Abstract Background The Lactobacillaceae family comprises many species of great importance for the food and healthcare industries, with numerous strains identified as beneficial for humans and used as probiotics.Hence, there is a growing interest in engineering these probiotic bacteria as live biotherapeutics for animals and humans.However, the gen
ABSTRACT: Akkermansia muciniphila (AM) is a mucin-degrading anaerobe, exerting beneficial effects on gut integrity improvement, inflammatory alleviation, and metabolic regulations in humans.Excess amounts of mucin and mucogenesis in the gut facilitate the development of necrotic enteritis (NE) in chickens.The study aimed to evaluate the effects of
The envelope (E) protein from coronaviruses is a small polypeptide that contains at least one alpha-helical transmembrane domain.Absence, or inactivation, of E protein results in attenuated viruses, due to alterations in either virion morphology or tropism.Apart from its morphogenetic properties, protein E has been reported to have membrane permeab
Abstract The vast amount of not-recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle waste is a serious threat to the environment.In order to utilize the waste, PET ultrafiltration membranes were prepared using PET bottle waste as the raw material by using the phase inversion technique.Low molecular weight polyethylene glycol (PEG 400) was used as the
Background: The disabling nature of deficitsin social and independent living skills of per-sons with severe and persisting mental disor-ders was a strong rationale for developing so-cial skills training as a rehabilitation modalitythat could attenuate those deficits.Aim andObjectives: To assess the effectiveness of con-versational skill training in