Antibiotic compounds from bacillus: Why are they so amazing?

American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 40-46

  Patrick, Fickers ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bacillus; Bacteriocins; Lantibiotics; Nonribosomal peptides; Polyketides

Indexed keywords

ANTIBACTERIAL COMPOUNDS; BACTERIOCINS; GENOME SEQUENCING; GENUS BACILLUS; LANTIBIOTICS; NONRIBOSOMAL PEPTIDE; POLYKETIDES;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACILLI; PEPTIDES;

BACTERIOLOGY;

BACTERIOCIN; HYDROLYASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; NONRIBOSOMAL PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE; POLYKETIDE; THIOL ESTER HYDROLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADENYLATION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CYCLIZATION; EPIMERIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; METHYLATION; NONRIBOSOMAL PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; OXIDATION; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REDUCTION; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84864655883     PISSN: 15533468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajbbsp.2012.40.46     Document Type: Article

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