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Luminescent method for the detection of antibacterial activities.
Applied microbiology and biotechnology - 1 Dec 2001
Simon L, Fremaux C, Cenatiempo Y, Berjeaud J M
Abstract excerpt
A new rapid and sensitive method for the detection of antibacterial activities was based on luminescent indicator strains. Listeria innocua 8811 and Enterococcus faecalis 32 were transformed with plasmid carrying bacterial luciferase genes. Subsequent strains became capable to emit light during the exponential growth phase. The addition of bacteriocin containing culture supernatants to such cultures induced a...
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