Synthetic Antimicrobial Peptide Polybia MP-1 (Mastoparan) Inhibits Growth of Antibiotic Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates From Mastitic Cow Milk

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) offer a potent and effective alternative for treatment of antibiotic resistant microbes. Mastoparans or mastoparan like peptides are the most abundant peptides reported in vespid/social wasp venoms with potent antimicrobial activity. Polybia MP-1 is an amphipathic tetradecapeptide isolated from the venom of the vespid wasp Polybia paulista with potent antimicrobial activity and high selectivity for bacterial...