Fig. 3

Cationic antibacterial peptides discovered via global genome mining. a Two gene clusters of investigated cationic peptides, with amino acids incorporated. Cationic residues are marked in red. b Structure of isolated cationic peptides identified by MS/NMR analysis. Positively charged amino acids are highlighted in red. c Mass spectra (ESI) of cationic peptide brevicidine. d Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry traces comparing B. laterosporus ATCC 9141 wild type and the ΔlatC mutant. Figure 3 c–d are representative of three independent experiments