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Fall 2014
Paenibacillus polymyxa NRRL B-30509, Paenibacillus terrae NRRL B-30644 and P. polymyxa NRRL B-30507 were found to produce several bacteriocins and non-ribosomal peptides. All three strains produce tridecaptins, non-ribosomal lipopeptides antimicrobially active against food pathogen Campylobacter...
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Spring 2018
Acidocin B (AcdB), a bacteriocin from Lactobacillus acidophilus M46 that was initially reported to be a linear peptide, was purified and shown to be circular based on MALDI-TOF MS and MS/MS sequencing. MS analysis further revealed that AcdB is comprised of 58 amino acid residues, instead of 59...
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Synthesis and biological evaluation of the lantibiotic peptide lactocin S and its analogues
DownloadSpring 2012
Lantibiotics (lanthionine containing antibiotics) are highly post-translationally modified peptides used by bacteria as a form of chemical warfare. In light of the challenges faced today in the field of antibacterial therapy, these potent natural products are useful lead compounds for the...
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Thin Film Point of Care Diagnostic and the Potential Mitigation of Antimicrobial Resistance
DownloadFall 2021
Antimicrobial resistance is an emerging worldwide threat that endangers the effectiveness of many of the gains of modern medicine. Therapies are becoming less effective through their overuse even while antimicrobial stewardship programs have been developed to measure and improve how antibiotics...