Gradual pediocin PA-1 resistance in Enterococcus faecalis confers cross-protection to diverse pore-forming cationic antimicrobial peptides displaying changes in cell wall and mannose PTS expression

Annals of Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 721-732

  Kumariya, Rashmi ^a   Sood, Shiv Kumar ^a   Rajput, Yudhishthir Singh ^a   Garsa, Anita Kumari ^a  

^a NATIONAL DAIRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

cationic antimicrobial peptides; Enterococcus faecalis; pediocin PA 1; permeability barrier; resistance

Indexed keywords

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS;

EID: 84929840033     PISSN: 15904261     EISSN: 18692044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13213-014-0912-1     Document Type: Article

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