DETECTION, PURIFICATION, AND PARTIAL CHARACTERIZATION OF PLANTARICIN-C, A BACTERIOCIN PRODUCED BY A LACTOBACILLUS-PLANTARUM STRAIN OF DAIRYORIGIN

Authors
GONZALEZ B ARCA P MAYO B SUAREZ JE
Citation
B. Gonzalez et al., DETECTION, PURIFICATION, AND PARTIAL CHARACTERIZATION OF PLANTARICIN-C, A BACTERIOCIN PRODUCED BY A LACTOBACILLUS-PLANTARUM STRAIN OF DAIRYORIGIN, Applied and environmental microbiology, 60(6), 1994, pp. 2158-2163
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Applied and environmental microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00992240
Volume
60
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
2158 - 2163
Database
ISI
SICI code
0099-2240(1994)60:6<2158:DPAPCO>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
A bacteriocin produced by Lactobacillus plantarum LL441 was selected f rom the inhibitory products of 75 mesophilic lactobacilli because of i ts potency and broad spectrum. It is a peptide of 3.5 kDa whose amino- terminal sequence is NH2-K-K-T-K-K-N-X-S-G-D-I-. It is bactericidal an d, in some cases, bacteriolytic. The peptide, called plantaricin C, re tained its activity after boiling, storage, and treatment at different pHs.