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ArticleMicrobial cell factories2022

Three novel leaderless bacteriocins have antimicrobial activity against gram-positive bacteria to serve as promising food biopreservative.

Xiaofeng Zhang, Nie Xin, Zhaolu Zhu, Xudong Li, Dadong Dai, Chunmei Pan, Donghai Peng, Ming Sun

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Article in Microbial cell factories, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Xiaofeng ZhangState Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, People's Republic of China.
Nie XinState Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, People's Republic of China.
Zhaolu ZhuState Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, People's Republic of China.
Xudong LiState Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, People's Republic of China.
Dadong DaiState Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, People's Republic of China.
Chunmei PanCollege of Food and Biological Engineering, Henan University of Animal Husbandry and Economy, Zhengzhou, China.
Donghai PengState Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, People's Republic of China.
Ming SunState Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, People's Republic of China. m98sun@mail.hzau.edu.cn.
Huazhong Agricultural University · CNHenan University of Economic and Law · CN

Funding

The National Key Research and Development Program of China 2017YFD0201201The Science and Technique Foundation of Henan Province 222102310477
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDue to the detrimental effects of chemical preservatives, there has been an increasing demand for safer, healthier and natural bio-preservatives. Bacteriocins have attracted increasing interest because of their potential as natural bio-preservatives.

resultsWe screened a large number of Bacillus thuringiensis strains and isolated one strain (B. thuringiensis P86) with antimicrobial activity against several foodborne pathogens. Three novel leaderless bacteriocins, including thucin A1, thucin A2 and thucin A3, were purified and identified from the culture supernatant of B. thuringiensis P86, whose molecular masses were 5552.02, 5578.07 and 5609.06 Da, respectively. Thucin A1 was then selected as a representative to be tested, and it exhibited potent inhibitory activity against all tested gram-positive bacteria. More importantly, thucin A1 showed stronger antimicrobial activity than nisin A against two important foodborne pathogens Bacillus cereus and Listeria monocytogenes. In addition, thucin A1 exhibited strong acid-base adaptability (pH 2-11), high endurance to heat, good stability to trypsin and pepsin, no hemolysis activity and cytotoxicity, and could effectively inhibit or eliminate Bacillus cereus and Listeria monocytogenes in skim milk.

conclusionsOur findings indicate that these novel leaderless bacteriocins are potentially promising food biopreservatives.

Indexed as

Anti-Infective AgentsBacteriocinsListeria monocytogenesBacillus cereusGram-Positive BacteriaMicrobial Sensitivity TestsPepsin ATrypsinAnti-Infective AgentsBacteriocinsPepsin ATrypsinBacillus thuringiensisBiopreservativeLeaderless bacteriocinThucin A1

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PMID36123739
PMCPMC9484092
OpenAlexW4296371354

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