Article
Utilization of the leucocin A export system in Leuconostoc gelidum for production of a Lactobacillus bacteriocin.
FEMS microbiology letters - 15 Aug 1995
Allison G E, Ahn C, Stiles M E, Klaenhammer T R
Abstract excerpt
The lactacin F complex, composed of LafA and LafX peptides, is produced by Lactobacillus johnsonii VPI 11088 (ATCC 11506) and is active against various lactobacilli and Enterococcus faecalis. The genetic determinants encoding the lactacin F peptides, LafA and LafX, are organized in a chromosomal...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Bacteriocins
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA, Bacterial
- Enterococcus
- Gene Expression
- Lactobacillus
- Leuconostoc
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phenotype
- Plasmids
