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Production of nisin by Lactococcus lactis in media with skimmed milk

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Nisin is a bacteriocin that inhibits the germination and growth of Gram-positive bacteria. With nisin expression related to growth conditions of Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis, the effects of growth parameters, media components, and incubation time were studied to optimize expression. L. lactis ATCC 11454 was grown (100 rpm at 30°C for 36 h) in both M17 and MRS standard broth media (pH 6.0–7.0) supplemented with sucrose (1.0–12.5 g/L), potassium phosphate (0.13 g/L), asparagine (0.5 g/L), and sucrose (0.24 g/L), and diluted 1:1 with liquid nonfat milk. Liquid nonfat milk, undiluted, was also used as another medium (9% total solids, pH 6.5). Nisin production was assayed by agar diffusion using Lactobacillus sake ATCC 15521 (30°C for 24 h) as the sensitive test organism. The titers of nisin expressed and released in culture media were quantified and expressed in arbitrary units (AU/L of medium) and converted into known concentrations of “standard nisin” (Nisaplin®, g/L). The detection of nisin activity was <0.01 AU/L in M17 and MRS broths, and 7.5 AU/L in M17 with 0.14% sucrose or 0.13% other supplements, and the activity increased to 142.5 AU/L in M17 diluted with liquid nonfat milk (1:1). The 25% milk added to either 25% M17 or 25% MRS provided the highest levels of nisin assayed.

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    Thereza Christina Vessoni Penna, Angela Faustino Jozala, Letícia Célia De Lencastre Novaes & Adalberto Pessoa Jr.

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Penna, T.C.V., Jozala, A.F., De Lencastre Novaes, L.C. et al. Production of nisin by Lactococcus lactis in media with skimmed milk. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 122, 619–637 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1385/ABAB:122:1-3:0619

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