Bacteriocin from honeybee beebread Enterococcus avium, active against Listeria monocytogenes.

Appl Environ Microbiol

Instituto de Investigaciones para la Industria Química (INIQUI), Universidad Nacional de Salta (UNSa), Buenos Aires 177, A4402FDC Salta, Salta, Argentina.

Published: June 2005

Enterococcus avium isolated from Apis mellifera beebread produces a thermoresistant bacteriocin with a strain-dependent inhibitory effect on Listeria and without effect on gram-negative bacteria. The bacteriocin appeared to be a polypeptide of about 6 kDa. Genetic analyses revealed no extrachromosomal material in E. avium.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1151797PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.71.6.3373-3375.2005DOI Listing

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