Plasmid-associated bacteriocin production by a strain of Carnobacterium piscicola from meat.

doi:10.1128/aem.56.8.2503-2510.1990

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Plasmid-associated bacteriocin production by a strain of Carnobacterium piscicola from meat.

Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Aug 1990

Ahn C, Stiles M E

Abstract excerpt

Carnobacterium piscicola LV17 isolated from vacuum-packed meat produces bacteriocin(s) that is active against closely related lactic acid bacteria, Enterococcus spp., and a strain of Listeria monocytogenes but not against gram-negative bacteria. The bacteriocin has a bactericidal mode of action,...

Topics

Bacteriocins
Food Microbiology
Food Preservation
Gram-Positive Asporogenous Rods
Lactobacillaceae
Meat
Mutation
Plasmids
Vacuum

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