Purification, characterization, and biological effects of a second bacteriocin from Enterococcus faecalis ssp. liquefaciens S-48 and its mutant strain B-48-28.

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Purification, characterization, and biological effects of a second bacteriocin from Enterococcus faecalis ssp. liquefaciens S-48 and its mutant strain B-48-28.

Canadian journal of microbiology - 1 Oct 1991

López-Lara I, Gálvez A, Martínez-Bueno M, Maqueda M, Valdivia E

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Enterococcus faecalis ssp. liquefaciens S-48 (producer of the peptide antibiotic AS-48) and its mutant B-48-28 (AS-48-) secrete the bacteriocin Bc-48. This substance has been purified to homogeneity from culture supernatants of strain B-48-28; it consists of a protein (80 kDa) stable from pH. 5.5...

Topics

Bacterial Proteins
Bacteriocins
Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
Enterococcus faecalis
Kinetics
Mutation
Phosphates

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