Antimicrobial activity of Ib-M peptides against Escherichia coli O157: H7.

The development of new antimicrobial peptides has become an attractive alternative to conventional antibiotics due to the increasing rates of microbial drug resistance. Ib-M corresponds to a family of cationic synthetic peptides, 20 amino acids in length, that have shown inhibitory effect against th...

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Main Authors: Sergio Prada-Prada, Johanna Flórez-Castillo, Ana Farfán-García, Fanny Guzmán, Indira Hernández-Peñaranda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0229019