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Table 1 Examples of alternative antimicrobials proposed to be utilized during ethanol fermentations as examples of novel approaches to replace traditional antibiotics

From: Microbial-derived products as potential new antimicrobials

Antimicrobial compound

Source

Target

Specificity

Agricultural/industrial production problem

Endolysins

Various bacteriophage

Gram positive bacteria

Narrow

Infections of industrial fermentations

Liamocin

Aureobasidium pullulans

Streptococcus species

Narrow

Mastitis, septicemia, neonatal mortality

Laparaxin

Lactobacillus paracasei

Gram positive bacteria

Broad

Food borne pathogens, drug resistant pathogens

Unknown

Bacillus sp.

Lactobacillus species

Narrow

Infections of industrial fermentations