Bacillus subtilis as a tool for screening soil metagenomic libraries for antimicrobial activities

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 850-855

  Biver, Sophie ^a   Steels, Sébastien ^a   Portetelle, Daniel ^a   Vandenbol, Micheline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Bacillus cereus; Bacillus subtilis; Functional metagenomics; Shuttle vector

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL DNA; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DNA FRAGMENT; PROTEINASE K;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOREST; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LIBRARY; METAGENOMICS; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEUS VULGARIS; SHUTTLE VECTOR; SOIL MICROFLORA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC VECTORS; METAGENOME; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEUS VULGARIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; PROTEUS VULGARIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 84879187609     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: 17388872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4014/jmb.1212.12008     Document Type: Article

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