Table 2.

Bacteriocins and their functions.

Producing strain	Bacteriocins	Function	Reference
Bacillus thuringiensis DPC 6431	Thuricin CD	Active against Clostridium difficile	(Rea et al., 2011)
Enterococcus faecium	lactococcin G, plantaricin A, enterocin X	Active against other lactic acid bacteria	(Hummel et al., 2007)
Enterococcus mundtii ST4SA	Enterocin	Inhibit Enterococcus faecalis, S.aureus&P.aeruginosa, K.pneumonia	(Granger et al., 2008)
Pediococci	pediocins	Active against Listeria monocytogenes	(Shin et al., 2008)
Escherichia	colicins, microcins	Prevent Salmonella contamination in poultry industry	(Gillor et al., 2004)
Lactobacillus salivarius UCC118	Abp118	Active against Listeria monocytogenes	(Corr et al., 2007)
Lactobacillus johnsonii strain LA1	UN	Inhibit against Helicobacter pylori in	(Michetti et al., 1999; Gotteland et al., 2008)
L.acidophilus strain LB	UN	Inhibit H. pylori, H. felis	(Coconnier et al., 1998)
L. salivarius strain CRL 1328	BLIS	Inhibit Enterococcus spp, Neisseria gonorrhoeae	(Ocana et al., 1999)
Streptococcus mutans	Mutacin B-Ny266	Active Staphylococci, Streptococci, Neisseria	(Mota-Meira et al., 1997; Mota-Meira et al., 2000)
Streptococcus salivarius K12	Salivaricin A &B	Inhibit S. pyogenes, S. sobrinus, S. mutans	(Balakrishnan et al., 2000)