Isolation and taxonomic identity of bacteriocin-producing lactic acid bacteria from retail foods and animal sources

Chris Henning, Paul Vijayakumar, Raj Adhikari, Badrinath Jagannathan, Dhiraj Gautam, Peter M. Muriana

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Abstract

Bacteriocin-producing (Bac+) lactic acid bacteria (LAB) were isolated from a variety of food products and animal sources. Samples were enriched in de Man, Rogosa, and Sharpe (MRS) Lactocilli broth and plated onto MRS agar plates using a “sandwich overlay” technique. Inhibitory activity was detected by the “deferred antagonism” indicator overlay method using Listeria monocytogenes as the primary indicator organism. Antimicrobial activity against L. monocytogenes was detected by 41 isolates obtained from 23 of 170 food samples (14%) and 11 of 110 samples from animal sources (10%) tested. Isolated Bac+ LAB included Lactococcus lactis, Lactobacillus curvatus, Carnobacterium maltaromaticum, Leuconostoc mesenteroides, and Pediococcus acidilactici, as well as Enterococcus faecium, Enterococcus faecalis, Enterococcus hirae, and Enterococcus thailandicus. In addition to these, two Gram-negative bacteria were isolated (Serratia plymuthica, and Serratia ficaria) that demonstrated inhibitory activity against L. monocytogenes, Staphylococcus aureus, and Enterococcus faecalis (S. ficaria additionally showed activity against Salmonella Typhimurium). These data continue to demonstrate that despite more than a decade of antimicrobial interventions on meats and produce, a wide variety of food products still contain Bac+ microbiota that are likely eaten by consumers and may have application as natural food preservatives.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)80-93
Number of pages14
JournalMicroorganisms
Volume3
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2015

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This paper was funded in part by an OCAST-OARS grant (#AR12-049), Nutrition Physiology Co. (Guyman, OK, USA), the Department of Animal Science, the R.M. Kerr Food & Ag Products Center (Oklahoma State University), and the Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station (Hatch Project #OKL02885).

Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.

Keywords

  • Bacteriocin
  • Food preservative
  • Lactic acid bacteria
  • Listeria monocytogenes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Microbiology
  • Microbiology (medical)
  • Virology

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