Isolation and partial chemical characterization of an antimicrobial peptide produced by Bacillus subtilis

An endophytic bacterium (Bacillus subtilis EN 63-1) isolated from apple fruit produces an antibiotic which has been purified to homogeneity and partially characterized. It consists of an acidic peptide containing asparagine/aspartate, glutamine/glutamate, serine, glycine, alanine, proline, valine...

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Main Author: Bechard, Jeff
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/4583