Purification of the bacteriocin bavaricin MN and characterization of its mode of action against Listeria monocytogenes Scott A cells and lipid vesicles
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Bavaricin MN, with a molecular weight of 4,769 and a pI of 10.0, has been purified from Lactobacillus sake culture supernatant. The bavaricin MN induced depletion of the membrane potential (delta-P) of energized Listeria monocytogenes cells is concentration dependent. When the bavaricin MN concentration is 9.0 microgram/ml, the delta-P decreases by 85%. Bavaricin MN induces carboxyfluorescein efflux from L. monocytogenes-derived lipid vesicles. This efflux is also concentration dependent and has an optimum pH of 6.0.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 1996
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Depletion of proton motive force by nisin in Listeria monocytogenes cells
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The basal bioenergetic parameters of Listeria monocytogenes Scott A and the influence of nisin on the protein motive force (PMF) were reported. L. monocytogenes Scott A cells maintained a constant PMF typical of facultative anaerobes. The addition, however, of nisin to energized cells led to the collapse of the PMF. The nisin-mediated depletion of the membrane potential and pH gradient were time- and concentration-dependent.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 1992
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Increased ATPase activity is responsible for acid sensitivity of nisin-resistant listeria monocytogenes ATCC 700302
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The growth of foodborne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes can be controlled by nisin, an antimicrobial peptide. A spontaneous mutant of L. monocytogenes show that both resistance to nisin and increased acid sensitivity compared to the wild type.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 2004
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