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Bacteriocinogenic lactic acid bacteria from Thai fermented foods: Potential food applications

  • Weerapong Woraprayote
  • , Thitiphorn Janyaphisan
  • , Saowalak Adunphatcharaphon
  • , Nipon Sonhom
  • , Kittiya Showpanish
  • , Kittaporn Rumjuankiat
  • , Wonnop Visessanguan
  • , Christopher T. Elliott
  • , Awanwee Petchkongkaew*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Fermentation is an ancient preservation process which has been widely used in many countries across the world, especially in Southeast Asia. Many types of traditional fermented food products that contain lactic acid bacteria (LAB) appear to contain an abundance of bacteriocin producers. Until now, thirteen types of traditional Thai fermented food are recognized as isolation sources of bacteriocinogenic LAB. Furthermore, twenty-four bacteriocins from Thai fermented food isolates have been identified and fully charactized. Additionally, six bacteriocinogenic LAB strains have been applied to food products, as starter cultures or bacteriocin preparations, in order to increase product quality and safety. However, research into this form of application of bacteriocins produced by Thai fermented food isolates in food products remains very limited. Hence, the aim of this article is to provide a comprehensive review on bacteriocin from Thai fermented food isolates (i.e., definition, types diversity, and various isolation sources of bacteriocinogenic LAB). Additionally, the potential application of bacteriocins as either starter cultures or preservatives has also been summarized.

Original languageEnglish
Article number102385
JournalFood Bioscience
Volume52
Early online date20 Jan 2023
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2023

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This study was supported by Bualuang Chair Professor Fund, the National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, National Science and Technology Development Agency, Thailand (Project Code P-2051071 and P-2250479) and Thailand Science Research and Innovation Fundamental Fund (Project no. 2461863).Acknowledgements are given to Functional Ingredients and Food Innovation Research Group, National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), College of Agricultural Innovation and Food Technology, Rangsit Univertisy, Center of Excellence in Food Science and Innovation, Faculty of Science and Technology, Thammasat University, and Institute for Global Food Security, School of Biological Science, Queen's University Belfast and the International Joint Research Center on Food Security (IJC-FOODSEC) for the support.

Funding Information:
This study was supported by Bualuang Chair Professor Fund, the National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology , National Science and Technology Development Agency , Thailand (Project Code P-2051071 and P-2250479) and Thailand Science Research and Innovation Fundamental Fund (Project no. 2461863 ).

Publisher Copyright:
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Keywords

  • Bacteriocin-producing bacteria
  • Bacteriocins
  • Food preservatives
  • Starter culture
  • Thai fermented foods

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Food Science
  • Biochemistry

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