%0 Journal Article
%T Examination of antimicrobial potential in natural isolates of lactobacillus casei/paracasei group
%A Tolina£¿ki Maja
%A Lozo Jelena
%A Veljovi£¿ Katarina
%A Koji£¿ Milan
%J Genetika
%D 2012
%I Serbian Genetics Society
%R 10.2298/gensr1203661t
%X The aim of this study was to investigate the antimicrobial potential of 52 natural isolates of Lactobacillus casei/paracasei. The incidence of relevant genes encoding BacSJ (bacSJ2-8/bacSJ2-8i gene cluster), acidocin 8912 (acdT), ABC-transporter (abcT) and accessory protein (acc) was also studied. These genes were found to be widespread amongst the analyzed L. casei/paracasei strains. The bacSJ2-8/bacSJ2-8i gene cluster was present in 49 (94.23%) and acdT in 41 (78.85%) of the 52 tested strains. Forty of these strains (76.92%) harbored both analyzed genes. Interestingly, only 17 strains (32.69%) with the bacSJ2-8/bacSJ2-8i gene cluster and/or the acdT gene showed bacteriocin production. Strain L. paracasei BGNK1-62 contained the bacSJ2-8/bacSJ2-8i gene cluster, but did not produce bacteriocin BacSJ possibly due to absence of the abcT and acc genes. Hence, these genes were introduced into BGNK1-62 by transformation with constructed plasmid pA2A, after which BacSJ was produced. In addition, it was found that L. paracasei BGGR2-66 produced new bacteriocin designated as BacGR that was biochemically characterized and its N- terminal sequence was determined. [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br. 173019]
%K Lactobacillus casei
%K paracasei
%K BacSJ
%K acidocin 8912
%K ABC-transporter
%K accessory protein
%K BacGR
%U http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0534-0012/2012/0534-00121203661T.pdf