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 …

Simple Summary Antibiotic resistance is a growing threat; its indiscriminate use has led to
management restrictions in humans and animals. Bacteriocins are powerful antimicrobial …

The world population's significant increase has promoted a higher consumption of poultry
products, which must meet the specified demand while maintaining their quality and safety. It …

Simple Summary Breeders are searching for methods to protect farming animals against
diseases caused by pathogenic bacteria. The easiest way to fight bacteria is to use …

The call to cater for the hungry is a worldwide problem in the 21st century. Food security is
the utmost prime factor for the increasing demand for food. Awareness of human health …

Simple Summary Antimicrobial peptides are thought to be ideal candidates, owing to their
antimicrobial properties, broad spectrum of activity, and low propensity for development of …

In recent years, food safety caused by foodborne pathogens and spoilage bacteria has
become a major public health problem worldwide. Bacteriocins are a kind of antibacterial …

The rapidly expanding food industry necessitates the use of food additives to achieve
specific purposes. However, this raises new concerns in food safety due to the reported …

Nisin is a broad spectrum bacteriocin used extensively as a food preservative that was
identified in Lactococcus lactis nearly a century ago. We show that orally-ingested nisin …

The increased resistance of campylobacters to antibiotics required the identification and
isolation of novel antimicrobials able to inhibit its virulence, to cause less or no resistance …