Identification of a Killer Toxin from Wickerhamomyces anomalus with β-Glucanase Activity.

ABSTRACT: The yeast Wickerhamomyces anomalus has several applications in the food industry due to its antimicrobial potential and wide range of biotechnological properties. In particular, a specific strain of Wickerhamomyces anomalus isolated from the malaria mosquito Anopheles stephensi, namely WaF17.12, was reported to secrete a killer toxin with strong anti-plasmodial effect on different developmental stages of Plasmodium berghei; therefore, we propose its use in the symbiotic control of malaria. In this study, we focused on the identification/characterization of the protein toxin responsible for the observed antimicrobial activity of the yeast. For this purpose, the culture medium of the killer yeast strain WaF17.12 was processed by means of lateral flow

SUBMITTER: Cecarini V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6832412 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature