The Lantibiotic Lacticin 3147 Prevents Systemic Spread of Staphylococcus aureus in a Murine Infection Model

The objective of this study was to investigate the in vivo activity of the lantibiotic lacticin 3147 against the luminescent Staphylococcus aureus strain Xen 29 using a murine model. Female BALB/c mice (7 weeks old, 17 g) were divided into groups (n=5) and infected with the Xen 29 strain via the int...

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Main Authors: Clare Piper, Pat G. Casey, Colin Hill, Paul D. Cotter, R. Paul Ross
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:International Journal of Microbiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/806230