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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 06, 1996
Beat Mollet, Mollie-Margot, CH;
John Peel, Lully, CH;
David Pridmore, Lausanne, CH;
Nadji Rekhif, Lausanne, CH;
Bruno Suri, Bubendorf, CH;
Nestec S.A., Vevey, CH;
Abstract
A bacteriocin is obtained by culturing cells of a strain of which, upon culturing in a culture medium, produces a bacteriocin which has agar well incubation inhibition test activity against at least one of Lactobacillus, Lactococcus, Streptococcus, Enterococcus, Listeria, Bacillus, Clostridia and Straphylococcus bacteria. The strain is cultured to obtain cultured cells in a concentration of from 10 to 10 organisms per ml of the medium, and the culture medium supernatant is separated from the cultured cells to obtain the supernatant which contains the bacteriocin, which is also identified by having an amino acid sequence from SEQ ID NO: 1 or a sequence differing from SEQ ID NO: 1 by from 1 to 4 amino acids. The supernatant, as is, or a concentrate thereof or a bacteriocin product isolated from the supernatant by dehydration or otherwise isolated and purified therefrom is added to a food or cosmetic product to inhibit the growth of bacteria against which agar well incubation inhibition test activity is exhibited by the bacteriocin.