Phytogenics in the war against salmonella

Researchers at the University of Connecticut, college of Agriculture and Natural resources might have found a way to defeat salmonella one molecule at a time. This gram-negative bacterium causes annually over a million cases of salmonellosis in the United States, a potentially fatal disease in the elderly, the very young, and those with suppressed immune systems.

But, professor Kumar Venkitanarayanan and his post-doctoral fellow Anup Kollanoor Johny, have determined that natural food grade molecules found in such familiar sources as cinnamon, cloves, oregano, and coconut oil seem to have the ability to shut down the genes that enable the bacterium to colonise in the caeca of chickens. Read more ...

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Living antibiotics potential for animals and humans

Researcher are testing the potential benefit of a living antibiotic for humans and animals Bdellovibrio, a predatory bacterium, has the potential to be used as a living antibiotic against some major human and animal pathogens, such as E.coli and other gram-negative bacteria.

Previous tests have shown that Bdellovibrio is very effective against other bacteria. Dr Hobley continued "We think that Bdellovibrio could be particularly useful as a topical treatment for wounds or foot rots but we wanted to know what might happen if it is ingested either deliberately as a treatment, or by accident." Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Global Miller, published and supported by the GFMT Magazine and the International Milling Directory from Perendale Publishers