Nanotechnology: a valuable strategy to improve bacteriocin formulations

Bacteriocins are proteinaceous antibacterial compounds, produced by diverse bacteria, which have been successfully used as: (i) food biopreservative; (ii) anti biofilm agents; and (iii) additives or alternatives to the currently existing antibiotics, to minimize the risk of emergence of resistant st...

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Main Authors: Hazem Ahmed Fahim, Ahmed Samir Khairalla, Ahmed Osama El-Gendy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01385/full