Partial Purification and Characterization of the Mode of Action of Enterocin S37: A Bacteriocin Produced by Enterococcus faecalis S37 Isolated from Poultry Feces

Table 1

Antimicrobial activities of partially purified enterocin S37.

Strains	Reference	Source and reference	Enterocin S37
Enterococcus faecalis	S37	[7]	−
Enterococcus faecalis	JH2-2	Laboratory collection	+
Listeria monocytogenes EGDe	107776	CIP (Paris, France)	+++
Listeria innocua	F	Laboratory collection	++
Lactobacillus bulgaricus	340	Laboratory collection	−
Lb. brevis	F1.114	Laboratory collection	++
Lb. brevis	F145	Laboratory collection	+
Pseudomonas sp.	131	Laboratory collection	−
Escherichia coli	76.24	CIP (Paris, France)	−
Salmonella montevideo		Laboratory collection	−
Sal. enterica serotype enteritidis	81.3	CIP (Paris, France)	−
Staphylococcus epidermidis	68.21	CIP (Paris, France)	−
Campylobacter jejuni	11168	NCTC (London, UK)	−
Bacillus cereus	78.3	CIP (Paris, France)	−
Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. mesenteroides	20240	DSM (Braunschweig, Germany)	−
Streptococcus haemolyticus		Laboratory collection	−

–: Absence of inhibition,+: Diameter of inhibition zone was less than 3 mm,++: Diameter of inhibition zone was comprised between 3 and 6 mm,+++: Diameter of inhibition zone was higher than 6 mm.