Multiple choice

Which of the following is true about lantibiotics?

  1. Lantibiotics are produced by Gram-negative bacteria and act against other Gram-negative bacteria.

  2. Lantibiotics are broad spectrum glycopeptides.

  3. Lantibiotics are similar to bacteriocins.

  4. Nisin and epidermin are members of class lantibiotics that bind phosphoethanolamine in the membranes of their target cells.
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Explanation

Lantibiotics are similar to bacteriocins. In fact, the lantibiotics are a class of more extensively modified bacteriocins, also called Class I bacteriocins (toxins produced by bacteria).

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