The rumen microbiome: an underexplored resource for novel antimicrobial discovery
L. B. Oyama, S. Girdwood, A. Cookson, N. Fernandez-Fuentes, F. Prive, H. Vallin, T. Wilkinson, P. Golyshin, O. Golyshina, R. Mikut, K. Hilpert, J. Richards, M. Wootton, J. Edwards, M. Maresca, , S. A. Huws
The paper identifies novel antimicrobial peptides from the rumen microbiome and demonstrates their efficacy against MRSA in vitro and in a mouse model.
bioRxiv · Jul 12, 2017Microbiology