1. The large antimicrobial proteins (bacteriocins) of streptococci
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Nicholas C. K. Heng, Grace A. Burtenshaw, Yi Tian Ting, John R. Tagg, Ralph W. Jack, Hayley J. Baird, Pearl M. Swe, Muriel Dufour, and Nancy L. Ragland
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Streptococcus ,food and beverages ,General Medicine ,biochemical phenomena, metabolism, and nutrition ,Biology ,Antimicrobial ,medicine.disease_cause ,biology.organism_classification ,Streptococcus constellatus ,Microbiology ,Lytic cycle ,Bacteriocin ,medicine ,bacteria ,Genus Streptococcus ,Bacteria - Abstract
Bacteriocins are ribosomally synthesised antimicrobial proteins produced by bacteria that generally kill or inhibit species or strains closely related to the producer. Members of the genus Streptococcus produce a myriad of bacteriocins, most of which are small ( 10 kDa) streptococcal bacteriocins have also been identified. In this paper, we describe the biochemical and genetic characteristics of the large bacteriocins currently studied in our laboratory, including the identification of stellalysin, a new lytic bacteriocin produced by Streptococcus constellatus subsp. constellatus .
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- 2006
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