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Teagasc Biotechnology Centre, Moorepark Food Research Centre, Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland,1 Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, Biosciences Institute,2 Department of Microbiology, University College Cork, County Cork, Ireland3
Received 23 March 2006/ Accepted 24 March 2007
Lactobacillus salivarius DPC6005, a porcine intestinal isolate, produces a two-component bacteriocin, salivaricin P, with homology to ABP-118 produced by a human probiotic L. salivarius strain. Indeed, molecular characterization revealed that while the peptides Sln1 and ABP-118
are identical, their companion peptides (Sln2 and ABP-118ß, respectively) differ by two amino acids. This observation suggests that two-component bacteriocins may be a common feature of intestinal L. salivarius strains.
Published ahead of print on 6 April 2007.
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