Fighting biofilms with lantibiotics and other groups of bacteriocins

Biofilms treated with nisin assessed by microscopy: Assessment of S. pseudintermedius DK729 (top triangle) and S. pseudintermedius DSM21284 (bottom triangle) biofilms (magnification 1000×) after 24？h treatment with 16× MIC of nisin A (Wt) and nisin I4V peptides. (Adapted from Field et al. 2015c 31 under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License