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Antimicrobial activity of Enterococcus faecium against Listeria spp.
Author(s) -
McKay A. M.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
letters in applied microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.698
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1472-765X
pISSN - 0266-8254
DOI - 10.1111/j.1472-765x.1990.tb00125.x
Subject(s) - bacteriocin , nisin , pediococcus , listeria monocytogenes , listeria , microbiology and biotechnology , enterococcus faecium , antimicrobial , biology , lactococcus , lactococcus lactis , bacteria , enterococcus , lactic acid , antibiotics , genetics
Listeria spp. have been isolated from vegetation, silage, the intestinal tracts of animals and foods such as milk and cheese. Lisleria spp. are taxonomically related to lactobacilli (Seeliger & Jones 1986) and some bacteriocins produced by lactic acid bacteria will inhibit growth of Listeria spp. Bacteriocins such as nisin from Lactococcus lactis and pediocin A from Pediococcus pentosoreus, are active against microorganisms from several Gram‐positive genera, and will inhibit L. monocytogenes. Bacteriocins (e.g. helveticin J and lactacin F) which only inhibit strains closely related to the producing micro‐organism are not effective against L. monocytogenes