scholarly journals Antagonistic activity against Listeria monocytogenes and Escherichia coli from lactic acid bacteria isolated from raw milk

2012 ◽  
Vol 33 (5) ◽  
pp. 1877-1888 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronaldo Tamanini ◽  
Vanerli Beloti ◽  
Livia Cavaletti C da Silva ◽  
Henrique Lopes da Angela ◽  
Alberto Koji Yamada ◽  
...  
2014 ◽  
Vol 32 (No. 1) ◽  
pp. 61-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Sakaridis ◽  
N. Soultos ◽  
Ch. Batzios ◽  
I. Ambrosiadis ◽  
P. Koidis

Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) isolated from poultry carcasses were added to BHI broth along with Salmonella spp. and Listeria monocytogenes in order to determine their antagonistic activity against the pathogens. There was a statistically significant reduction in Salmonella population on the 5<sup>th</sup> day that varied from 0.41 to 1.12 log CFU/ml. The reduction in L.&nbsp;monocytogenes population was also statistically significant and varied from 0.77 to 1.48 log CFU/ml. The LAB strain with the best inhibitory activity was chosen to examine its action against the same pathogens on the chicken skin and meat. On the chicken skin, the growth reduction on the 6<sup>th</sup> day caused by L. salivarius was lower and did not exceed the 0.54 log CFU/cm<sup>2</sup> for Salmonella spp. and 0.71 log CFU/cm<sup>2</sup> for L. monocytogenes. The reduction on the chicken meat was slightly lower for both pathogens. The results of the experiments suggest that L. salivarius (strain LAB 59) has a potential to be used as a protective culture to improve the safety and extend the shelf life of chicken products. &nbsp;


2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Giusi Macaluso ◽  
Gerlando Fiorenza ◽  
Raimondo Gaglio ◽  
Isabella Mancuso ◽  
Maria Luisa Scatassa

Bacteriocins are antimicrobial proteins produced by bacteria that inhibit with a bactericidal or bacteriostatic mode of action, the growth of other bacteria. Many lactic acid bacteria (LAB) produce a high diversity of different bacteriocins. Bacteriocinogenic LAB are generally recognized as safe (GRAS) and useful to control the frequent development of pathogens and spoilage microorganisms; for this reason they are commonly used as starter cultures in food fermentations. In this study, the authors describe the results of a screening on 699 LAB isolated from wooden vat surfaces, raw milk and traditional Sicilian cheeses, for the production of bacteriocin-like inhibitory substances (BLIS), by comparing two alternative methods. The antagonistic activity of LAB and its proteinaceous nature were evaluated using the <em>spot on the lawn</em> and the <em>well-diffusion assay</em> and the sensitivity to proteolytic (proteinase K, protease B and trypsin), amylolytic (α-amylase) and lipolytic (lipase) enzymes. The indicator strains used were: <em>Listeria monocytogenes</em>, <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em>, <em>E. coli</em>, <em>Salmonella enteritidis</em>. A total of 223 strains (belonged to the species <em>Enterococcus</em> spp., <em>Lactobacillus</em> spp., <em>Pediococcus</em> spp., <em>Streptococcus</em> spp., <em>Leuconostoc</em> spp. and <em>Lactococcus lactis</em>) were found to inhibit the growth of <em>Listeria monocytogenes</em> by using the <em>spot on the lawn</em> method; only 37 of these were confirmed by using the well-diffusion assay. The direct addition of bacteriocin-producing cultures into dairy products can be a more practical and economic option for the improvement of the safety and quality of the final product.


10.5219/1413 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 641-646
Author(s):  
Miroslava Kačániová ◽  
Petra Borotová ◽  
Margarita Terenjeva ◽  
Simona Kunová ◽  
Soňa Felsöciová ◽  
...  

Bryndza cheese includes several predominant lactic acid bacteria. The aim of our study was the antagonistic effect of lactic acid bacteria supernatant isolated from ewes´ cheese bryndza against ten Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. Isolated strains of bacteria were obtained from bryndza which were produced in five different regions of Slovakia. Isolated strains of lactic acid bacteria were identified with mass spectrometry MALDI-TOF MS Biotyper. A total of one hundred and thirty lactic bacteria include Enterococcus faecalis, Enterococcus faecium, Enterococcus hirae, Lactobacillus brevis, Lactobacillus harbinensis, Lactobacillus johnsonii, Lactobacillus plantarum, Lactobacillus paracasei ssp. paracasei, Lactobacillus paraplantarum, Lactobacillus suebicus, Lactococcus lactis ssp. lactis, Lactococcus lactis, and Pediococcus acidilactici were tested in this study against Gram-negative bacteria: Escherichia coli CCM 3988, Klebsiella pneumoniae CCM 2318, Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica CCM 3807, Shigella sonnei CCM 1373, Yersinia enterocolitica CCM 5671 and Gram-positive bacteria: Bacillus thuringiensis CCM 19, Enterococcus faecalis CCM 4224, Listeria monocytogenes CCM 4699, Staphylococcus aureus subsp. aureus CCM 2461, Streptococcus pneumonia CCM 4501 with agar diffusion method. Lactic acid bacteria showed activity 92% against Yersinia enterocolitica, 91% against Klebsiella pneumoniae, 88% against Escherichia coli, 84% against Listeria monocytogenes. The most effective bacteria against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria tested was Lactobacillus paracasei ssp. paracasei.


1998 ◽  
Vol 64 (9) ◽  
pp. 3275-3281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincent G. H. Eijsink ◽  
Marianne Skeie ◽  
P. Hans Middelhoven ◽  
May Bente Brurberg ◽  
Ingolf F. Nes

ABSTRACT Four class IIa bacteriocins (pediocin PA-1, enterocin A, sakacin P, and curvacin A) were purified to homogeneity and tested for activity toward a variety of indicator strains. Pediocin PA-1 and enterocin A inhibited more strains and had generally lower MICs than sakacin P and curvacin A. The antagonistic activity of pediocin-PA1 and enterocin A was much more sensitive to reduction of disulfide bonds than the antagonistic activity of sakacin P and curvacin A, suggesting that an extra disulfide bond that is present in the former two may contribute to their high levels of activity. The food pathogen Listeria monocytogenes was among the most sensitive indicator strains for all four bacteriocins. Enterocin A was most effective in inhibitingListeria, having MICs in the range of 0.1 to 1 ng/ml. Sakacin P had the interesting property of being very active towardListeria but not having concomitant high levels of activity toward lactic acid bacteria. Strains producing class IIa bacteriocins displayed various degrees of resistance toward noncognate class IIa bacteriocins; for the sakacin P producer, it was shown that this resistance is correlated with the expression of immunity genes. It is hypothesized that variation in the presence and/or expression of such immunity genes accounts in part for the remarkably large variation in bacteriocin sensitivity displayed by lactic acid bacteria.


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