Antimicrobial properties of extracts regions of Tunisia COMBINATION WITH PLANT EXTRACTS IMPROVES THE
INHIBITORY ACTION OF DIVERGICIN M35 AGAINST
LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES
ABDEL-MAJEED ZOUHIR1, EHAB KHEADR2,3, IMANE TAHIRI2,
JEANNETTE BEN HAMIDA1 and ISMAIL FLISS2,4
1
Unité de Protéomie Fonctionnelle et Biopréservation Alimentaire
ISSBAT
Tunis, Tunisia
2
Dairy Research Center STELA
Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods Institute (INAF)
Laval University
Quebec, PQ, Canada, G1K 7P4
3
Department of Dairy Science and Technology
Faculty of Agriculture
University of Alexandria
Alexandria, Egypt
Accepted for Publication July 24, 2007
ABSTRACT
The susceptibility of 11 strains of Listeria monocytogenes to divergicin
M35, a bacteriocin produced by Carnobacterium divergens strain M35, and to
aqueous extracts of garlic, onion, oregano, red chili and black pepper at 30
and 10C, was evaluated using a microdilution assay.