TABLE 1.

Bacteriocin-producing organisms used in this study and characteristics of their bacteriocins

Producer strain	Bacteriocin	No. of amino acid residues	Molecular mass (Da)	Reference
L. lactis subsp. lactis ATCC 11454	Nisin	34	3,354	10
B. campestris ATCC 43754	Brochocin A	59	5,242	19
B. campestris ATCC 43754	Brochocin B	43	3,943	19
P. acidilactici PAC-1.0	Pediocin PA-1	44	4,629	11
E. faecium CTC 492	Enterocin A	47	4,829	2
E. faecium BFE 900	Enterocin B	53	5,463	9