Antimicrobial susceptibility of bacillus strains isolated from primary starters for african traditional bread production and characterization of the bacitracin operon and bacitracin biosynthesis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 7903-7914

  Adimpong, David B ^a,b   Sørensen, Kim I ^b   Thorsen, Line ^a   Stuer Lauridsen, Birgitte ^b   Abdelgadir, Warda S ^c   Nielsen, Dennis S ^a   Derkx, Patrick M F ^b   Jespersen, Lene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b CHR HANSEN A S   (Denmark)

^c Food Research Centre   (Sudan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENES; ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS SPECIES; BACILLUS SPP; BACILLUS STRAIN; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BREAD PRODUCTION; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN RESISTANCE; FEED ADDITIVES; KANAMYCINS; LIMITED INFORMATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES; PROBIOTICS; QUADRUPOLES; RESISTANCE GENES; SUBTILIS; SYNTHETASES; TIME OF FLIGHT; TRANSPORTER GENES; VANCOMYCIN;

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCHEMISTRY; FOOD PRODUCTS; GENES; MICROORGANISMS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; STARTERS; STRAIN;

ANTIBIOTICS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACITRACIN;

AMINO ACID; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTICS; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; FERMENTATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROBIOTICS; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BREAD; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; DRUG EFFECTS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS; BACITRACIN; BREAD; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

SUDAN;

BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS SONORENSIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS SUBSP. SUBTILIS;

EID: 84868629199     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00730-12     Document Type: Article

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