Bacteriocins, microcins and lantibiotics /
Presented here are recent findings on bacteriocins: plasmid-encoded toxins produced by bacteria, which differ from traditional antibiotics in killing only bacteria that are closely related to the producing strain. Included are introductory chapters on bacteriocins, microcins (low molecular weight ba...
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| Format: | Conference Proceeding eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin ; New York :
Springer-Verlag,
[1992]
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| Series: | NATO ASI series. Cell biology ;
vol. 65. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Presented here are recent findings on bacteriocins: plasmid-encoded toxins produced by bacteria, which differ from traditional antibiotics in killing only bacteria that are closely related to the producing strain. Included are introductory chapters on bacteriocins, microcins (low molecular weight bacteriocins), and lantibiotics (peptide antibiotics containing lanthionine), further, contributions on pore forming bacteriocins, the mechanisms of immunity to bacteriocins, uptake and secretion, as well as evolution of bacteriocins. It is of particular interest that the lantibiotic nisin is approved for use as food preservative and another lantibiotic, epidermin, has potential as a therapeutic drug against acne. |
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| Item Description: | "Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Bacterial Plasmid-Coded Toxins: Bacteriocins, microcins, and lantiobiotics, held at île de Bendor, France, September 22-26, 1991"--Title page verso. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 519 pages) : illustrations. |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783642769740 (electronic bk.) 3642769748 (electronic bk.) |