Protective cultures in food products: from science to market

SW Fischer, F Titgemeyer - Foods, 2023 - mdpi.com
An ultimate goal in food production is to guarantee food safety and security. Fermented food
products benefit from the intrinsic capabilities of the applied starter cultures as they produce …

Functional food additives/ingredients production by engineered Corynebacterium glutamicum

K Cankar, NA Henke, VF Wendisch - Systems Microbiology and …, 2023 - Springer
Corynebacterium glutamicum is a microbial production host established in the industry 60
years ago. It is mainly used for production of feed and food amino acids. As C. glutamicum …

Garvicin Q: characterization of biosynthesis and mode of action

CK Desiderato, KM Hasenauer, SJ Reich… - Microbial Cell …, 2022 - Springer
Bacteriocins are ribosomally synthesized antimicrobial peptides, that either kill target
bacteria or inhibit their growth. Bacteriocins are used in food preservation and are of …

Optimized recombinant production of the bacteriocin garvicin Q by Corynebacterium glutamicum

CK Desiderato, C Müller, A Schretzmeier… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Bacteriocins are antimicrobial peptides applied in food preservation and are interesting
candidates as alternatives to conventional antibiotics or as microbiome modulators …

Identification and characterization of corynaridin, a novel linaridin from Corynebacterium lactis

E Pashou, SJ Reich, A Reiter, D Weixler… - Microbiology …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Genome analysis of Corynebacterium lactis revealed a bacteriocin gene cluster encoding a
putative bacteriocin of the linaridin family of ribosomally synthesized and posttranslationally …

Improved fluorescent Listeria spp. biosensors for analysis of antimicrobials by flow cytometry

SJ Reich, J Stohr, O Goldbeck, B Fendrich… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The global increase in antibiotic resistance of pathogenic microorganisms requires the
identification and characterization of novel antimicrobials. Bacterial biosensors expressing …

Automated workflow for characterization of bacteriocin production in natural producers Lactococcus lactis and Latilactobacillus sakei

V Steier, L Prigolovkin, A Reiter, T Neddermann… - Microbial Cell …, 2024 - Springer
Background Lactic acid bacteria are commonly used as protective starter cultures in food
products. Among their beneficial effects is the production of ribosomally synthesized …

Quantification of nisin concentration from fluorescence‐based antimicrobial activity assay using Bayesian calibration

V Steier, M Osthege, LM Helleckes… - Biotechnology …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Bacteriocins are ribosomally synthesized peptides with the innate ability to kill or inhibit
growth of other bacteria. In recent years, bacteriocins have received increased interest, as …

Genome-assisted identification, purification, and characterization of bacteriocins

KV Ovchinnikov, TF Oftedal, SJ Reich, NS Bar… - Bio …, 2022 - bio-protocol.org
Bacteriocins are antimicrobial peptides with activity against antibiotic resistant bacterial
pathogens. Here, we describe a set of methods aimed at purifying, identifying, and …

Use of the mCherry fluorescent protein to optimize the expression of class I lanthipeptides in Escherichia coli

WF Van Zyl, AD Van Staden, LMT Dicks… - Microbial Cell …, 2023 - Springer
Background Lanthipeptides are a rapidly expanding family of ribosomally synthesized and
post-translationally modified natural compounds with diverse biological functions …