How can bacteria help us fight back against bacteria?
- Garcia-Gutierrez, Enriqueta
- Arbulu, Sara
ISSN: 2296-6846
Any de publicació: 2021
Volum: 8
Tipus: Article
Altres publicacions en: Frontiers for Young Minds
Resum
Microbes live everywhere and have an intense social life, interacting with many different species. Like each of us, they must be able to survive in a certain location, and they develop strategies to get what they need. Bacteria, a type of microbe, produce small compounds called bacteriocins that can kill other microbes that they compete with for resources. Bacteriocins can help us solve problems, such as antibiotic resistance or food spoilage. We are already taking advantage of some bacteriocins, like nisin, but many more are to come for health and food applications.
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