Table 2.

Bacteriocins in colorectal cancer therapy

Bacteriocin	Producer microorganism	Molecular weight (kda)	Affected Cell lines	Reference
Nicin	Lactococcus lactis	3.5	Caco-2, HT-29, LS-180, SW48	[41]
Colicin	Enterobacteriaceae (e.g. E. coli)	4.1	HT-29	[36]
Microcin E492	Klebsiella pneumoniae	7.8	CRC cells, HT-29, SW620	[32]
Pediocin	Pediococcus acidilactici K2a2–3	6	HT-29, DLD-1	[40]