Abstract:Lactic acid bacteria have the ability to produce antimicrobial substances such as bacteriocins. They are of great interest to research due to some of the lengthy annals of safe use and the generally considered safe (GRAS) and presumed safety (QPS) status. Bacteriocins are small, hydrophobic, cationic peptides with bacteriostatic or bactericidal activity in various microbes other than the producing strain. The production of bacteriocin depends on its strain and culture optimization. Genes encoding bacteriocin a… Show more
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