ANTIBACTERIAL MICROCINES, CLASS II (LITERATURE REVIEW)

Abstract

The issue of the use in medicine of effective antibacterial substances active against drug-resistant microorganisms remains relevant. Most publications on microcins show undoubted prospects for the further development of these numerous pharmacological agents of bacterial origin with multidirectional action (antibacterial, antiviral, antitumor, etc.). One of the features of the properties of microcins is their specific inhibitory activity against gram-negative microorganisms (first of all, Escherichia, as well as proteus, salmonella, pseudomonas, etc.). This review is compiled with the aim of briefly summarizing current information about one of the groups of microcins (class II) to assess their possible use in practical medicine and in scientific research. The review uses links from the RSCI, Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed databases.