Gram-positive bacteriocins: usage as antimicrobial agents in veterinary medicine

SCHOFS, LAUREANO; SPARO, MÓNICA D.; SÁNCHEZ BRUNI, SERGIO F.

VETERINARY RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

SPRINGER

Año: 2020 vol. 44 p. 89 - 100

0165-7380

Antimicrobial resistance is a worldwide spread phenomenon that affects both human and veterinary medicine. This issue has ledto a ?One Health? approach in order to coordinate efforts and set back the development of drug-resistant microbes. In the searchfor alternatives therapies, bacteriocins or antimicrobial peptides have proven to be effective both in vitro and in vivo for multiplespathogens, even those resistant to many classic antibiotics. Gram-positive bacteriocins have been the most studied to the present.The use of bacteriocins as therapeutically active molecules is limited mainly due to difficulties in production, purification,delivery systems and regulatory approvals. To overcome some of these limitations, biotechnological and nanotechnologicalapproaches are evaluated. Bacteriocins proved to be a good complement for conventional antibiotics therapy. Antimicrobialpeptides are nowadays included in the veterinary products such as udder disinfectant for dairy cattle and dermatological medicatedwipe for topical use on dogs, cats, and horses. But there are other potential uses to explore in the veterinary field for bothcompanion and production animals.