Marine Bacteriocins: A Review
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Like all organisms in nature, bacteria too have their own immune system and defense mechanisms. The antagonistic factors like antibiotics, bacteriocins, lysozymes, siderophores, proteases, and/or hydrogen peroxide and the alteration of pH values by organic acids produced either singly or in combination act as defense substances. Bacteriocins are potent antimicrobial peptides and proteins, found in almost every bacterial species examined till date, and within a species tens or even hundreds of different kinds of bacteriocins are produced [1].
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