EpsA is an essential gene in exopolysaccharide production in Lactobacillus johnsonii FI9785

Microbial Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 496-501

  Dertli, Enes ^a,b   Mayer, Melinda J ^a   Colquhoun, Ian J ^a   Narbad, Arjan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b BAYBURT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPSA GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; LACTOBACILLUS JOHNSONII; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PLASMID; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84976557103     PISSN: 17517907     EISSN: 17517915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.12314     Document Type: Article

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