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Isolation and Characterization of Pediocin NV 5 Producing Pediococcus acidilactici LAB 5 from Vacuum-Packed Fermented Meat Product.

ABSTRACT: A potentially novel antimicrobial compound producing Pediococcus acidilactici LAB 5 was isolated from vacuum-packed fermented meat product. This compound was found active against some species of Enterococcus, Leuconostoc, Staphylococcus and Listeria, many of which are associated with food spoilage and food related health hazards. The strain was found to be a paired cocci which can utilize a broad range of carbohydrates and produce acid identical to the P. acidilactici and P. pentoseus. Since the antimicrobial agent was sensitive to proteolytic enzymes but quite resistant to heat, it was identified as a bacteriocin and was designated as Pediocin NV 5. The molecular weight of the bacteriocin was 10.3 kDa and the bacterium possessed a 5 kbp plasmid responsible for bacteriocin production and also for vancomycin resistance phenotype.

SUBMITTER: Mandal V

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3209858 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Isolation and Characterization of Pediocin NV 5 Producing Pediococcus acidilactici LAB 5 from Vacuum-Packed Fermented Meat Product.

Mandal Vivekananda V Sen Sukanta Kumar SK Mandal Narayan Chandra NC

Indian journal of microbiology 20110126 1

A potentially novel antimicrobial compound producing Pediococcus acidilactici LAB 5 was isolated from vacuum-packed fermented meat product. This compound was found active against some species of Enterococcus, Leuconostoc, Staphylococcus and Listeria, many of which are associated with food spoilage and food related health hazards. The strain was found to be a paired cocci which can utilize a broad range of carbohydrates and produce acid identical to the P. acidilactici and P. pentoseus. Since the ...[more]

PMID: 22282624

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Project description:BackgroundBacteriocin-producing lactic acid bacteria are commonly used as natural protective cultures. Among them, strains of the genus Pediococcus are particularly interesting for their ability to produce pediocin, a broad spectrum antimicrobial peptide with a strong antagonistic activity against the food-borne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes. Furthermore, there is increasing interest in isolating new bacteriocin-producing strains of human intestinal origin that could be developed for probiotic effects and inhibition of pathogenic bacteria in the gut. In this work, we typed a new strain, co-isolated from baby faeces together with a Bifidobacterium thermophilum strain, and characterized its proteinaceous compound with strong antilisterial activity.ResultsThe newly isolated strain UVA1 was identified as a Pediococcus acidilactici by carbohydrate fermentation profile, growth at 50 degrees C and 16S rDNA sequencing. The partially purified bacteriocin was heat resistant up to 100 degrees C, active over a wide range of pH (2 to 9) and susceptible to proteolytic enzymes. The molecular weight, estimated by SDS-PAGE, was similar to that of pediocin AcH/PA-1 (4.5 kDa). P. acidilactici UVA1 harboured a 9.5-kb plasmid that could be cured easily, which resulted in the loss of the antimicrobial activity. Southern hybridization using the DIG-labelled pedA-probe established that the bacteriocin gene was plasmid-borne as for all pediocin described so far. Nucleotide sequence of the whole operon (3.5 kb) showed almost 100 % similarity to the pediocin AcH/PA-1 operon. The mRNA transcript for pedA could be detected in P. acidilactici UVA1 but not in the cured derivative, confirming the expression of the pedA-gene in UVA1. Using a new real-time PCR assay, eleven out of seventeen human faecal samples tested were found to contain pedA-DNA.ConclusionWe identified and characterised the first pediocin produced by a human intestinal Pediococcus acidilactici isolate and successfully developed a new real-time PCR assay to show the large distribution of pedA-containing strains in baby faecal samples.

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Isolation and Characterization of Pediocin NV 5 Producing Pediococcus acidilactici LAB 5 from Vacuum-Packed Fermented Meat Product.

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Isolation and Characterization of Pediocin NV 5 Producing Pediococcus acidilactici LAB 5 from Vacuum-Packed Fermented Meat Product.

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