Title
Genetic determination and localization of multiple bacteriocins produced by Enterococcus faecium CWBI-B1430 and Enterococcus mundtii CWBI-B1431
Date Issued
01 April 2011
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Kluwer Academic Publishers
Abstract
Enterococcus faecium CWBI-B1430 and Enterococcus mundtii CWBI-B1431 from artisanal-produced Peruvian cheeses showed the presence of 4 putative bacteriocin genes: enterocin A, enterocin B, enterocin P, and mundticin KS. The multiple bacteriocin producer E. faecium CWBI-B1430 presented 1 plasmid of 34.6 kb, whereas E. mundtii CWBI-B1431 contained 1 plasmid of 11.0 kb. The structural gene responsible for mundticin KS production was located on 5.6 and 3.1 kb HindIII plasmid fragments. The reverse transcription-PCR analysis showed the expression of the bacteriocin genes enterocin A, enterocin B, and mundticin KS in E. faecium CWBI-B1430 and the bacteriocin genes enterocin P and mundticin KS in E. mundtii CWBI-B1431. To our knowledge, this is the first report of the expression of mundticin KS in E. faecium and enterocin P in E. mundtii. © KoSFoST and Springer 2011.
Start page
289
End page
296
Volume
20
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Biología celular, Microbiología
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-79959745488
PubMed ID
Source
Food Science and Biotechnology
ISSN of the container
12267708
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus