Antibacterial activity of exopolysaccharide produced by bee gut-resident Enterococcus sp. BE11 against marine fish pathogens

Abstract Background In recent years, the demand for innovative antimicrobial agents has grown, considering the growing problem of antibiotic resistance in aquaculture. Adult Apis mellifera honeybees’ gut represents an outstanding habitat to isolate novel lactic acid bacteria (LAB) able to produce pr...

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Main Authors: Eman H. Zaghloul, Mohamed I. A. Ibrahim, Heba A. H. Zaghloul
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-08-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-023-02977-9