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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 1990
Filed:
Jan. 25, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter A Vandenbergh, Sarasota, FL (US);
Michael J Pucci, Sarasota, FL (US);
Blair S Kunka, Bradenton, FL (US);
Ebenezer R Vedamuthu, Bradenton, FL (US);
Assignee:
Microlife Technics, Inc., Sarasota, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N / ; A01N / ; A23C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424115 ; 4241951 ; 426 38 ; 426 61 ; 435170 ; 4352529 ; 435822 ; 435835 ;
Abstract
A method for inhibiting Listeria monocytogenes in a food or other material which can be contaminated with this pathogen using a bacteriocin produced by DNA in Pediococcus acidilactici is described. The bacteriocin is particularly produced by Pediococcus acidilactici containing a 6.2 Mdal (9.4 Kilobase pairs) plasmid encoding for the bacteriocin.