A review of potential antibacterial activities of nisin against Listeria monocytogenes: the combined use of nisin shows more advantages than single use.

Mengjie Wu, Yue Ma, Xin Dou, Muhammad Zohaib Aslam, Yangtai Liu, Xuejuan Xia, Shuo Yang, Xiang Wang, Xiaojie Qin, Takashi Hirata, Qingli Dong, Zhuosi Li

Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.) 2023 Feb

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Listeria monocytogenes is a foodborne pathogen causing serious public health problems. Nisin is a natural antimicrobial agent produced by Lactococcus lactis and widely used in the food industry. However, the anti-L. monocytogenes efficiency of nisin might be decreased due to natural or acquired resistance of L. monocytogenes to nisin, or complexity of the food environment. The limitation of nisin as a bacteriostatic agent in food could be improved using a combination of methods. In this review, the physiochemical characteristics, species, bioengineered mutants, and antimicrobial mechanism of nisin are reviewed. Strategies of nisin combined with other antibacterial methods, including physical, chemical, and natural substances, and nanotechnology to enhance antibacterial effect are highlighted and discussed. Additionally, the antibacterial efficiency of nisin applied in real meat, dairy, and aquatic products is evaluated and analyzed. Among the various binding treatments, the combination with natural substances is more effective than the combination with physical and chemical methods. However, the combination of nisin and nanotechnology has more potential in terms of the impact on food quality. Copyright © 2022 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Mengjie Wu, Yue Ma, Xin Dou, Muhammad Zohaib Aslam, Yangtai Liu, Xuejuan Xia, Shuo Yang, Xiang Wang, Xiaojie Qin, Takashi Hirata, Qingli Dong, Zhuosi Li. A review of potential antibacterial activities of nisin against Listeria monocytogenes: the combined use of nisin shows more advantages than single use. Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.). 2023 Feb;164:112363