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Subspecies diversity in bacteriocin production by intestinal Lactobacillus salivarius strains.
Gut microbes - 1 Jan 2000
O' Shea Eileen F, O' Connor Paula M, Raftis Emma J, O' Toole Paul W, Stanton Catherine, Cotter Paul D, Ross R Paul, Hill Colin
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A recent comparative genomic hybridization study in our laboratory revealed considerable plasticity within the bacteriocin locus of gastrointestinal strains of Lactobacillus salivarius. Most notably, these analyses led to the identification of two novel unmodified bacteriocins, salivaricin L and salivaricin T, produced by the neonatal isolate L. salivarius DPC6488 with immunity, regulatory and export systems...
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