A broad-spectrum bactericidal lipopeptide with anti-biofilm properties

Abstract Previous studies of the oligoacyllysyl (OAK) series acyl-lysyl-lysyl-aminoacyl-lysine-amide, suggested their utility towards generating robust linear lipopeptide-like alternatives to antibiotics, although to date, none exhibited potent broad-spectrum bactericidal activity. To follow up on t...

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Main Authors: Ohad Meir, Fadia Zaknoon, Uri Cogan, Amram Mor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-02373-0