Weissella confusa with thermostable β-hemolytic exopolysaccharide

• Published in: Toxicon (Oxford) Vol. 202; pp. 67 - 74
• Main Authors: Siavoshi, Farideh, Ebrahimi, Hoda, Sarrafnejad, Abdolfattah
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 30.10.2021
• Subjects: Bacteria; Bacteriocins; Exopolysaccharide; Food Contamination; Food Microbiology; Hemolytic activity; Hot Temperature; Meat - microbiology; Polysaccharides, Bacterial; Thermostable; Weissella - isolation & purification; Weissella confusa; Thermostable; Weissella confusa; Hemolytic activity; Exopolysaccharide

Consuming cooked meat contaminated with bacteria that carry thermostable hemolytic exopolysaccharide (ESP), could lead to severe diseases. Culture of a 5- h boiled sample of meat goulash on blood agar showed growth of a gram positive rod-shaped, mucoid and hemolytic bacterium. Biochemical tests and...