Applications of Lactic Acid Bacteria-Produced Bacteriocins

Biotechnology of Lactic Acid Bacteria: Novel Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 89-109

  Collins, Barry ^a   Cotter, Paul D ^b,c   Hill, Colin ^a,c   Ross, R Paul ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b TEAGASC FOOD RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^d ANIMAL AND GRASSLAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

"superbugs" MRSA, VRE, and C.; A number of other researchers linked the mannose PTS; Applications of Class I Bacteriocins; Applications of Class II Bacteriocins; Applications of Lactic Acid Bacteria Produced Bacteriocins; Bacteriocins of LAB; Vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855743061     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780813820866.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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