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Characterization of the two-component abortive phage infection mechanism AbiT from Lactococcus lactis.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Nov 2002
Bouchard Julie D, Dion Eric, Bissonnette Frédéric, Moineau Sylvain
Abstract excerpt
During the production of fermented dairy products, virulent bacteriophages infecting Lactococcus lactis can delay or stop the milk acidification process. A solution to this biological problem consists of introducing natural phage barriers into the strains used by the dairy industry. One such hurdle is called abortive infection (Abi) and causes premature cell death with no or little phage progeny. Here, we...
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