Metwally, M., Abdel-Fattah, A., Abdel-Ghany, S., Geis, A., Heller, K., Okda, A. (2008). ISOLATION, PARTIAL PURIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF 4 KDA BACTERIOCIN, PRODUCED BY Enterococcus faecalis AK71, WITH ACTIVITY AGAINST GRAM- POSITIVE AND GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA. Journal of Food and Dairy Sciences, 33(11), 7997-8020. doi: 10.21608/jfds.2008.125183
M. M. Metwally; A. M. Abdel-Fattah; S. Abdel-Ghany; A. Geis; K. J. Heller; A. Y. Okda. "ISOLATION, PARTIAL PURIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF 4 KDA BACTERIOCIN, PRODUCED BY Enterococcus faecalis AK71, WITH ACTIVITY AGAINST GRAM- POSITIVE AND GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA". Journal of Food and Dairy Sciences, 33, 11, 2008, 7997-8020. doi: 10.21608/jfds.2008.125183
Metwally, M., Abdel-Fattah, A., Abdel-Ghany, S., Geis, A., Heller, K., Okda, A. (2008). 'ISOLATION, PARTIAL PURIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF 4 KDA BACTERIOCIN, PRODUCED BY Enterococcus faecalis AK71, WITH ACTIVITY AGAINST GRAM- POSITIVE AND GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA', Journal of Food and Dairy Sciences, 33(11), pp. 7997-8020. doi: 10.21608/jfds.2008.125183
Metwally, M., Abdel-Fattah, A., Abdel-Ghany, S., Geis, A., Heller, K., Okda, A. ISOLATION, PARTIAL PURIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF 4 KDA BACTERIOCIN, PRODUCED BY Enterococcus faecalis AK71, WITH ACTIVITY AGAINST GRAM- POSITIVE AND GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA. Journal of Food and Dairy Sciences, 2008; 33(11): 7997-8020. doi: 10.21608/jfds.2008.125183
ISOLATION, PARTIAL PURIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF 4 KDA BACTERIOCIN, PRODUCED BY Enterococcus faecalis AK71, WITH ACTIVITY AGAINST GRAM- POSITIVE AND GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA
3Federal Dairy Research Centre, Institute for Microbiology, Kiel, Germany.
Abstract
Strain AK71, isolated from Egyptian fermented milk named Zabady, and identified as Enterococcus faecalis, produces a 4000 Da bacteriocin-like compound with inhibitory activity against Staphylococcus aureus 91161, Enterococcus faecalis 90519 and Serratia marcescens 98027. Bacteriocin AK71-like compound is inactivated by proteinase K but not when treated with catalase and trypsin. No change in activity was recorded after either 30 min or 2 h at pH values between 3.0 and 8.0, and after treatment at 100°C for 30 min. Activity was lost after treatment at 121°C for 20 min. The mode of action is bacteriostatic. The highest level of bacteriocin activity (51200 AU/ml) was recorded when cells were grown in MRS broth at 30°C for 12 h. Bacteriocin AK 71 shows activity towards Gram-negative bacteria making it different from most bacteriocins described for Enterococcus spp.