Research Article
Isolation and Characterization of a Broad Spectrum Bacteriocin from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens RX7
Table 2
Effects of enzymes, temperature, pH, and organic solvents on the antimicrobial activity of RX7 bacteriocin.
| Treatment | Residual activity (%) |
| None (control) | 100 | Enzymes† | | -Amylase | 100 | -Chymotrypsin | 0 | Lipase | 100 | Proteinase-K | 0 | Pepsin | 100 | Trypsin | 0 | Heat | | 4°C/30 min | 100 | 37°C/30 min | 100 | 50°C/30 min | 100 | 80°C/30 min | 100 | 100°C/30 min | 80 | 121°C/15 min | 20 | pH | | 1 | 80 | 2 | 90 | 3 | 100 | 4 | 100 | 5 | 100 | 6 | 100 | 7 | 100 | 8 | 100 | 9 | 90 | 10 | 80 | Organic solvents‡ | | Acetone | 90 | Acetonitrile | 90 | Butanol | 80 | Chloroform | 80 | Ethanol | 90 | Methanol | 80 |
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Residual activity compared with antimicrobial activity before the treatment. †Enzyme concentrations were 10 mg/mL. ‡10% concentration.
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