Carbohydrate-specific activity of lactobacilli and lactic acid cocci

Novel antibacterial agents with the capacity to inhibit bacterial biofilms are important for the treatment of bacterial infections. A promising class of antimicrobial molecules is the family of lectins,since lectin molecules have unique hydrocarbon- recognizing capacities, and pathogens are often decorated with sugars that affect their survival and infectivity [Francois et al., 2012]. Lectins are defined as carbohydrate binding proteins without catalytic activity that are prevalent in all organisms. They often have important functions in cell signaling and cellular interactions [Dias et al.

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antibacterial agents, bacterial biofilms, bacterial infections, antimicrobial molecules, family of lectins

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Modern Problems of Biology, Biotechnology, Biomedicine: materials of young scientists of the International Summer School-Conference «Biology, Biotechnology, Biomedicine» (Odesa, 29 June - 10 July 2020). – Odesa : «Odesa I. I. Mechnikov National University», 2020.

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https://dspace.onu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/29115

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