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SUBMITTER: Pridmore D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC167955 | biostudies-other | 1996 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Pridmore D D Rekhif N N Pittet A C AC Suri B B Mollet B B
Applied and environmental microbiology 19960501 5
A new lanthionine-containing bacteriocin, variacin, displaying a broad host range of inhibition against gram-positive food spoilage bacteria, has been identified from two strains of Micrococcus varians isolated from meat fermentations. The new bacteriocin was purified, and its amino-terminal end and total amino acid composition were determined. The structural gene was isolated and analyzed. Variacin is resistant to heat and pH conditions from 2 to 10. Its primary sequence shows significant homol ...[more]