Improving nitrogen source utilization from defatted soybean meal for nisin production by enhancing proteolytic function of Lactococcus lactis F44

Abstract Nisin, one kind of natural antimicrobial peptide, is produced by certain Lactococcus lactis strains, which generally require expensive high-quality nitrogen sources due to limited ability of amino acids biosynthesis. Here we use defatted soybean meal (DSM) as sole nitrogen source to support...

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Main Authors: Jiaheng Liu, Jianjian Zhou, Lihong Wang, Zelin Ma, Guangrong Zhao, Zhiqiang Ge, Hongji Zhu, Jianjun Qiao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-06537-w