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 …

[HTML][HTML] Antimicrobial peptides as potential anti-biofilm agents against multidrug-resistant bacteria

PY Chung, R Khanum - Journal of microbiology, immunology and infection, 2017 - Elsevier
Bacterial resistance to commonly used drugs has become a global health problem, causing
increased infection cases and mortality rate. One of the main virulence determinants in many …

Microbial production of bacteriocins: Latest research development and applications

V Juturu, JC Wu - Biotechnology advances, 2018 - Elsevier
Bacteriocins are low molecular weight peptides secreted by the predator bacterial cells to kill
sensitive cells present in the same ecosystem competing for food and other nutrients …

Bacteriocins: potential for human health

F Huang, K Teng, Y Liu, Y Cao, T Wang… - Oxidative medicine …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Due to the challenges of antibiotic resistance to global health, bacteriocins as antimicrobial
compounds have received more and more attention. Bacteriocins are biosynthesized by …

Probiotics at war against viruses: what is missing from the picture?

SK Tiwari, LMT Dicks, IV Popov, A Karaseva… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Our world is now facing a multitude of novel infectious diseases. Bacterial infections are
treated with antibiotics, albeit with increasing difficulty as many of the more common causes …

Biosynthesis, bioactivity, biotoxicity and applications of antimicrobial peptides for human health

D Wei, X Zhang - Biosafety and Health, 2022 - mednexus.org
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are the natural antibiotics recognized for their broad-
spectrum resistance to bacteria, fungi, viruses and parasites, and influencing the host …

Bacteriocins of lactic acid bacteria as biotechnological tools in food and pharmaceuticals: Current applications and future prospects

GM Daba, WA Elkhateeb - Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology, 2020 - Elsevier
Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are prestigious bacteria which have reserved their position as
biotechnological tool due to the probiotic properties characterizing many species of them, as …

Antiviral potential of lactic acid bacteria and their bacteriocins

I Al Kassaa, D Hober, M Hamze, NE Chihib… - Probiotics and …, 2014 - Springer
Emerging resistance to antiviral agents is a growing public health concern worldwide as it
was reported for respiratory, sexually transmitted and enteric viruses. Therefore, there is a …

Evaluation of Probiotic Properties and Safety of Enterococcus faecium Isolated From Artisanal Tunisian Meat “Dried Ossban”

M Zommiti, M Cambronel, O Maillot, M Barreau… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Enterococcus faecium strains were isolated from an original biotope, artisanal dried
Tunisian meat “Dried Ossban,” and evaluated for safety and capacity as probiotics. Gram …

Prevention of respiratory syncytial virus infection with probiotic lactic acid bacterium Lactobacillus gasseri SBT2055

K Eguchi, N Fujitani, H Nakagawa, T Miyazaki - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract Lactobacillus gasseri SBT2055 (LG2055) is a probiotic lactic acid bacterium with
multifunctional effects, including the prevention of influenza A virus infection in mice …