title: Hydrostatic pressure and electroporation have increased bactericidal efficiency in combination with bacteriocins.
abstract: We report here that both ultrahigh hydrostatic pressure (UHP) and electroporation (EP) induced sublethal injury to bacterial cells surviving the treatments. The injured cells of both gram-positive and -negative bacteria became sensitive to the bacteriocins pediocin AcH and nisin. Bacteriocins in combination with either UHP or EP have greater antibacterial effectiveness than UHP or EP alone.
authors.affiliation: Food Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Animal Science, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming 82071.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kalchayanand
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sikes
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Dunne
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ray