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Nondenaturing polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis revealed the presence of diversity among bacteriocins produced by strains ofBacillus sphaericus. Bacteriocin bands of six s trains (pathogenic and non pathogenic) were found to be located just below the stacking gel. However, in two other strains (1 pathogenic and 1 collection strain) more than one protein band with bacteriocin activity were seen in the middle of resolving gel. In bacteriocin-treated cultures, electron-microscopy studies revealed the growth of lysed-swollen ghost cells, and loss of viability among sensitive strains.
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This research was supported byScientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey, grant no. TBAK-AY/15.
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Cetinkaya, S., Osmanağaoğlu, Ö. & Çökmüş, C. Bacteriocin diversity inBacillus sphaericus . Folia Microbiol 48, 157–161 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02930948
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