List of works by Des Field

A bioengineered nisin derivative to control biofilms of Staphylococcus pseudintermedius

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A system for the random mutagenesis of the two-peptide lantibiotic lacticin 3147: analysis of mutants producing reduced antibacterial activities

scientific article published on 01 January 2007

Antimicrobial Peptide Production and Purification.

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Bacteriocin-Antimicrobial Synergy: A Medical and Food Perspective.

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Bacteriocins: Novel Solutions to Age Old Spore-Related Problems?

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Bioengineered Nisin Derivative M17Q Has Enhanced Activity against Staphylococcus epidermidis

scientific article published on 06 June 2020

Bioengineered nisin A derivatives with enhanced activity against both Gram positive and Gram negative pathogens

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Bioengineered nisin derivatives with enhanced activity in complex matrices

scientific article published on 20 January 2012

Bioengineering Lantibiotics for Therapeutic Success

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Bioengineering nisin to overcome the nisin resistance protein

scientific article published on 12 February 2019

Bioengineering of the model lantibiotic nisin

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Comparison of the Potency of the Lipid II Targeting Antimicrobials Nisin, Lacticin 3147 and Vancomycin Against Gram-Positive Bacteria

scientific article published on 01 June 2012

Efficacies of nisin A and nisin V semipurified preparations alone and in combination with plant essential oils for controlling Listeria monocytogenes.

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Fighting biofilms with lantibiotics and other groups of bacteriocins.

scientific article published on 19 April 2018

Gene encoded antimicrobial peptides, a template for the design of novel anti-mycobacterial drugs

scientific article published on November 2010

Genome Sequence of Geobacillus stearothermophilus DSM 458, an Antimicrobial-Producing Thermophilic Bacterium, Isolated from a Sugar Beet Factory

scientific article published on 26 October 2017

In Vitro Activities of Nisin and Nisin Derivatives Alone and In Combination with Antibiotics against Staphylococcus Biofilms

scientific article (publication date: 2016)

In vivo activity of nisin A and nisin V against Listeria monocytogenes in mice.

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Intensive mutagenesis of the nisin hinge leads to the rational design of enhanced derivatives.

scientific article published on 11 November 2013

Nisin in Combination with Cinnamaldehyde and EDTA to Control Growth of Escherichia coli Strains of Swine Origin.

scientific article published on 12 December 2017

Saturation mutagenesis of lysine 12 leads to the identification of derivatives of nisin A with enhanced antimicrobial activity.

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Saturation mutagenesis of selected residues of the α-peptide of the lantibiotic lacticin 3147 yields a derivative with enhanced antimicrobial activity

scientific article published on 25 February 2013

Studies with bioengineered Nisin peptides highlight the broad-spectrum potency of Nisin V.

scientific article published on July 2010

Synergistic Nisin-Polymyxin Combinations for the Control of Pseudomonas Biofilm Formation

scientific article published on 26 October 2016

Technological characterization of bacteriocin producing Lactococcus lactis strains employed to control Listeria monocytogenes in cottage cheese

scientific article published on 30 October 2011

The dawning of a 'Golden era' in lantibiotic bioengineering.

scientific article published on 12 October 2010

The generation of nisin variants with enhanced activity against specific gram-positive pathogens.

scientific article published on 9 May 2008

Use of enhanced nisin derivatives in combination with food-grade oils or citric acid to control Cronobacter sakazakii and Escherichia coli O157:H7.

scientific article published on 7 February 2017