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. 1995 Jul;61(7):2802–2805. doi: 10.1128/aem.61.7.2802-2805.1995

PCR detection of the lactocin S structural gene in bacteriocin-producing lactobacilli from meat.

J M Rodríguez 1, L M Cintas 1, P Casaus 1, A Suárez 1, P E Hernández 1
PMCID: PMC167555  PMID: 7618895

Abstract

The lactocin S structural gene (lasA) in seven bacteriocinogenic lactobacilli isolated from fermented sausages was studied. Two degenerate primers were synthesized to amplify a 75-bp fragment of the gene. Three strains amplified the fragment from their plasmid DNA, and hybridization analysis confirmed these results.

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