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Resolution: standard / high Figure 2.
Overview of the anti-bacterial potential of designer probiotics. Bacteriocin produced by the probiotic (blue) can lyse invading pathogens (red) (A)
while heterologously expressed receptor mimics on the surface of probiotic cells can
antagonise pathogen adherence to the host (B) and neutralise toxin production (C).
Imaged reproduced, with permission, from [18].
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