The world is facing a significant increase in infections caused by drug-resistant infectious
agents. In response, various strategies have been recently explored to treat them, including …

Lanthipeptides are ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptides
(RiPPs) that display a wide variety of biological activities, from antimicrobial to antiallodynic …

Solutions are urgently required for the growing number of infections caused by antibiotic-
resistant bacteria. Bacteriocins, which are antimicrobial peptides produced by certain …

It is a common practice for decades to use of sub-therapeutic dose of antibiotics in food-
animal feeds to prevent animals from diseases and to improve production performance in …

Aided by genome-mining strategies, knowledge of the prevalence and diversity of
ribosomally synthesized natural products (RNPs) is rapidly increasing. Among these are the …

Nisin is a bacteriocin widely utilized in more than 50 countries as a safe and natural
antibacterial food preservative. It is the most extensively studied bacteriocin, having …

The discovery of microbial communities in the urinary tract (the urobiome) has fundamentally
altered the previous doctrine regarding urine sterility and associated urinary disorders …

Bacteriocins are ribosomally synthesized antibacterial peptides produced by bacteria that
inhibit the growth of similar or closely related bacterial strains. A number of bacteriocins from …

Fundamentals of Food Biotechnology Food biotechnology is the application of modern
biotechnological techniques to the manufacture and processing of food; for example …

Accumulating evidence suggests that bacteriocin production represents a probiotic trait for
intestinal strains to promote dominance, fight infection, and even signal the immune system …