Search results for "Bacteriocin"
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Desarrollo de Streptococcus dentisani sp. nov, como probiótico para la salud bucodental
2018
Las enfermedades orales como la caries se encuentran entre las más prevalentes en todo el mundo y se desarrollan como consecuencia de una disbiosis microbiana. Probablemente por esta naturaleza polimicrobiana y altamente variable, las aproximaciones de inmunización no son efectivas, y el uso de pre y probióticos que restablezcan la homeostasis han sido propuestas como alternativas prometedoras. Durante años se han probado varias cepas bacterianas como posibles organismos promotores de la salud oral, pero generalmente son especies aisladas de nichos distintos al sitio donde deben ejercer su acción probiótica final, típicamente de muestras fecales. Nuestra hipótesis defiende que los comensale…
Application of bacteriocins in vegetable food biopreservation.
2007
Bacteriocins are generally recognized as "natural" compounds able to influence the safety and quality of foods. In the past years, a lot of works have been aimed to the detection, purification and characterisation of bacteriocins, as well as to their use in food preservation strategies. A list of review articles dealing with the application of bacteriocins to the protection of foods of animal origin is also available in literature, but it lacks for a summary on the utilization of bacteriocins in vegetable foods. These biopreservatives can be used in a number of ways in food systems and this paper mainly focuses on the state-of-the-art application of bacteriocins from lactic acid bacteria (L…
Inorganic phosphate is a trigger factor for Microbispora sp. ATCC-PTA-5024 growth and NAI-107 production
2014
Background NAI-107, produced by the actinomycete Microbispora sp. ATCC-PTA-5024, is a promising lantibiotic active against Gram-positive bacteria and currently in late preclinical-phase. Lantibiotics (lanthionine-containing antibiotics) are ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptides (RiPPs), encoded by structural genes as precursor peptides. The biosynthesis of biologically active compounds is developmentally controlled and it depends upon a variety of environmental stimuli and conditions. Inorganic phosphate (Pi) usually negatively regulates biologically-active molecule production in Actinomycetes, while it has been reported to have a positive control on lantibiotic…
Valutazione in vitro di bacteriocin-like inhibitory substances prodotte da batteri lattici isolati da formaggi tradizionali siciliani
2015
I batteri lattici (LAB) sono in grado di produrre differenti sostanze antimicrobiche tra cui le batteriocine, sostanze di natura proteica che stanno riscuotendo un crescente interesse per il loro possibile impiego come bio-conservanti per controllare e contenere i microrganismi indesiderati responsabili di contaminazioni e/o deterioramento delle matrici alimentari. Gli autori descrivono i risultati di uno screening volto all’identificazione di bacteriocin-like inhibitory substances (BLIS) prodotte da LAB isolati da processi produttivi di formaggi tradizionali siciliani utilizzando due metodi di screening e valutando la natura proteica delle sostanze antimicrobiche eventualmente prodotte, me…