The cyclic antibacterial peptide enterocin AS-48: Isolation, mode of action, and possible food applications

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 22706-22727

  Burgos, María José Grande ^a   Pulido, Rubén Pérez ^a   Aguayo, María del Carmen López ^a   Gálvez, Antonio ^a   Lucas, Rosario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Circular bacteriocin; Enterocin; Food preservation; Membrane

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AS 48; BACTERIOCIN; FOOD PRESERVATIVE;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ALICYCLOBACILLUS; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; BACILLUS; BROCHOTHRIX; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG ISOLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD INDUSTRY; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MYXOCOCCUS; PAENIBACILLUS; PEDIOCOCCUS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; REVIEW; RHIZOBIUM; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; UPREGULATION; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

ALICYCLOBACILLUS ACIDOTERRESTRIS; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BROCHOTHRIX THERMOSPHACTA; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS SAKEI; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NEGIBACTERIA; PAENIBACILLUS; POSIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CARNOSUS;

EID: 84937611659     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms151222706     Document Type: Review

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