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Table 1 Activity spectrum of bacillocin 490

From: Purification and partial characterization of bacillocin 490, a novel bacteriocin produced by a thermophilic strain of Bacillus licheniformi s

Microorganism

Sensitivity*

Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 15442

-

Bacillus licheniformis 5 A2

+

Escherichia coli ATCC 13762

-

Listeria innocua our isolates

+

Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 6538

-

Streptococcus faecalis our isolates

-

Salmonella non tiphi our isolates

-

Proteus mirabilis our isolates

-

Staphylococcus epidermidis our isolates

+

Bacillus anthracis 7700

+++

Bacillus subtilis AZ56

++

Bacillus cereus 6A2

+

Bacillus stearothermophilus 9A19

+++

Bacillus smithii PRO/S

+++

Bacillus thuringensis

-

Streptococcus thermophilus ST11

-

  1. * Results were identical with plates incubated both in the presence and in the absence of oxygen. See Materials and Methods for other experimental details. (-), not inhibited; (+), (++), (+++): low, high, very high inhibition, respectively.