Cell wall structure and function in lactic acid bacteria

Microbial Cell Factories

Volumn 13, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Chapot Chartier, Marie Pierre ^a   Kulakauskas, Saulius ^a  

^a UMR1319 MICALIS   (France)

Author keywords

Autolysis; Bacteria host cross talk; Bacteriophage; Cell wall; Lactic acid bacteria; Peptidoglycan; Peptidoglycan hydrolase; Polysaccharide; Probiotic; Surface proteins; Teichoic acid

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; POLYSACCHARIDE; TEICHOIC ACID; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LIPOTEICHOIC ACID;

ACETYLATION; AMIDATION; ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DEGRADATION KINETICS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOST; HYDROLYSIS; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; LACTOBACILLACEAE; METABOLISM;

ACETYLATION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL WALL; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; LACTOBACILLACEAE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; TEICHOIC ACIDS;

EID: 84906834067     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2859-13-S1-S9     Document Type: Article

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