title: Phage tail-like (high-molecular-weight) bacteriocins of Budvicia aquatica and Pragia fontium (Enterobacteriaceae).
abstract: Electron microscopic analysis of contractile phage tail-like bacteriocins of three Pragia fontium strains and one Budvicia aquatica strain was performed. Fonticin and aquaticin are remarkably heat sensitive but trypsin resistant. Simultaneous production of contractile and flexible phage tail-like bacteriocins in the P. fontium 64613 strain is shown for the first time.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Tomeova 12, CZ-602 00 Brno, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Smarda
authors.forename: Oldrich
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Benada
mesh_terms: D001430:Bacteriocins / Q000032:analysis*; D001435:Bacteriophages / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000648:ultrastructure / Q000821:virology*; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008970:Molecular Weight; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D001430:Bacteriocins