Prokaryotic Antimicrobial Peptides From Genes to Applications /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Drider, Djamel (Editor), Rebuffat, Sylvie (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2011.
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Microbiology.; Food > Biotechnology.; Bacteriology.; Applied Microbiology.; Food Science.

The book provides an overview of the advancement of fundamental knowledge and applications of antimicrobial peptides in biomedical, agricultural, veterinary, food, and cosmetic products. Antimicrobial peptides stand as potentially great alternatives to current antibiotics, and most research in this...