Open AccessA comparison of the activities of lacticin 3147 and nisin against drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus species
Author(s) -
C. Piper,
Lorraine A. Draper,
Paul D. Cotter,
R. Paul Ross,
Colin Hill
Publication year - 2009
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/dkp221
Subject(s) - nisin , staphylococcus aureus , lantibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , enterococcus , biology , bacteriocin , vancomycin , antibiotics , antimicrobial , bacteria , genetics
Our goal was to compare the activities of lacticin 3147 and nisin, two of the most well characterized lantibiotics, against antibiotic-resistant staphylococci and enterococci.
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