Highlights•Bacteriocins play an integral, multifaceted role in microbial ecology.•Targeted
and controlled delivery should improve the efficacy of bacteriocins.•Bacteriocins' diverse …

The interest for the development of new active packaging materials has rapidly increased in
the last few years. Antimicrobial active packaging is a potential alternative to protect …

Decades of antibiotic misuse in clinical settings, animal feed, and within the food industry
have led to a concerning rise in antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Every year, antimicrobial …

Given the great importance of natural biopreservatives in the modern food industry, lactic
acid bacteria (LAB)‐producing bacteriocins have gained considerable attention due to their …

Bacteriocins are bactericidal peptides, ribosomally synthesized, with an inhibitory activity
against diverse groups of undesirable microorganisms. Bacteriocins are produced by both …

Lantibiotics are believed to have a conceivable potential to be used as therapeutics,
especially against clinically resistant bacterial strains. However, their low solubility and poor …

Mannose transporters constitute a superfamily (Man-PTS) of the Phosphoenolpyruvate
Carbohydrate Phosphotransferase System (PTS). The membrane complexes are …

Lacticin Q (LnqQ) and aureocin A53 (AucA) are leaderless bacteriocins from Lactococcus
lactis QU5 and Staphylococcus aureus A53, respectively. These bacteriocins are …

The ability of antimicrobial peptides to efficiently kill their bacterial targets depends on the
efficiency of their binding to the microbial membrane. In the case of enterocins, there is a …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are inherently occurring proteins that are produced by
microorganisms as secondary metabolites. Members of genus Bacillus produce many types …