This study investigates the dynamics of MRSA de-colonization on HT-29 cell line using effective strategies like probiotics and postbiotics. Exploring novel alternatives to combat infections caused by antibiotic-resistant pathogens is an urgent need. Harnessing the antagonistic properties of live probiotics and their heat-killed preparations (postbiotics) to curb the growth of AMR pathogens represents a promising and essential area of contemporary research.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHoming is often a critical aspect of an animal's behavioural and spatial ecology. Translocation is considered to be a wildlife management strategy that could reduce human-wildlife confrontation, but this strategy may not be effective if animals attempt to home to their original capture location. Translocation of animals from sites where possible human-wildlife interaction occurs is a widespread but controversial intervention to resolve conflicts.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPigments and other secondary metabolites originating from marine microbes have been a promising natural colorants and drugs for multifaceted applications. However, marine actinobacteria producing such natural molecules are least investigated in terms of their taxonomy, chemical diversity and applications in biomedical, textile, and food industries. In this study, sioxanthin pigment-producing Gram-positive actinobacteria, Micromonospora sp.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: In order for low and middle income countries (LMIC) to transition to Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) test based cervical cancer screening, a greater understanding of how to implement these evidence based interventions (EBI) among vulnerable populations is needed. This paper documents outcomes of an implementation research on HPV screening among women from tribal, rural, urban slum settings in India.
Methods: A mixed-method, pragmatic, quasi-experimental trial design was used.