Title :
Natural Preservatives-Research Progress in Class II a Bacteriocins
Author :
Liu, Shanna ; Zhou, Zhijiang
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Chem. Eng. & Technol., Tianjin Univ., Tianjin, China
Abstract :
Bacteriocins are ribosomally synthesized antimicrobial peptides produced by microorganisms. Class IIa bacteriocins (pediocin-like bacteriocins) are a major subgroup of bacteriocins from lactic acid bacteria. Class IIa bacteriocins have the potential of application in food industry since they exert strong biological activity against foodborne pathogen Listeria. The present review provides an overview of the knowledge of class IIa bacteriocins in the aspects of structure, mode of action, genetic characteristics as well as food applications.
Keywords :
biochemistry; chemical technology; food preservation; microorganisms; preservatives; Class IIa bacteriocins; Listeria; food industry; foodborne pathogen; lactic acid bacteria; microorganisms; natural preservatives research; pediocin-like bacteriocins; ribosomally synthesized antimicrobial peptides; Amino acids; Food industry; Food preservation; Genetics; Immune system; Microorganisms; Pathogens; Peptides; Proteins; Sequences;
Conference_Titel :
Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering (iCBBE), 2010 4th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chengdu
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4712-1
Electronic_ISBN :
2151-7614
DOI :
10.1109/ICBBE.2010.5516456
