Bacteriophage PBC1 and its endolysin as an antimicrobial agent against Bacillus cereus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2274-2283

  Kong, Minsuk ^a   Ryu, Sangryeol ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIOPHAGES; BIOCONTROL; GENES; LACTIC ACID; PROTEINS; STRAIN;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS GROUPS; BIOCONTROL AGENT; CATALYTIC DOMAINS; FULL-LENGTH PROTEINS; GENOME COMPARISON; LACTIC ACID BACTERIA; MULTIDRUG RESISTANTS; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS;

BACILLUS CEREUS;

BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOCONTROL AGENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; HOST SPECIFICITY; PATHOGEN; PROTEIN;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS CEREUS GROUP; BACILLUS CLARKII; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; MIRIDAE; SIPHOVIRIDAE;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CAPSID PROTEIN; ENDOLYSIN; PROTEINASE; VIRUS DNA;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS PHAGE; BACTERIOLYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE ORDER; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST RANGE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIPHOVIRIDAE; SYNTENY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENOME;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS PHAGES; BACTERIOLYSIS; CAPSID PROTEINS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, VIRAL; ENDOPEPTIDASES; GENE ORDER; GENOME, VIRAL; HOST SPECIFICITY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIPHOVIRIDAE; SYNTENY;

EID: 84925356373     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03485-14     Document Type: Article

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