Along with the induced bacteriocins, an autoinducer peptide (PLNC8IF) was produced upon co-culture of the NC8 strain. More recently, it has been shown that the growth and survival of L. plantarum NC8 in olive fermentations was greatly enhanced when it was co-inoculated with bacteriocin-production inducing bacteria possibly due to a stimulus involving the enhancement of bacteriocin production, among other responses