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ReviewGut microbes2019

Gut microbiota as a source of novel antimicrobials.

Enriqueta Garcia-Gutierrez, Melinda J Mayer, Paul D Cotter, Arjan Narbad

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Review in Gut microbes, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 143 papers.

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143citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

143 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Enriqueta Garcia-Gutierreza Gut Health and Food Safety Institute Strategic Programme, Quadram Institute Bioscience , Norwich , UK.ORCID 0000-0001-5683-7924
Melinda J Mayera Gut Health and Food Safety Institute Strategic Programme, Quadram Institute Bioscience , Norwich , UK.
Paul D Cotterb Food Bioscience Department , Teagasc Food Research Centre , Fermoy , Ireland.
Arjan Narbada Gut Health and Food Safety Institute Strategic Programme, Quadram Institute Bioscience , Norwich , UK.

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/J004529/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBS/E/F/00042220Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBS/E/F/00042241Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBS/E/F/00044453Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBS/E/F/000PR10356
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bacteria, Archaea, Eukarya and viruses coexist in the human gut, and this coexistence is functionally balanced by symbiotic or antagonistic relationships. Antagonism is often characterized by the production of antimicrobials against other organisms occupying the same environmental niche. Indeed, close co-evolution in the gut has led to the development of specialized antimicrobials, which is attracting increased attention as these may serve as novel alternatives to antibiotics and thereby help to address the global problem of antimicrobial resistance. The gastrointestinal (GI) tract is especially suitable for finding novel antimicrobials due to the vast array of microbes that inhabit it, and a considerable number of antimicrobial producers of both wide and narrow spectrum have been described. In this review, we summarize some of the antimicrobial compounds that are produced by bacteria isolated from the gut environment, with a special focus on bacteriocins. We also evaluate the potential therapeutic application of these compounds to maintain homeostasis in the gut and the biocontrol of pathogenic bacteria.

Indexed as

Anti-Infective AgentsAntimicrobial Cationic PeptidesBacteriaBacteriocinsGastrointestinal MicrobiomeHomeostasisHumansSymbiosisAnti-Infective AgentsAntimicrobial Cationic PeptidesBacteriocinsantibiotic resistanceantimicrobialbacteriocinbiocontrolgastrointestinal tracthomeostasismicrobiomeprobiotic

Identifiers

PMID29584555
PMCPMC6363078

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