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Table 2 Effects of heat, pH and proteolytic enzyme treatments on the antimicrobial activity of various isolated pediocins

From: Pediocins: The bacteriocins of Pediococci. Sources, production, properties and applications

Treatment*

 

Temperature

pH

Proteolytic enzymes

  

Pediocin

100°C/60 min

121°C/60 min

2–10

4–7

Pepsin

Papain

Trypsin

α-chymotrypsin

Proteinase K

Reference

SM-1

+

+

  

-

-

-

-

-

Anastasiadou et al. 2008

 

+

+

+

+

-

ND

ND

ND

-

 

pK23-2

   

+

     

Shin et al. 2008

   

+

       

SA-1

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

-

Anastasiadou et al. 2007

ACCEL

+

±

+

+

-

-

-

-

-

Wu et al. 2004

PD-1

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

-

Green et al.1997

SJ-1

+

+

-

+

ND

-

-

-

-

Schved et al. 1993

N5p

+

+

-

+

ND

ND

ND

ND

ND

Strässer et al. 1995

AcH

+

+

+

+

ND

-

-

-

-

Bhunia et al. 1988

PA-1

+

±

+

+

-

-

ND

ND

ND

Gonzales and Kunka 1987

  1. * +, Activity; -, Absence of any activity; ND, not determined.