Antibacterial activity of lactic acid bacteria isolated from vacuum-packaged meats

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Lactic acid bacteria isolated from vacuum-packaged fresh meat stored at 4.degree.C were shown to produce antagonistic substances active against closely related bacteria. Growth medium, pH and growth temperature all affected the production of the inhibitory substances. Ten stains including aciduric Lactobacillus-type organisms, Carnobacterium spp. and Leuconostoc spp. were selected that produced proteinaceous substances that caused inhibition of indicator strains. These were considered to be bacteriocins or bacteriocin-like compounds based on their inactivation with protease, generally narrow spectra of antibacterial activity and bactericidal or bacteriostatic modes of action. Activity was not lost from supernatant fluids as a result of heat treatment of 62.degree.C for 30 min, except for the Leuconostoc strains. Inhibitory spectra of some strains included Enterococcu sp. and Listeria monocytogenes. Some strains were of interest because their inhibitory substances were detected in the supernatant fluid early in the growth cycle. The inhibitory substances differed in characteristics between strains and there is evidence that more than one bacteriocin-like substance may be produced by some strains.

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