Detection and activity of a bacteriocin produced by Leuconostoc mesenteroides.

doi:10.1128/aem.57.12.3450-3455.1991

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Detection and activity of a bacteriocin produced by Leuconostoc mesenteroides.

Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Dec 1991

Daba H, Pandian S, Gosselin J F, Simard R E, Huang J, Lacroix C

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Leuconostoc mesenteroides UL5 was found to produce a bacteriocin, referred as mesenterocin 5, active against Listeria monocytogenes strains but with no effect on several useful lactic acid bacteria. The antimicrobial substance is a protein, since its activity was completely destroyed following pr...

Topics

Bacteriocins
Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
Kinetics
Leuconostoc
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Mutation
Pronase

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