Biotechnological Potential of and Like Organisms and Their Secreted Enzymes

Overview

Journal Front Microbiol

Specialty Microbiology

Date 2020 May 1

PMID 32351487

Citations 30

Authors

Eleni Bratanis

Tilde Andersson

Rolf Lood

Ewa Bukowska-Faniband

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Abstract

and like organisms (BALOs) are obligate predatory bacteria that selectively prey on a broad range of Gram-negative bacteria, including multidrug-resistant human pathogens. Due to their unique lifestyle, they have been long recognized as a potential therapeutic and biocontrol agent. Research on BALOs has rapidly grown over the recent decade, resulting in many publications concerning molecular details of bacterial predation as well as applications thereof in medicine and biotechnology. This review summarizes the current knowledge on biotechnological potential of obligate predatory bacteria and their secreted enzymes.

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