Purification and characterization of antimicrobial peptides from fish isolate Carnobacterium maltaromaticum C2: Carnobacteriocin X and carnolysins A1 and A2.

Carnobacterium maltaromaticum C2, isolated from Brazilian smoked fish, was found to exert antimicrobial activity against Listeria monocytogenes, an important foodborne pathogen, and this study reports the first isolation of the previously predicted antimicrobial peptide carnobacteriocin X, homologous to enterococcal cytolysin.