An antibiotic substance which is a mixture of related polypeptides and is used in some countries as a food preservative.
This substance is produced by the bacterium Streptococcus lactis
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- The authors reported that nisin can be sensitizing via i.p. injection but not by oral treatment.
- They also identified the structure of the enzyme that makes nisin and gives it its unique biological power.
- However, there is little published information pertaining to the applicability of nisin on peel fibrous film and its bactericidal effect on deli meat products.
- My results suggest that the inactivation of nisin by the producer organism may not be entirely enzymatic.
- Thus the intensity of fluorescence is directly proportional to the amount of nisin in the environment.