RT Journal Article
T1 Antimicrobial Activity of Five Apitoxins from Apis mellifera on Two Common Foodborne Pathogens
A1 Lamas Freire, Alexandre
A1 Arteaga, Vicente
A1 Regal López, Patricia
A1 Vázquez Belda, Beatriz Isabel
A1 Miranda López, José Manuel
A1 Cepeda Sáez, Alberto
A1 Franco Abuín, Carlos Manuel
K1 Apitoxin
K1 Antimicrobial resistance
K1 Natural antimicrobial compounds
K1 Foodborne pathogens
K1 Salmonella
K1 Listeria monocytogenes
AB Antimicrobial resistance is one of today’s major public health challenges. Infections caused by multidrug-resistant bacteria have been responsible for an increasing number of deaths in recent decades. These resistant bacteria are also a concern in the food chain, as bacteria can resist common biocides used in the food industry and reach consumers. As a consequence, the search for alternatives to common antimicrobials by the scientific community has intensified. Substances obtained from nature have shown great potential as new sources of antimicrobial activity. The aim of this study was to evaluate the antimicrobial activity of five bee venoms, also called apitoxins, against two common foodborne pathogens. A total of 50 strains of the Gram-negative pathogen Salmonella enterica and 8 strains of the Gram-positive pathogen Listeria monocytogenes were tested. The results show that the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values were highly influenced by the bacterial genus. The MIC values ranged from 256 to 1024 µg/mL in S. enterica and from 16 to 32 µg/mL in L. monocytogenes. The results of this study demonstrate that apitoxin is a potential alternative agent against common foodborne pathogens, and it can be included in the development of new models to inhibit the growth of pathogenic bacteria in the food chain
PB MDPI
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/23828
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/23828
LA eng
NO Lamas, A.; Arteaga, V.; Regal, P.; Vázquez, B.; Miranda, J.M.; Cepeda, A.; Franco, C.M. Antimicrobial Activity of Five Apitoxins from Apis mellifera on Two Common Foodborne Pathogens. Antibiotics 2020, 9, 367
DS Minerva
RD 3 may 2026