Antagonistic activity expressed by Shigella sonnei: identification of a putative new bacteriocin

Bacteriocins are antibacterial, proteinaceous substances that mediate microbial dynamics. Bacteriocin production is a highly disseminated property among all major lineages of bacteria, including Shigella. In this paper, we addressed the purification and characterisation of a bacteriocin produced by...

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Main Authors: Mireille Angela Bernardes Sousa, Luiz de Macedo Farias, Patricia Luciana de Oliveira, Jaqueline Silvana Moreira, Ana Carolina Morais Apolonio, Jamil Silvano Oliveira, Marcelo Matos Santoro, Edilberto Nogueira Mendes, Paula Prazeres Magalhaes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2013-09-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762013000600724&lng=en&tlng=en