Escherichia coli GutM4 produces 2,5-diketopiperazines and inhibits human pathogens in vitro

Background: It has been a very common practice to use probiotics or their metabolites as alternative antimicrobial strategies for the treatment and prevention of infections as rampant and indiscriminate use of antibiotics causes the development of antibiotic-resistant pathogens. The objective of thi...

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Main Authors: Xichun Zhang, Junmin Du, Yu Wang, Shuming Chen, Yingli Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-07-01
Series:Electronic Journal of Biotechnology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0717345817300210