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f Nisin is an effective inhibitor of Clostridium difficile vegetative cells and spore germination

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  • Authors: Christophe Le Lay1​,2​,3​ ,  Larbi Dridi2​,3​ ,  Michel G. Bergeron2​,3​ ,  Marc Ouellette2​,3​ , Ismaı¨l Fliss1​
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    • 1​ 1​STELA Dairy Research Centre, Institute of Nutrition and Functional Foods, Université Laval, Québec City, QC, Canada 2​ 2​Centre de recherche en infectiologie de l'Université Laval, Axe Maladies infectieuses et immunitaires, Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec, Québec City, QC, Canada 3​ 3​Département de microbiologie-infectiologie et d'immunologie, Faculté de médecine, Université Laval, Québec City, QC, Canada
  • Correspondence Ismaı¨l Fliss [email protected]
  • First Published Online: 01 February 2016, Journal of Medical Microbiology 65: 169-175, doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.000202
  • Subject: Prevention and Therapy
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  • Clostridium difficile is the most frequently identified enteric pathogen in patients with nosocomial antibiotic-associated diarrhoea and pseudomembranous colitis. Several clinically isolated C. difficile strains are resistant to antibiotics other than metronidazole and vancomycin. Recently, bacteriocins of lactic acid bacteria have been proposed as an alternative or complementary treatment. The aim of this study was to investigate the inhibitory effect of nisin, a bacteriocin produced by several strains of Lactococcus lactis, against clinical isolates of C. difficile. Nisin Z obtained from culture of L. lactis subsp. lactis biovar. diacetylactis was tested along with commercial nisin A. The effect of nisin A on C. difficile spores was also examined. Nisin A and Z both inhibited the growth of all C. difficile isolates, and MICs were estimated at 6.2 μg ml for nisin Z and 0.8 μg ml for nisin A. In addition, C. difficile spores were also susceptible to nisin A (25.6 μg ml), which reduced spore viability by 40–50 %. These results suggested that nisin and hence nisin-producing Lactococcus strains could be used to treat C. difficile-associated diarrhoea.

  • Abbreviations:
    CLSI Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute
    GRAS generally recognized as safe.

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