Development of Class IIa Bacteriocins as Therapeutic Agents

Class IIa bacteriocins have been primarily explored as natural food preservatives, but there is much interest in exploring the application of these peptides as therapeutic antimicrobial agents. Bacteriocins of this class possess antimicrobial activity against several important human pathogens. There...

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Main Authors: Christopher T. Lohans, John C. Vederas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:International Journal of Microbiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/386410
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