«Proteins secreted by beneficial gut microbes shown to inhibit salmonella, invasive E. coli: Study finds that microcins help block illness - causing bacteria in inflamed intestines.» (sciencedaily.com)
In the journal Nature, Manuela Raffatellu, associate professor of microbiology & molecular genetics, and colleagues provide the first evidence that small protein molecules called microcins, produced by beneficial gut microbes, play a critical part in blocking certain illness - causing bacteria in inflamed intestines. (sciencedaily.com)
The presence of biosynthetic genes for bacteriocins is common to all genomes, except for microcin in UM270. (jgenomics.com)