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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, December 2007, p. 7763-7766, Vol. 73, No. 23
0099-2240/07/$08.00+0 doi:10.1128/AEM.01818-07
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Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand
Received 5 August 2007/ Accepted 5 October 2007
Streptococcus uberis, a causal agent of bovine mastitis, produces ubericin A, a 5.3-kDa class IIa (pediocin-like) bacteriocin, which was purified and characterized. The uba locus comprises two overlapping genes: ubaA (ubericin A precursor peptide) and ubaI (putative immunity protein). Ubericin A is the first streptococcal class IIa bacteriocin to be characterized.
Published ahead of print on 12 October 2007.
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