Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are a class of small peptides that widely exist in nature and they are an important part of the innate immune system of different organisms.
AMPs have a wide range of inhibitory effects against bacteria, fungi, parasites and viruses.
The emergence of antibiotic-resistant microorganisms and the increasing of concerns about the use of antibiotics resulted in the development of AMPs, which have a good application prospect in medicine, food, animal husbandry, agriculture and aquaculture.
Source from https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.582779
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