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Evaluation of antibacterial properties of Lactobacillus acidophilus and Lactoba...
Araújo, Daniela; Silva, A. R.; Silva, Sónia Carina; Mira, N. P.; Almeida, Carina; Castro, Joana Isabel ReisPost-weaning diarrhea (PWD) in piglets, caused by enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC), has been managed using antibiotics and zinc oxide. However, concerns regarding antibiotic resistance as well as the 2022 EU ban on zinc oxide, have prompted the development of sustainable alternatives. Growing evidence suggests that probiotics may play a promising role in controlling ETEC infections. In this study, we fir...
Genetic adaptive mechanisms mediating response and tolerance to acetic acid str...
Mira, N. P.; Bernado, R.; Cunha, D.; Wang, C. A. N.; Chibana, Hiroji; Silva, Sónia Carina; Sá-Correia, I.; Azeredo, Joana; Butler, G.Background and objectives C. glabrata is a commensal found in the human genitourinary tract but under certain conditions this harmless colonization evolves to a mucosal infection and, in more serious cases, to disseminated mycosis. To thrive in the acidic vaginal tract C. glabrata has to cope with the presence of a competing com- mensal microbiota that restrains the overgrowth of pathogens by producing acetic a...