Characterization of enterocins produced by Enterococcus mundtii isolated from humans feces

The aim of this study was to characterize bacteriocins produced by 70 strains of Enterococcus mundtii.Four strains exhibited antibiotic activity towards Listeria innocua, L. monocytogenes, Lactobacillus plantarum, and Salmonella Enteritidis. They remained active under temperatures of up to 121ºC for...

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Main Authors: Alessandra Einsfeld Ferreira, Natália Canal, Daiana Morales, Daiane Bopp Fuentefria, Gertrudes Corção
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2007-03-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132007000200010