Abstract:

Strain L5-6, isolated from meat production in Beijing, produced antimicrobial substance which was inhibitory to Listeria monocytogenes 54003. After eliminating the effect of organic acid and hydrogen peroxide, the antimicrobial substance with its proteinaceous nature was confirmed as bacteriocin. And also strain L5-6 was identified as Pediococcus pentosaceus by using 16S rRNA gene sequence homology analysis. Pediocin shows potential developing value and broad market prospect, especially in the meat products. The bacteriocin produced by L5-6 was identified as pediocin after cloning its structural gene. In this paper a preliminary study on L5-6 had been made to lay the basis for the development of natural food preservative.