Characterization of Bacteriocin-like Metabolites from Bacteria

The use of prescribed therapeutic antibiotics has met with some limitations such as initiation of allergic reactions in individuals elimination of normal flora and ineffective action against several emerging antibiotic resistant microorganisms. These among other constrains limit the application of antibiotics in food preservation clinical utilization and other situations. Consequently there has been a growing interest in developing safe and effective microbial substitutes like bacteriocins. This book however provides researchers a typical stepwise approach to isolate soil bacteria (especially species belonging to Pseudomonas and Bacillus genera) with potentials to produce bacteriocins and bacteriocin-like extracellular metabolites as well as procedures to characterize such excreted metabolites.