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The antimicrobial activity of cationic proteins isolated from the cells in bulk milk samples

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

K. G. Hibbitt ,
J. Brownlie  and
C. B. Cole
K. G. Hibbitt
Affiliation:
Institute for Research on Animal Diseases, Compton, Newbury, Berkshire
J. Brownlie
Affiliation:
Institute for Research on Animal Diseases, Compton, Newbury, Berkshire
C. B. Cole
Affiliation:
Institute for Research on Animal Diseases, Compton, Newbury, Berkshire
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Cationic proteins isolated from the cells in bulk milk samples were shown to inhibit the growth of two pathogenic strains of staphylococci and also Streptococcus agalactiae S 13. Polyacrylamide gel disk electrophoresis studies on these proteins revealed the presence of at least 9 components some of which had isoelectric pH's between 7·0 and 9·0. Trace amounts of the isolated protein had isoelectric pH's greater than 9·0. Staphylococci incubated with milk-cell cationic proteins absorbed the protein, thereby allowing the organism to be stained with the anionic dye Fast Green FCF. Protein-treated staphylococci in isotonic solutions autoagglutinated. This autoagglutination was more marked in hypo- and hypertonic solutions. Lysozyme was not demonstrated in the isolated protein fractions in assays involving incubation with Micrococcus lysodeikticus for 90 min. The antimicrobial activity of the cationic proteins isolated from the bulk milk samples was not destroyed after heating to temperatures up to 70° C for 30 min., whereas at higher temperatures the activity diminished and was almost completely lost at 100° C.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 69 , Issue 1 , March 1971 , pp. 61 - 68
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1971

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