Antimycobacterial activity of bacteriocins and their complexes with liposomes
Author(s) -
Vasily Sosunov,
Vladimir V. Mischenko,
Boris V. Eruslanov,
Svetoch Ea,
Yulia Shakina,
Norman J. Stern,
Konstantin B. Majorov,
Г. М. Сорокоумова,
А. А. Селищева,
Alexander Apt
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkm053
Subject(s) - antimycobacterial , microbiology and biotechnology , in vitro , in vivo , biology , mycobacterium tuberculosis , bacteria , phosphatidylcholine , antibacterial agent , antibacterial activity , bacteriocin , rifampicin , biological activity , antibiotics , biochemistry , antimicrobial , tuberculosis , medicine , membrane , phospholipid , genetics , pathology
Bacteriocins (Bcn) are natural peptides that are secreted by several taxonomically distant bacteria and exert bactericidal activity against other bacterial species. Their capacity to inhibit growth of virulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv was evaluated in this study.
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