Prokaryotic Antimicrobial Peptides: From Genes to Applications

Part I. Introduction: History, current Knowledge and future research on antimicrobial peptides.- Chapter 1. History, current knowledge and future directions on bacteriocin research in lactic acid bacteria.- Chapter 2. Bacteriocin mediated competitive interactions of bacterial populations and communities.- Part II. Classification of prokaryotic antimicrobial peptides.- Chapter 3. Classification of Bacteriocins from Gram positive bacteria.- Chapter 4. Bacteriocins from Gram negative bacteria: a classification?.- Part III. Isolation, purification and production of antimicrobial peptides.- Chapter 5. Genomes exploitation and bioinformatics tools.- Chapter 6. Design and engineering strategies for synthetic antimicrobial peptides.- Chapter 7. Purification techniques of bacteriocins from lactic acid bacteria and other Gram positive bacteria.- Chapter 8. Natural and heterologous production of Bacteriocins.- Part IV. Genetics, biosynthesis, structure, and mode of action of AMP from gram postive bacteria.- Chapter 9. Genetics, biosynthesis, structure and mode of action of lantibiotics.- Chapter 10. Class IIa bacteriocins: current knowledge and perspectives.- Chapter 11. The two-peptide (Class-IIb) bacteriocins: Genetics, Biosynthesis, Structure, and Mode-of-Action.- Chapter 12. Class IIc or circular bacteriocins.- Chapter 13. Class IId or linear and non pediocin-like bacteriocins.- Part V. Genetics, biosynthesis, structure, and mode of action of AMP from gram negative bacteria.- Chapter 14. Colicin killing: foiled cell defense and hijacked cell functions.- Chapter 15. Class I microcins: their structure, activities, and mechanisms of resistance.- Chapter 16. Class II microcins.- Chapter 17. Microcins: on the edge between gram positive bacteriocins and colicins.- Part VI. Applications and Perspectives.- Chapter 18. Food Applications and Regulation.- Chapter 19. Medical and Personal Care Applications of Bacteriocins Produced by Lactic Acid Bacteria.- Chapter 20. Perspectives and peptides of the next generation.