Synergistic effects of nisin and thymol on antimicrobial activities in Listeria monocytogenes and Bacillus subtilis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 191-195

  Ettayebi, Khalil ^a   El Yamani, Jamal ^a   Rossi Hassani, Badr Din ^b  

^a SIDI MOHAMED BEN ABDELLAH UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b ABDELMALEK ESSAADI UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Lactococcus lactis; Nisin; Synergistic effect; Thymol

Indexed keywords

NISIN; THYMOL;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; FERMENTATION; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DRUG SYNERGISM; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NISIN; THYMOL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0033964791     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00665-5     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Lindgren S.E., Dobrogosz W.J. Antagonistic activities of lactic acid bacteria in food and feed fermentations. FEMS Microbiol. Rev. 87:1990;149-164.
2. Klaenhammer T.R. Bacteriocins of lactic acid bacteria. Biochimie. 70:1988;337-349.
3. Jack R.W., Tagg J.R., Ray B. Bacteriocins of Gram-positive bacteria. Microbiol. Rev. 59:1995;171-200.
4. Molitor, E. and Sahl, H.-G. (1991) Applications of nisin: a literature survey. In: Nisin and Novel Lantibiotics (Jung, G. and Sahl, H.-G., Eds.), pp. 434-439. Escom Publishers, Leiden.
5. Beuchat L.R., Clavero M.R.S., Jaquette C.B. Effects of nisin and temperature on survival, growth and enterotoxin production characteristics of psychrotrophic Bacillus cereus in beef gravy. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 63:1997;1953-1958.
6. Thomas L.V., Wimpenny J.W.T. Investigation of the effect of combined variations in temperature, pH, and NaCl concentration on nisin inhibition of Listeria monocytogenes and Staphylococcus aureus. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 62:1996;2006-2012.
7. De Vuyst, L. (1994). In: Bacteriocins of LAB. Microbiology, Genetics and Applications (De Vuyst, L. and Vandamme, E.J., Eds.), pp. 143-149. Chapman and Hall, Ltd., London.
8. Buchman G.W., Banerjee S., Hansen J.N. Structure, expression, and evolution of a gene encoding the precursor of nisin, a small protein antibiotic. J. Biol. Chem. 263:1988;16260-16266.
9. Mulders J.W.M., Boerrigter I.J., Rollema H.S., Siezem R.J., De Vos W.M. Identification and characterization of the lantibiotic nisin Z, a natural nisin variant. Eur. J. Biochem. 201:1991;581-584.
10. De Vos W.M., Mulders J.W.M., Siezen R.J., Hugenholtz J., Kuipers O.P. Properties of nisin Z and distribution of its gene, nisZ, in Lactococcus lactis. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 59:1993;213-218.
11. Steen M.T., Chung Y.J., Hansen J.N. Characterization of the nisin gene as part of a polycistronic operon in the chromosome of Lactococcus lactis ATCC 11454. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 57:1991;1181-1188.
12. Liu W., Hansen J.N. Some chemical and physical properties of nisin, a small antibiotic produced by Lactococcus lactis. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 56:1990;2551-2558.
13. Rollema H.S., Kuipers O.P., Both P., De Vos W.M., Siezen R.J. Improvement of solubility and stability of the antimicrobial peptide Nisin by protein engineering. J. Appl. Microbiol. 61:1995;2873-2878.
14. Hammer K.A., Carson C.F., Riley T.V. Antimicrobial activity of essential oils and other plant extracts. J. Appl. Microbiol. 86:1999;985-990.
15. Lis-Balchim M., Deans S.G. Bioactivity of selected plant essential oils against Listeria monocytogenes. J. Appl. Bacteriol. 82:1997;759-762.
16. Didry N., Dubreuil L., Pinkas M. Antibacterial activity of thymol, carvacrol and cinnamaldehyde alone or in combination. Pharmacology. 48:1993;301-304.
17. Shapiro S., Meier A., Guggenheim B. The antimicrobial activity of essential oils and essential oil components towards oral bacteria. Oral Microbiol. Immunol. 9:1994;202-208.
18. Siddiqui Y.M., Ettayebi M., Haddad A.M., Al-Ahdal M.N. Effect of essential oils on the enveloped viruses: antiviral activity of oregano and clove oils on herpes simplex virus type 1 and Newcastle disease virus. Med. Sci. Res. 24:1996;185-186.
19. Skold K., Twetman S., Hallgren A., Yucel-Lindberg T., Modeer T. Effect of a chlorohexidine/thymol-containing varnish on prostaglandin E2 levels in gingival crevicular fluid. Eur. J. Oral Sci. 106:1998;571-575.
20. Juven B.J., Kanner J., Schved F., Weissliwisc H. Factors that interact with the antibacterial action of thyme essential oil and its active constituents. J. Appl. Bacteriol. 76:1994;626-631.
21. Shapiro S., Guggenheim B. The action of thymol on oral bacteria. Oral Microbiol. Immunol. 10:1995;241-246.
22. Crandall A.D., Montville T.J. Nisin resistance in Listeria monocytogenes ATCC 700302 is a complex phenotype. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 64:1998;231-237.
23. Schleifer K.H., Kraus J., Dvorak C., Kilpper-Balz R., Collins M.D., Fischer W. Transfer of Streptococcus lactis and related streptococci to the genus Lactococcus lactis. Gen. Nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 6:1985;183-195.
24. Tagg J.R., Dajani A.S., Wannamaker L.W. Bacteriocins of Gram-positive bacteria. Bacteriol. Rev. 40:1976;722-756.
25. Remmal A., Bouchikhi T., Tantaoui E.A., Ettayebi M. Inhibition of antibacterial activity of essential oils by Tween 80 and ethanol in liquid medium. J. Pharm. Belg. 48:1993;352-356.
26. Manou I., Bouillard L., Devleeschouwer M.J., Barel A.O. Evaluation of the preservative properties of Thymus vulgaris essential oil in topically applied formulations under a challenge test. J. Appl. Microbiol. 84:1998;368-376.
27. Montes-Belmont R., Carvagal M. Control of Aspergillus flavus in maize with plant essential oils and their components. J. Food Prot. 61:1998;616-619.
28. Van Schaik W., Gahan C.G., Hill C. Acid-adapted Listeria monocyogenes displays enhanced tolerance against the lantibiotics nisin and lacticin 3147. J. Food Prot. 62:1999;536-539.
29. Abee T. Pore-forming Bacteriocins of Gram-positive bacteria and self-protection mechanisms of producer organisms. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 129:1995;1-10.