Dr. Myrto Panagiota Zacharof

Supervisor: Dr.R.W.Lovitt

The Production Of Bacteriocins From

Lactic Acid Bacteria

3L.plantarum

L.casei

L.lactis

• Media Optimisation

• Extraction strategy

• Chemical nature

Protein assay

trypsination

Sizing

• Quantification Assay

y = -0.0019x + 0.3453

R2 = 0.9758

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μ m

ax (

h-1

)

μ max (h-1) of L.delbruckii under a

range of Nisin Concentrations

between 0-200 IU/mLinear fitting is used

• Concentration &Purification Method

• Self Life

The 3 strains are indeed producing bacteriocins

• Chemical Nature

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Volum

e (%

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Size (d.nm)

Statistics Graph (8 measurements)

Mean w ith Max-Min error bar

• Bacteriocins Activity

Nisin &Bacteriocins

Target strains

• Bacteriocins Potency

Bacteriocins

Target Strain

• Self Life

• Further Developments

Dr.R.W.Lovitt Dr.M.Jones Dr.P.Williams Dr.I.Jung

• Any questions?

• Email:M.Zacharof@swansea.ac.uk