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The Leaderless Bacteriocin Enterocin K1 Is Highly Potent against Enterococcus faecium: A Study on Structure, Target Spectrum and Receptor

Enterocin K1 (EntK1), enterocin EJ97 (EntEJ97), and LsbB are three sequence related leaderless bacteriocins. Yet LsbB kills only lactococci while EntK1 and EntEJ97 target wider spectra with EntK1 being particularly active against Enterococcus faecium, including nosocomial multidrug resistant isolate...

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Autores principales: Ovchinnikov, Kirill V., Kristiansen, Per Eugen, Straume, Daniel, Jensen, Marianne S., Aleksandrzak-Piekarczyk, Tamara, Nes, Ingolf F., Diep, Dzung B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5413573/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28515717
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.00774