Characterization of the sorbitol utilization cluster of the probiotic Pediococcus parvulus 2.6: Genetic, functional and complementation studies in heterologous hosts

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue DEC, 2017, Pages

  Pérez Ramos, Adrian ^a   Werning, Maria L ^a,b   Prieto, Alicia ^a   Russo, Pasquale ^c   Spano, Giuseppe ^c   Mohedano, Mari L ^a   López, Paloma ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Exopolysaccharides; Lactic acid bacteria; Pediococcus parvulus; Probiotic; Sorbitol; glucans

Indexed keywords

1,3 BETA GLUCAN SYNTHASE; GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID; PLASMID DNA; PROBIOTIC AGENT; SORBITOL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOINFORMATICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTROTRANSFORMATION; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GLUCOSE UTILIZATION; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PEDIOCOCCUS; PEDIOCOCCUS PARVULUS; PLASMID; SORBITOL UTILIZATION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 85036627910     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.02393     Document Type: Article

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