Department of Biology and CESAM, University of Aveiro, 3810 Aveiro, Portugal.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 Jul;77(14):5023-6. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00270-11. Epub 2011 May 20.
This study demonstrated, for the first time, that immunity genes licFGEHI are not essential for self-protection and production of the two-component lantibiotic lichenicidin in the Gram-negative heterologous host Escherichia coli BLic5. Additionally, it was experimentally demonstrated that lichenicidin lantibiotics are active against the E. coli imp4213 strain, a mutant strain possessing a permeable outer membrane.
本研究首次表明,免疫基因 licFGEHI 对于革兰氏阴性异源宿主大肠杆菌 BLic5 中自身保护和双组份类杆菌素 lichenicidin 的产生并非必需。此外,实验证明,lichenicidin 类杆菌素对具有渗透性外膜的突变株 E. coli imp4213 菌株具有活性。