Anti-listeria bacteriocin

摘要

Isolated polypeptide (I), designated sakacine G, is a bacteriocin from Lactobacillus sakei 2512. Independent claims are also included for the following: (1) nucleic acid (II) that encodes (I); (2) cloning and/or expression vector containing (II); (3) host cell transformed with the vector of (2); (4) preparation of recombinant (I) by culturing cells of (3); and (5) composition comprising at least one (I) or L. sakei 2512. ACTIVITY : Antibacterial. In a test on bacteria growing in gelled medium, (I) inhibited Listeria ivanovii BUG 496; Listeria inocua 8811; Enterococcus durans; E. faecalis; Pediococcus cerevisiae and Lactobacillus sakei 2515. MECHANISM OF ACTION : None given in the source material.