TABLE 6.

Heat stability of gassericin S^a

Condition	Bacteriocin activity,b AU/ml (residual rate, %)
Untreated	123
121°C, 15 min	31 (25)
95°C, 5 min	62 (50)
70°C, 1 h	62 (50)
37°C, 1 mo	31 (25)
4°C, 1 mo	123 (100)

^aDetermined with the CFS of L. gasseri LA158 ΔgatAX(pGS-AXI).

^bn > 3. Indicator, L. delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus JCM 1002^T(pSYE2).