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Bacteriocin production by Lactobacillus plantarum ST16Pa in supplemented whey powder formulations

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Author(s):
Sabo, Sabrina S. [1] ; Converti, Attilio [2] ; Ichiwaki, Simone [1] ; Oliveira, Ricardo P. S. [1]
Total Authors: 4
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Fac Pharmaceut Sci, Dept Biochem & Pharmaceut Technol, BR-05508000 Sao Paulo - Brazil
[2] Univ Genoa, Dept Civil Chem & Environm Engn, Pole Chem Engn, Via Opera Pia 15, I-16145 Genoa - Italy
Total Affiliations: 2
Document type: Journal article
Source: JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE; v. 102, n. 1, p. 87-99, JAN 2019.
Web of Science Citations: 2
Abstract

Whey, the main by-product of the dairy industry, is frequently disposed of in the environment without any treatment due to the high cost of this process. Alternatively, whey can be used as a medium to culture lactic acid bacteria and produce value-added products such as bacteriocins. In this work, we attempted to improve bacteriocin production by Lactobacillus plantarum ST16Pa in a whey powder formulation supplemented with additional sources of carbon, nitrogen, and vitamin B-12 at different levels and varying the agitation intensity according to a Plackett Burman experimental design. Only the addition of tryptone positively influenced the production of this bacteriocin. The results allowed us to identify a supplemented whey formulation, comprising 150 g/L of whey total solids plus 10 g/L of tryptone and soybean extract, whose fermentation by Lb. plantarum ST16Pa in shake flasks under agitation at 150 rpm led to a cell-free supernatant with an antimicrobial activity against Listeria innocua 6a CLIST 2865 (inhibition zone of 13.23 mm) close to that previously obtained in de Man, Rogosa and Sharpe medium by other authors. These results are significant considering that the same strain cultured in cheese whey did not previously display any antimicrobial activity. (AU)