROCOCCUS; FECES; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD PRESERVATION; HUMANS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LIZA RAMADA; MUGILIDAE; PEDIOCOCCUS PENTOSACEUS; PERDIX PERDIX; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 80051595929     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-11-016     Document Type: Article

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