Application of Lactobacillus johnsonii expressing phage endolysin for control of Clostridium perfringens

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 355-361

  Gervasi, T ^a,b   Lo Curto, R ^b   Minniti, E ^b   Narbad, A ^a   Mayer, M J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clostridium perfringens; Lactobacillus; Antimicrobials; Endolysin; Food safety

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BACTERIOPHAGES; BATCH CELL CULTURE; BIOCONTROL; CELL ENGINEERING; CELLS; FOOD SAFETY; HYDROLYSIS; PATHOGENS;

ANTIMICROBIAL; CELL WALLS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CO-CULTURES; ENDOLYSIN; ENGINEERED STRAINS; FOOD-SAFETY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; IN-VITRO; LACTOBACILLUS;

CLOSTRIDIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL WALL; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HYDROLYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; LACTOBACILLUS JOHNSONII; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; SIMULATION; WILD TYPE; BACTERIOLYSIS; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; LACTOBACILLUS; METABOLISM;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS JOHNSONII;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; ENDOLYSIN; PROTEINASE; VIRUS PROTEIN;

BACTERIOLYSIS; BACTERIOPHAGES; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; ENDOPEPTIDASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LACTOBACILLUS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 84921664578     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/lam.12298     Document Type: Article

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