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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, March 2002, p. 1473-1477, Vol. 68, No. 3
0099-2240/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.3.1473-1477.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Inhibition of Bacterial Growth, Enterotoxin Production, and Spore Outgrowth in Strains of Bacillus cereus by Bacteriocin AS-48

Hikmate Abriouel,1 Mercedes Maqueda,1 Antonio Gálvez,2 Manuel Martínez-Bueno,1 and Eva Valdivia1*

Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada,1 Área de Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Experimentales, Universidad de Jaén, Spain2

Received 6 June 2001/ Accepted 12 December 2001

Bacteriocin AS-48 showed high bactericidal activity for mesophilic and psychrotrophic strains of Bacillus cereus over a broad pH range. AS-48 inhibition of the enterotoxin-producing strain LWL1 was enhanced by sodium nitrite, sodium lactate, and sodium chloride. The latter also enhanced AS-48 activity against strain CECT 131. Bacterial growth and enterotoxin production by strain LWL1 were completely inhibited at bacteriocin concentrations of 7.5 µg/ml. At subinhibitory bacteriocin concentrations, enterotoxin production decreased markedly and sporulation was delayed. Intact spores were resistant to AS-48 but became gradually sensitive to AS-48 during the course of germination.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias, C/Fuentenueva s/n, 18071 Granada, Spain. Phone: 34-958-243244. Fax: 34-958-2494 86. E-mail: evavm{at}ugr.es.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, March 2002, p. 1473-1477, Vol. 68, No. 3
0099-2240/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.3.1473-1477.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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