Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are regarded as a new generation of antibiotics. Besides
antimicrobial activity, AMPs also have antibiofilm, immune-regulatory, and other activities …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are distributed across all kingdoms of life and are an
indispensable component of host defenses. They consist of predominantly short cationic …

Host defence peptides (HDPs) are integral components of innate immunity across all living
organisms. These peptides can exert direct antibacterial effects, targeting planktonic cells …

The recent outbreaks of infectious diseases caused by multidrug-resistant pathogens have
sounded a piercing alarm for the need of new effective antimicrobial agents to guard public …

Defensins are a family of cationic antimicrobial peptides active against a broad range of
infectious microbes including bacteria, viruses and fungi, playing important roles as innate …

Membrane-disruptive peptides/peptidomimetics (MDPs) are antimicrobials or
anticarcinogens that present a general killing mechanism through the physical disruption of …

Microbes typically secrete a plethora of molecules to promote niche colonization. Soil-
dwelling microbes are well-known producers of antimicrobials that are exploited to …

The rapid development of multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria due to the improper and
overuse of antibiotics and the ineffective performance of antibiotics against the difficult-to …

The goal of the study was to test the effects of an antibiotic substitute, plectasin, on the
growth performance, immune function, intestinal morphology and structure, intestinal …

Background Tick bites severely threaten human health because they allow the transmission
of many deadly pathogens, including viruses, bacteria, protozoa, and helminths. Pruritus is a …