Table 3.

Selected antimicrobial molecules of nematodes.

	Parasites			Free-living
	Ascaris spp.	Trichuris spp.	H. p. bakeri	C. elegans	References
Antibacterial factors	Yes	–	–	Yes	Kato et al., 2002; Andersson et al., 2003; Pillai et al., 2003
Cecropins	Yes	–	–	–	Andersson et al., 2003; Pillai et al., 2005
Lectins	Yes*	–	Yes	Yes*	Cuperlović et al., 1987; Mallo et al., 2002; Harcus et al., 2009; Engelmann et al., 2011; Wang et al., 2013; Miltsch et al., 2014
Lysozymes	Yes	–	Yes	Yes	Mallo et al., 2002; O'Rourke et al., 2006; Schulenburg and Boehnisch, 2008; Hewitson et al., 2011; Tarr, 2012; Wang et al., 2013; Gravato-Nobre et al., 2016
Nemapores	Yes	Yes	–	Yes	Bányai and Patthy, 1998; Coolon et al., 2009; Roeder et al., 2010; Tarr, 2012
Nematode products	Tissue extracts, pseudocoelomic fluid	ESP	–	–	Wardlaw et al., 1994; Kato, 1995; Abner et al., 2001

Yes, detected; -, not detected;

^*, lectin-like activity detected; gray shading, demonstrated bactericidal activity.