Genetic engineering as a powerful tool to improve probiotic strains

Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Reviews

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 173-189

  Bravo, Daniel ^a   Landete, José M ^a  

^a INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

CRISPR; cryptic plasmid; Food grade vectors; genetic engineering; health; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; LACTIC ACID;

BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEAT; CRYPTIC PLASMIDS; FOOD GRADE; FOOD-GRADE VECTOR; GRADES VECTOR; PALINDROMIC; PROBIOTIC STRAIN; PROBIOTICS; RESISTANCE TO ANTIBIOTICS;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL VECTOR; DNA; INTEGRASE; NUCLEASE; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOSAFETY; CHROMOSOME; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEAT; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; BACTERIUM; GENETICS; MICROFLORA; PROCEDURES;

BACTERIA; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MICROBIOTA; PROBIOTICS;

EID: 85035809398     PISSN: 02648725     EISSN: 20465556     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02648725.2017.1408257     Document Type: Article

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