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Research Advance on Bacteriocin and its Application

LIU Bao-sheng, ZHANG Jin-hua, LUO Jun-rong   

  1. College of Animal Science and Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
  • Received:2012-09-23 Online:2013-05-20 Published:2013-05-27

Abstract: Bacteriocins, coded genetically and synthesized ribosomally, are a category of bactericidal peptides produced by bacteria. They play a key role in regulating environmental bacterial flora formation. With their wide resource, diverse structures and high potency in killing various pathogenic bacteria of animal diseases, bacteriocins are potentially developed into novel antimicrobials. This review focused on the research development of bacteriocin biological characteristics, the update of bacteriocin classification and the progress on application study of bacteriocins in last several years in order to throw some light on the development of novel bacteriocin veterinary drugs in China.

Key words: bacteriocin; antimicrobials; development of veterinary drugs

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