Lactobacillus plantarum MiLAB 393 Produces the Antifungal Cyclic Dipeptides Cyclo( l -Phe- l -Pro) and Cyclo( l -Phe- trans -4-OH- l -Pro) and 3-Phenyllactic Acid

Ström, Katrin; Sjögren, Jörgen; Broberg, Anders; Schnürer, Johan

doi:10.1128/aem.68.9.4322-4327.2002

Lactobacillus plantarum MiLAB 393 Produces the Antifungal Cyclic Dipeptides Cyclo( l -Phe- l -Pro) and Cyclo( l -Phe- trans -4-OH- l -Pro) and 3-Phenyllactic Acid

We have isolated a Lactobacillus plantarum strain (MiLAB 393) from grass silage that produces broad-spectrum antifungal compounds, active against food- and feed-borne filamentous fungi and yeasts in a dual-culture agar plate assay. Fusarium sporotrichioides and Aspergillus fumigatus were the most…