• Bacteriocins: antibiotics in the age of the microbiome 

  Egan, Kevin; Ross, R. Paul; Hill, Colin (Portland Press, 2017-04-07)

  Antibiotics have revolutionised the treatment of infectious disease and improved the lives of billions of people worldwide over many decades. With the rise in antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and corresponding lack of ...
• Genetic, enzymatic and metabolite profiling of the Lactobacillus casei group reveals strain biodiversity and potential applications for flavour diversification 

  Stefanovic, Ewelina; Kilcawley, Kieran N.; Rea, Mary C.; Fitzgerald, Gerald F.; McAuliffe, Olivia (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2017-04-04)

  Aims: The Lactobacillus casei group represents a widely explored group of lactic acid bacteria, characterized by a high level of biodiversity. In this study, the genetic and phenotypic diversity of a collection of more ...
• Phage therapy targeting Escherichia coli - a story with no end? 

  Bolocan, Andrei Sorin; Callanan, Julie; Forde, Amanda; Ross, R. Paul; Hill, Colin (Oxford University Press, 2016-11-09)

  Bacteriophages (phages) or bacterial viruses have long been proposed as an alternative therapy against antibiotic-resistant bacteria such as Escherichia coli. Even though poorly documented in the scientific literature, a ...
• Bacterial microcompartment-directed polyphosphate kinase promotes stable polyphosphate accumulation in E. coli 

  Liang, Mingzhi; Frank, Stefanie; Lünsdorf, Heinrich; Warren, Martin J.; Prentice, Michael B. (Wiley-VCH Verlag, 2017-02-10)

  Processes for the biological removal of phosphate from wastewater rely on temporary manipulation of bacterial polyphosphate levels by phased environmental stimuli. In E. coli polyphosphate levels are controlled via the ...
• Controlled functional expression of the bacteriocins pediocin PA-1 and bactofencin A in Escherichia coli 

  Mesa-Pereira, Beatriz; O'Connor, Paula M.; Rea, Mary C.; Cotter, Paul D.; Hill, Colin; Ross, R. Paul (Nature Publishing Group, 2017-06-08)

  The bacteriocins bactofencin A (class IId) and pediocin PA-1 (class IIa) are encoded by operons with a similarly clustered gene organization including a structural peptide, an immunity protein, an ABC transporter and ...

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