The postulated intermediate of nitrite-myoglobin reaction, cysteine-nitrosothiol, was prepared and its antibacterial effect was tested on
Salmonella
strains,
Streptococcus faecium
, and spores and vegetative cells of
Clostridium sporogenes
. Cysteine-nitrosothiol showed a higher inhibitory effect than nitrite. Preliminary results on the effect of simultaneous use of nitrite and cysteine on
Clostridium sporogenes
spores were also presented.
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