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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Reynolds Paul Ross, Cork, IE;
Colin Hill, Cork, IE;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L 3/3526 ; C12P 2/104 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L 3/3526 ; C12P 2/104 ;
Abstract
The production of a spray-dried bacteriocin lacticin 3147 powder is described. The powder is shown to have effective anti-microbial activity in a range of foodstuffs, namely infant milk formulations, powdered soup, yoghurt and cottage cheese. Increased anti-microbial activity was demonstrated when the lacticin 3147 powder was used in conjunction with increased hydrostatic pressure. The process comprises: inoculating a medium with a lacticin 3147-producing strain of bacteria, fermenting the inoculated medium, adjusting the pH of the fermentation to 6.3-6.7, inactivating the bacterial fermentate and evaporating the fermentate.