Table 3

Comparative results of LLO production and purification by different investigators.

Source of
LLO
Starter
Culture
volume
(litre)
LLO yield
(mg l-1)
{Total
yield (mg)}
Specific
LLO
haemolytic
activity (HU
per mg
protein)
pH 5.5
Expression host
Plasmid expression
system/inducer
(If applicable)
Reference

Culture supernatant
27
0.022 {0.6}
106 (pH 6)
Listeria monocytogenesa
N/A
[24]
Culture supernatant
3
1.6 {4.8}
1.02 × 106 (pH 5.7)
Listeria innocuab
pERL3-503
(constitutive)
[26]
Culture supernatant
6
0.25 {1.5}
2.6 × 105
LLO-hypersecretor Listeria monocytogenesa
N/A
[25]
Cell lysate
1
4.5 {4.5}
1.25 × 106
Escherichia colic
pET system/IPTG
[15]
Cell lysate
0.6
3.5 – 8 {2.1 – 4.8}
1.8 × 106
Escherichia colid
pQE31 system/IPTG
[14]
Cell lysate
0.6
2.5 {1.5}
2.16 × 106
Escherichia colie
pQE70 system/IPTG
[14]
Cell lysate
0.5
-Single sonication treatment: 4.43 – 5.9 {2.215 – 2.95} -Double sonication approach: 9.3 – 12.9 {4.65 – 6.45}
5 × 105 – 5 × 107
Lactococcus lactis NZ9000d
NICE system (pNZPnisA:CYTO-LLO)/nisin
This study

(N/A) not applicable; IPTG: Isopropyl β-D-1-thiogalactopyranoside; a untagged native full-length LLO; b untagged full-length LLO; c untagged LLO without signal sequence; d N-terminus His-tagged LLO without signal sequence; e C-terminus His-tagged LLO without signal sequence

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