Resistance to bacteriocins produced by Gram-positive bacteria.

@article{Bastos2015ResistanceTB,
  title={Resistance to bacteriocins produced by Gram-positive bacteria.},
  author={M. do C. de F. Bastos and Marcus L{\'i}vio Varella Coelho and Olinda Cabral Silva Santos},
  journal={Microbiology},
  year={2015},
  volume={161 Pt 4},
  pages={
          683-700
        }
}
Bacteriocins are prokaryotic proteins or peptides with antimicrobial activity. Most of them exhibit a broad spectrum of activity, inhibiting micro-organisms belonging to different genera and species, including many bacterial pathogens which cause human, animal or plant infections. Therefore, these substances have potential biotechnological applications in either food preservation or prevention and control of bacterial infectious diseases. However, there is concern that continuous exposure of… 
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