Purification and characteristics of a novel bacteriocin produced by Enterococcus faecalis L11 isolated from Chinese traditional fermented cucumber.

CONCLUSIONS: Enterocin L11 is a novel broad-spectrum Class II bacteriocin produced by E. faecalis L11, and may have potential as a food biopreservative.
PMID: 26875092 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Biotechnology Letters - February 13, 2016 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Gao Y, Li B, Li D, Zhang L Tags: Biotechnol Lett Source Type: research