Table 1.

Antimicrobial spectrum of the bacteriocin produced by E. faecium FAIR-E 198.

Pathogen specie	Strain	Inhibitory activity (AU/mL)
Listeria monocytogenes	IOCa 1551, SCOTT A	1,600
	IOC 1324, ATCCb19111, ATCC 7644	3,200
	IOC 1630	4,800
	IOC 1359, IOC 1898	6,400
	ATCC 19115	12,800
	IOC 1527	19,200
Staphylococcus aureus	ATCC 8095, ATCC 13565, ATCC 19095, ATCC 27154, ATCC 27664	NDd
Bacillus cereus	ATCC 14579, K1c-B010, K1-B016, K1-B020, K1- B021, K1-B025, K1-B037, K1-B040, K1–041, K1- B043, K1-B048, K1-B050, K1-B069, K1-B070, K1- B071, K1-B072, K1-B074, K1-B097, K1-B098, K1- B128, K1-B129, K1-B130, K1-B131, K1-B132, K1- B146	ND

^aIOC: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (Rio de Janeiro, BR).

^bATCC: American Type Culture Collection (Rockville, USA).

^cK1: Faculdade de Engenharia de Alimentos, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Campinas, BR).

^dNot detected,