Rural communities in developing countries lack access to affordable, reliable, and
sustainable forms of energy, which are essential factors for improving living conditions …

A great number of Gram (+) and Gram negative (-) bacteria produce during their growth,
substances of protein structure (either proteins or polypeptides) possessing antimicrobial …

Lactococcus lactis is a Gram-positive lactic acid bacterium that, in addition to its traditional
use in food fermentations, is increasingly used in modern biotechnological applications. In …

The use of Gram-positive bacteria for heterologous protein production proves to be a useful
choice due to easy protein secretion and purification. The lactic acid bacterium Lactococcus …

Lysostaphin is an antimicrobial agent belonging to a major class of antimicrobial peptides
and proteins known as the bacteriocins. Bacteriocins are bacterial antimicrobial peptides …

Background Membrane proteins are the targets of 50% of drugs, although they only
represent 1% of total cellular proteins. The first major bottleneck on the route to their …

ABSTRACT A mariner transposon bank was used to identify loci that contribute to the innate
resistance of Listeria monocytogenes to the lantibiotic nisin. In addition to highlighting the …

Bacteria of the genus Staphylococcus are common pathogens responsible for a broad
spectrum of human and animal infections and belong to the most important etiological …

The development of drug delivery vehicles is in significant demand in the context of
precision medicine. With the development of synthetic biology, the use of genetically …

Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) have a long history of use in fermented foods and as probiotics.
Genetic manipulation of these microorganisms has great potential for new applications in …