Influence of substances produced by lipophilic Corynebacterium CDC G1 ZMF 3P13 on the microorganisms inhabiting human skin
Wysocki, P.; Kwaszewska, A.K.; Szewczyk, E.M.
Medycyna Doswiadczalna i Mikrobiologia 63(1): 45-52
2011
ISSN/ISBN: 0025-8601 PMID: 22184896 Document Number: 653025
Lipophilic species of Corynebacterium inhabiting skin as residents produces substances that can regulate the composition of natural flora. Research that was carried out concerned an influence of the substances produced by Corynebacterium CDC G1 ZMF 3P13 on the set of 22 bacterial strains (Staphylococcus spp., Corynebacterium spp., Propionibacterium spp.) mutually existing on the skin and the set of 6 Candida spp. isolated from patients. It was found out that the strain gives off into environment a mixture of substances with opposite effects. In the course of research an inhibiting substance (BLIS) was isolated with its evident effect on S. aureus, S. epidermidis, C. diphtheriae i Propionibacterium spp.