Novel bacteriocins from lactic acid bacteria (LAB): Various structures and applications

Microbial Cell Factories

Volumn 13, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Perez, Rodney H ^a   Zendo, Takeshi ^a   Sonomoto, Kenji ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

bacteriocin; bacteriocin application; lactic acid bacteria; screening of novel bacteriocin

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIOCIN; BACTERIOLYSIN; ENTEROCIN; LACTICIN Q; LACTOCOCCIN Q; LACTOCYCLICIN Q; LANTIBIOTIC; LEUCOCYCLICIN Q; NISIN A; NISIN Q; NISIN Z; PEDIOCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; NISIN;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; FOOD INDUSTRY; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; FOOD CONTROL; LACTOBACILLACEAE; METABOLISM; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOCINS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; LACTOBACILLACEAE; NISIN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84906830620     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2859-13-S1-S3     Document Type: Article

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