introduction: lactic acid bacteria are widely used for the fermentation and preservation of dairy and meat products and to improve their aroma and texture. the aim of this study wasto screen lactobacillus plantarum isolated from sausage for detection of plasmids, protein bandsand phages, to find possible linkage of bacteriocin production to genetic location. material and methods: two lactobacil...

L-forms induced from a bacteriocin-producing strain of group A streptococcus retained both the ability to produce the streptococcin and producer strain immunity to the homologous bacteriocin. L-forms of a spontaneously cured (bacteriocin negative) derivative of this same strain failed to produce streptococcin but were sensitive to its action.

A resting cell system was developed for bacteriocin Lac-B23 production from Lactobacillus paracasei J23. The resting cell medium contained (g/L): Glucose 20, Sodium acetate 5.0, MnSO4 0.25 MgSO4 0.5, Ammoniumhydrogencitrate 1.0, KH2PO4 1.0. The resting cell incubation time and temperature were 20 h and 37 °C and the effects of exogenous factors, including amino acids, glycerol, pyruvic acid, an...

The bacteriocin and hemolysin produced by a Streptococcus faecium strain were partially separated after gel filtration on Ultrogel AcA-22. The molecular weight of bacteriocin was approximately 300,000, and that of hemolysin was 220,000. Non-bacteriocinogenic mutants retained the hemolytic activity. Production of hemolysin required glucose, whereas that of bacteriocin did not.

Bacteriocins of the LlpA family have previously been characterized in the γ-proteobacteria Pseudomonas and Xanthomonas. These proteins are composed of two MMBL (monocot mannose-binding lectin) domains, a module predominantly and abundantly found in lectins from monocot plants. Genes encoding four different types of LlpA-like proteins were identified in genomes from strains belonging to the Burk...

Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FZB42 is a Gram-positive plant growth-promoting bacterium with an impressive capacity to synthesize nonribosomal secondary metabolites with antimicrobial activity. Here we report on a novel circular bacteriocin which is ribosomally synthesized by FZB42. The compound displayed high antibacterial activity against closely related Gram-positive bacteria. Transposon mutage...

We have found that Serratia marcescens strain P & S is bacteriocinogenic. However, the phenotypic expression of bacteriocin activity depends upon the temperature at which the cells are grown. When the organism is grown at 30 to 37 C, no bacteriocin activity can be demonstrated, whereas when it is grown at 39 C bacteriocin activity is readily observed. It appears that the P & S strain concomitan...

Bacteriocin produced by Bacillus mycoides isolated from whey showed strong inhibition against food borne serious pathogens, Listeria monocytogenes and Leuconostoc mesenteroides. Antibacterial substance was partially purified by salt saturation method. Partially purified bacteriocin withstood temperature up to 100°C, found active at wider pH range (4 to 11) and was sensitive to trypsin. This inh...

The structural genes for the two-peptide bacteriocin enterocin 1071 (Ent1071) in Enterococcus faecalis FAIR-E 309 were cloned. DNA sequence analysis showed that the enterocin 1071A (Ent1071A) peptide of strain FAIR-E 309 differed by two amino acids from the Ent1071A reported for E. faecalis BFE 1071 (E. Balla, L. M. T. Dicks, M. Du Toit, M. J. van der Merwe, and W. H. Holzapfel, Appl. Environ. ...