Comparing the efficacy of plasmid curing agents in Lactobacillus acidophilus

Beneficial Microbes

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 155-158

  Karthikeyan, V ^a   Santosh, S W ^a  

^a SRM INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Lactobacillus; Plasmid curing agent; Plasmid profile

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DETERGENT; INTERCALATING AGENT; MOLASSES;

ARTICLE; DNA REPLICATION; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PLASMID;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DETERGENTS; DNA REPLICATION; INTERCALATING AGENTS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; MOLASSES; PLASMIDS;

EID: 84856391911     PISSN: 18762883     EISSN: 18762891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3920/BM2009.0038     Document Type: Article

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