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Table 2 Antimicrobial activity spectrum of enterocins obtained from Enterococcus faecium

From: Enterocins of Enterococcus faecium, emerging natural food preservatives

Producer strains

Inhibitory spectruma

Reference

CTC 492

Listeria spp., Enterococcus faecalis

Aymerich et al. (1996)

CRL 35

S. aureus, L. monocytogenes

Farias et al. (1996)

BFE 900

Lb. sakei, C. butyricum, C. perfringens, L. monocytogenes

Franz et al. (1996)

P13

L. monocytogenes, S. aureus, C. perfringens, C. botulinum, E. faecalis, S. carnosus, C. sporogenes, C. tyrobutyricum, Propionibacterium spp.

Cintas et al. (1997)

6T1a

E. faecalis, Bacillus spp., Clostridium spp., Listeria spp., Pediococcus spp., Propionibacterium spp.

Floriano et al. (1998)

WHE 81

L. innocua, L. seeligerii, L. monocytogenes

Ennahar et al. (1998)

AA13

L. monocytogenes, S. aureus, C. perfringens, C. botulinum

Herranz et al. (1999)

G16

 

Herranz et al. (1999)

L50

Lb. sakei, Pediococcus spp.

Cintas et al. (2000)

EFM01

L. monocytogenes, L. innocua, L. seeligeri

Ennahar and Deschamps (2000)

N15

L. monocytogenes and closely related Enterococcus spp. and Lactobacillus spp.

Losteinkit et al. (2001)

P21

S. aureus, C. botulinum, C. perfringens, L. monocytogenes.

Herranz et al. (2001)

B1 & B2

Carnobacterium divergens, E. faecalis, Lb. brevis, Carnobacterium piscicola, Lb. pentosus and Paralactobacillus selangorensis, L. monocytogenes, B. pumilus, Micrococcus luteus, L. innocua

Moreno et al. (2002)

F58

Genera Listeria, Staphylococcus, Clostridium, Brochothrix, Bacillus

Achemchem et al. (2005)

MMT21

L. monocytogenes, S. aureus and closely related LAB

Ghrairi et al. (2008)

ST5Ha

Escherichia coli, Enterobacter cloacae, E. faecalis, Klebsiella pneumoniae , L. ivanovii, L. monocytogenes, L. innocua, Pseudomonas spp., S. aureus and closely related LAB

Todorov et al. (2010)

  1. a B. Bacillus, C. Clostridium, E. Enterococcus, S. Staphylococcus, L. Listeria, Lb. Lactobacillus, LAB lactic acid bacteria