Affiliations 

  • 1 Institute of Biological Sciences, Microbiology Division, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
PLoS One, 2014;9(6):e100541.
PMID: 24941127 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100541

Abstract

Salivaricins are bacteriocins produced by Streptococcus salivarius, some strains of which can have significant probiotic effects. S. salivarius strains were isolated from Malaysian subjects showing variable antimicrobial activity, metabolic profile, antibiotic susceptibility and lantibiotic production.

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