Bacteriocin from honeybee beebread Enterococcus avium, active against Listeria monocytogenes.
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.
Audisio
M Carina
MC
Instituto de Investigaciones para la Industria Química (INIQUI), Universidad Nacional de Salta (UNSa), Buenos Aires 177, A4402FDC Salta, Salta, Argentina. audisio@unsa.edu.ar
Terzolo
Horacio R
HR
Apella
María C
MC
D000818:Animals; D001430:Bacteriocins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001516:Bees / Q000378:metabolism*; D016983:Enterococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects; D006722:Honey / Q000382:microbiology*; D008089:Listeria monocytogenes / Q000187:drug effects*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D011058:Pollen / Q000382:microbiology*
D001430:Bacteriocins