The microbiome-shaping roles of bacteriocins

The microbiomes on human body surfaces affect health in multiple ways. They include not only commensal or mutualistic bacteria but also potentially pathogenic bacteria, which can enter sterile tissues to cause invasive infection. Many commensal bacteria produce small antibacterial molecules termed b...

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Published in:	Nature reviews. Microbiology 2021-11, Vol.19 (11), p.726-739
Main Authors:	Heilbronner, Simon, Krismer, Bernhard, Brötz-Oesterhelt, Heike, Peschel, Andreas
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	631/326/2565 692/699/255/1318 Antibacterial agents Antibiotics Antiinfectives and antibacterials Antimicrobial peptides Bacteria Bacteria - metabolism Bacteriocins Bacteriocins - chemistry Bacteriocins - metabolism Bacteriocins - pharmacology Biomedical and Life Sciences Competitive advantage Drug development Fitness Gene clusters Health aspects Host-bacteria relationships Identification and classification Infectious Diseases Life Sciences Medical Microbiology Microbiological research Microbiological synthesis Microbiology Microbiomes Microbiota Microbiota (Symbiotic organisms) Parasitology Physiological aspects Review Article Strains (organisms) Virology
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