Characterization and distribution of the gene cluster encoding RumC, an anti-Clostridium perfringens bacteriocin produced in the gut

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 405-415

  Pujol, Ange ^a,d   Crost, Emmanuelle H ^a   Simon, Gwenola ^a   Barbe, Valerie ^a   Vallenet, David ^b   Gomez, Ana ^c   Fons, Michel ^a  

^a DIF   (France)

^b Laboratorio ABNT CITIUS   (Spain)

^c NORWICH RESEARCH PARK   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Colonization resistance; Dissemination; Gut microbiota; In vivo expression; Ruminococcus gnavus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIOCIN; TRYPSIN;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; CHROMOSOME; COLONIZATION; FECES; IMMUNITY; PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DRUG EFFECT; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RAT; RUMINOCOCCUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOCINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPEN READING FRAMES; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RATS; RUMINOCOCCUS; TRYPSIN;

CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; POSIBACTERIA; RATTUS; RUMINOCOCCUS GNAVUS;

EID: 80054096116     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01176.x     Document Type: Article

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