Production of the polypeptide antibiotic bacitracin by a newly isolated Bacillus licheniformis B5 strain, using a laboratory medium was optimized. A medium of the following conditions was obtained: 1.5% glycerol as carbon source, 0.05% glutamic acid as nitrogen source, 1.43% inorganic phosphate, 0.0025% magnesium sulfate, with an initial pH of 7.5. Culture was incubated at 37 degrees C for 48 h. The bacitracin productivity was about 174.2 units mL(-1). Bacitracin antibiotic was also produced using immobilized cells of the B5 isolate in different immobilization supports (7.5% polyacrylamide, 4% sodium alginate beads and 2% agar). It was found that the highest bacitracin production rate (192 units mL(-1)) was obtained when using 7.5% polyacrylamide gel as an immobilization material.
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Drug Deliv Transl Res
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Thiomatrix Forschungs- und Beratungs GmbH, Trientlgasse 65, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria.
Aim: It was the aim of this study to compare two different dry reverse micelle (RM) preparation methods for the incorporation of hydrophilic drugs into oral self-emulsifying drug delivery systems (SEDDS).
Methods: Cationic ethacridine lactate, anionic fluorescein sodium salt and the antibiotic peptide bacitracin were solubilized in RM containing sodium docusate, soy phosphatidylcholine and sorbitan monooleate in highly lipophilic oils such as squalane. In the dry addition (DA) method, drugs were directly added to empty RM in their powder form.
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December 2024
Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture at Kamphaeng Saen, Kasetsart University, Kamphaeng Saen Campus, Nakhon Pathom 73140, Thailand.
High stocking density (HSD) and heat stress (HS) challenge broiler production. While antibiotics can mitigate the adverse effects of HS and HSD, their restricted use underscores the need to explore phytochemicals, particularly their combined effects under such conditions. This study investigated the influence of flavonoids, isoquinoline alkaloids, and their combinations as alternatives to bacitracin on growth performance, inflammatory status, gut morphology, and ceca microbiome in broilers raised under HSD and HS.
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December 2024
Department of Monogastric Animals, Institute of Animal Science, Central Highway km 47 ½, San José de las Lajas C.P. 32700, Mayabeque, Cuba.
A total of 640 one-day-old Cobb 500 MV × Cobb 500 FF mixed broilers were randomly assigned to one of four experimental treatments with four replicates per treatment and 40 birds per replicate for 32 days. The treatments consisted of a basal diet (control group), basal diet + 0.02% zinc bacitracin (AGP group), basal diet + 0.
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January 2025
Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture at Kamphaeng Saen, Kasetsart University, Kamphaeng Saen Campus, Nakhon Pathom 73140, Thailand. Electronic address:
This study investigated the effect of isoquinoline alkaloids as an alternative to bacitracin on growth performance, oxidative stress, inflammatory status, and ceca microbiome of broilers raised under high stocking density (HSD). A total of 1,500 one-day-old male Ross 308 chicks were randomly assigned to five treatment groups, with 10 replicate pens per group and 30 birds per pen, for 37 days. The treatments included normal stocking density (NSD, 10 birds/m²), HSD (15 birds/m²), HSD with 50 ppm Bacitracin (BCT50), HSD with 80 ppm isoquinoline alkaloids (IQA80), and HSD with 100 ppm isoquinoline alkaloids (IQA100).
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December 2024
Delft Bioinformatics Lab, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands.
Background: In-feed antibiotic growth promoters (AGPs) have been a cornerstone in the livestock industry due to their role in enhancing growth and feed efficiency. However, concerns over antibiotic resistance have driven a shift away from AGPs toward natural alternatives. Despite the widespread use, the exact mechanisms of AGPs and alternatives are not fully understood.
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