Epiphytic Yeasts from South Romania for Preventing Food Microbial Contamination.

ABSTRACT: Epiphytic yeasts represent an important source for the development of novel strategies aiming to combat food microbial contamination. The present study deals with the characterization of nine yeast strains belonging to Starmerella, Candida, Metschinikowia, Lachancea, Kodamaea and Pichia genera, isolated from the surface of plants from the Botanical Garden "Dimitrie Brandza" (Bucharest, Romania) for use as antimicrobial and probiotic agents. The tests involved the determination of the safe status, cell growth under stress conditions, and activity against pathogenic Candida and bacteria strains, respectively, as well as phytopathogenic filamentous fungi and lipolytic activity. None of the nine strains showed all the characteristics for virulen

SUBMITTER: Corbu VM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11433553 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature