Bacteriocins from Lactobacillus plantarum production, genetic organization and mode of action: produção, organização genética e modo de ação Bacteriocinas de Lactobacillus plantarum
Bacteriocins are biologically active proteins or protein complexes that display a bactericidal mode of action towards usually closely related species. Numerous strains of bacteriocin producing Lactobacillus plantarum have been isolated in the last two decades from different ecological niches includi...
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Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia
2009-06-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Microbiology |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822009000200001 |