Bacteriocins—a viable alternative to antibiotics?

PD Cotter, RP Ross, C Hill - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2013 - nature.com
Solutions are urgently required for the growing number of infections caused by antibiotic-
resistant bacteria. Bacteriocins, which are antimicrobial peptides produced by certain …

Postbiotics and their potential applications in early life nutrition and beyond

CAM Wegh, SY Geerlings, J Knol, G Roeselers… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Postbiotics are functional bioactive compounds, generated in a matrix during fermentation,
which may be used to promote health. The term postbiotics can be regarded as an umbrella …

Bacteriocins: properties and potential use as antimicrobials

A Darbandi, A Asadi, M Mahdizade Ari… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A variety of bacteriocins originate from lactic acid bacteria, which have recently been
modified by scientists. Many strains of lactic acid bacteria related to food groups could …

The Genus Enterococcus: Between Probiotic Potential and Safety Concerns—An Update

H Hanchi, W Mottawea, K Sebei… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
A considerable number of strains belonging to different species of Enterococcus are highly
competitive due to their resistance to wide range of pH and temperature. Their …

Paraprobiotics and Postbiotics of Probiotic Lactobacilli, Their Positive Effects on the Host and Action Mechanisms: A Review

T Teame, A Wang, M **e, Z Zhang, Y Yang… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Lactobacilli comprise an important group of probiotics for both human and animals. The
emerging concern regarding safety problems associated with live microbial cells is …

Bacteriocins of lactic acid bacteria: extending the family

P Alvarez-Sieiro, M Montalbán-López, D Mu… - Applied microbiology …, 2016 - Springer
Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) constitute a heterogeneous group of microorganisms that produce
lactic acid as the major product during the fermentation process. LAB are Gram-positive …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting gut microbiota and metabolism as the major probiotic mechanism-An evidence-based review

T Ma, X Shen, X Shi, HA Sakandar, K Quan, Y Li… - Trends in Food Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background The human gut hosts complex microbial communities, which are linked to
health and disease. The gut microbiota is continuously reshaped by multiple environmental …

Intestinal microbiome of poultry and its interaction with host and diet

D Pan, Z Yu - Gut microbes, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
The gastrointestinal (GI) tract of poultry is densely populated with microorganisms which
closely and intensively interact with the host and ingested feed. The gut microbiome benefits …

Antibacterial activities of bacteriocins: application in foods and pharmaceuticals

SC Yang, CH Lin, CT Sung, JY Fang - Frontiers in microbiology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Bacteriocins are a kind of ribosomal synthesized antimicrobial peptides produced by
bacteria, which can kill or inhibit bacterial strains closely-related or non-related to produced …

[PDF][PDF] After a century of nisin research-where are we now?

D Field, M Fernandez de Ullivarri… - FEMS microbiology …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
It is almost a century since nisin was discovered in fermented milk cultures, coincidentally in
the same year that penicillin was first described. Over the last 100 years this small, highly …