Bacteriocin production by Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans isolated from the oral cavity of humans with periodontal disease, periodontally healthy subjects and marmosets

• Published in: Research in microbiology Vol. 153; no. 1; pp. 45 - 52
• Main Authors: Lima, Francisca Lúcia, Farias, Flávio F, Costa, José Eustáquio, Carvalho, Maria Auxiliadora R, Alviano, Celuta S, Farias, Luiz M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Paris Elsevier SAS 01.01.2002; Elsevier
• Subjects: Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans; Actinobacillus Infections - microbiology; Actinobacillus Infections - veterinary; Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans - growth & development; Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans - isolation & purification; Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans - metabolism; Animals; Antagonistic substance; Antibiosis; Bacteriocin; Bacteriocins - biosynthesis; Bacteriocins - pharmacology; Bacteriology; Biological and medical sciences; Callithrix - microbiology; Dental Plaque - microbiology; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Gram-Negative Bacteria - drug effects; Gram-Negative Bacteria - growth & development; Gram-Positive Bacteria - drug effects; Gram-Positive Bacteria - growth & development; Humans; Marmosets; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Microbiology; Monkey Diseases - microbiology; Mouth - microbiology; Pathogenicity, virulence, toxins, bacteriocins, pyrogens, host-bacteria relations, miscellaneous strains; Periodontal disease; Periodontal Diseases - microbiology; Periodontal Diseases - veterinary; Marmosets; Periodontal disease; Antagonistic substance; Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans; Bacteriocin; Callithrix jacchus; Biosynthesis; Pasteurellaceae; Characterization; Oral cavity; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Primates; Simioidea; Bacteria; Periodontopathy; Antagonist

The ability of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans to produce bacteriocin has rarely been reported. Antagonistic substance production may confer an important ecological advantage for the producer microorganisms, especially in a competitive ecosystem such as the oral cavity. In the present study, 75...