Molecular genetic study of potentially bacteriocinogenic clinical and dairy Enterococcus spp. isolates from Bulgaria

Annals of Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 381-387

  Strateva, Tanya ^a   Dimov, Svetoslav G ^b   Atanasova, Daniela ^a   Petkova, Veronika ^b   Savov, Encho ^c   Mitov, Ivan ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^c MILITARY MEDICAL ACADEMY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Bacteriocin encoding genes; Clinical isolates; Enterococcus spp; Gene expression; Incidence; Isolates from artisanal cheeses

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957839054     PISSN: 15904261     EISSN: 18692044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13213-015-1120-3     Document Type: Article

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