Bioengineered nisin derivatives with enhanced activity in complex matrices

Microbial Biotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 501-508

  Rouse, Susan ^a   Field, Des ^a   Daly, Karen M ^a   O'Connor, Paula M ^b,c   Cotter, Paul D ^b,c   Hill, Colin ^a,b   Ross, R Paul ^b,c  

^a Department of Microbiology ^*  (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c TEAGASC FOOD RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; CARRAGEENAN; NISIN; NISIN A; NISIN GVK; NISIN HLT; NISIN NAK; NISIN NGK; NISIN NMA; NISIN NMG; NISIN NMV; NISIN PAL; NISIN PMC; NISIN PMQ; NISIN PTL; NISIN SVA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOENGINEERING; CACAO; COMPLEX FORMATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MILK; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOENGINEERING; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NISIN;

EID: 84862011041     PISSN: 17517907     EISSN: 17517915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7915.2011.00324.x     Document Type: Article

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