Bacillus subtilis

Longhorn Vaccines and Diagnostics Presents Targeted Vaccine Approach for Mycobacterium Tuberculosis with LHNVD-301

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Wednesday, November 15, 2023

Longhorn Vaccines and Diagnostics , a One Health company developing vaccines and diagnostic tools for global public health and zoonosis concerns, today presented new data from an animal study of LHNVD-301, the company’s lead tuberculosis vaccine candidate.

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  • Longhorn Vaccines and Diagnostics , a One Health company developing vaccines and diagnostic tools for global public health and zoonosis concerns, today presented new data from an animal study of LHNVD-301, the company’s lead tuberculosis vaccine candidate.
  • The data showed that a mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) vaccine could generate broader protection against other pathogens susceptible to antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
  • LHNVD-301 is an unconjugated, peptide-based vaccine that combines a MTB heat shock protein epitope and a peptidoglycan (PGN) epitope.
  • It represents a novel approach that combats AMR, while targeting tuberculosis by combining multiple epitopes specific to MTB and common to gram-positive bacteria into a peptide vaccine.

Not Just Yogurt Anymore

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Thursday, October 26, 2023

FRANKLINTON, N.C., Oct. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Novozymes is excited to launch ProSilience™ HU58, a probiotic with superior stability and low cost-in-use that may help change the way America eats breakfast (and snacks and other meals).

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  • The probiotic can withstand harsh processing conditions, allowing it to become an ingredient in entirely new food categories – for example, breakfast cereal or coffee.
  • "ProSilience™ HU58 provides the clinically supported digestive and immune benefits that consumers demand," says Stephen Quinn, Novozymes Industry Manager, Functional Foods.
  • The new product is a part of Novozymes' commitment to driving innovation in biosolutions and promoting healthy, sustainable food choices.
  • Easy handling: ProSilience™ HU58 is easy to formulate, easy to incorporate into existing production lines, and supported by Novozymes Technical Service.

Probiotic Study Shows Promise on Improving Innate Immunity

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Tuesday, September 5, 2023

TROY, Va., Sept. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BIO-CAT, Inc ,  | BIO-CAT announced today that a newly published study on the probiotic Bacillus subtilis MB40 revealed promising results leading to the reduction of Listeria.

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  • TROY, Va., Sept. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BIO-CAT, Inc ,  | BIO-CAT announced today that a newly published study on the probiotic Bacillus subtilis MB40 revealed promising results leading to the reduction of Listeria.
  • The study was designed to determine the effects of Bacillus subtilis MB40 supplementation on innate immunity and Listeria.
  • This study was completed in partnership with the School of Animal Sciences at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia.
  • It was encouraging to see that the inclusion of Bacillus subtilis MB40 spores in the diet helped improve innate immunity."

Do you crush microbes when you step on them?

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Monday, June 26, 2023

Do viruses, bacteria and other small things get crushed like an ant when stepped on?

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  • Do viruses, bacteria and other small things get crushed like an ant when stepped on?
  • – Ryan L., age 12, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    Do viruses, bacteria and other small things get crushed like an ant when stepped on?
  • – Ryan L., age 12, Chapel Hill, North Carolina When you step on some things, like a banana, they squish and flatten to the ground.
  • But when you step on other things, like a rock, they maintain their shape and aren’t affected.

Forces and pressures

    • What happens after that depends on how much force you’re exerting and the properties of the object.
    • And if your weight is 110 pounds (50 kilograms), the force you exert per square inch is roughly 3.9 pounds per square inch.
    • For comparison, the pressure of the air, or atmospheric pressure, on your body at sea level is 14.7 pounds per square inch.

Stepping on a microbe

    • Scientists have studied the strength of bacterial cell walls for several reasons, including to find out whether high pressure can kill bacteria.
    • People in the food industry use high pressure to make food such as milk safe for us to consume.
    • While high pressures can kill bacteria in some applications such as food processing, one person standing on them won’t work.

Slipping through the cracks

    • But there’s an added complication that makes it even harder to squish bacteria: They’re incredibly small.
    • The average bacterium is only about 1 to 5 microns or millionths of a meter (smaller than ten-thousandth of an inch) in size.
    • The surface of your skin has fine grooves called sulci cutis that are, on average, tens of microns deep.

Standing on a pin

    • One theoretical way would be to change the bottoms of your shoes from flat to very pointy, with the bottom of the point having a diameter as wide as the tip of a pin.
    • While walking on these shoes would be impossible, a 110-pound person would exert a pressure of 5.6 million pounds per square inch.
    • These needle-like structures are only nanometers in size, a thousand times smaller than most bacteria, and are called nanorods.
    • When a bacterium lands on the surface of the cicada wing, it makes special chemicals that help it stick to the surface.

Dirty tea towels are breeding grounds for harmful bacteria – here's how to clean them properly

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Friday, June 23, 2023

An important cleaning aid in most kitchens is the tea towel, also known as a dishcloth.

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  • An important cleaning aid in most kitchens is the tea towel, also known as a dishcloth.
  • But, because hands and uncooked fresh produce are often rich in a diverse variety of germs, tea towels are prone to picking up the bacteria they come into contact with.
  • Several studies have looked at the germs tea towels typically carry in domestic kitchens.
  • Tea towels are good at picking up germs which is important as another study of 46 kitchens found a wide range of harmful bacterial species living on kitchen surfaces, which are often cleaned by tea towels.

Clean your cloths

    • These studies suggest there is an infection risk from tea towels and that most kitchen cloths may be contaminated with high levels of bacteria.
    • Tea towels that are hung up in the air tend to dry faster than cloths stored and squeezed into balls, which can affect levels of bacteria in the towels.
    • Laboratory experiments that involved covering tea towels in salmonella, found that the bacteria multiplied in all types of cloths that were crumpled.
    • But levels of bacteria were reduced by 1,000 times if the tea towels were hung to dry for 24 hours at room temperature.

Reduce the germs

    • To avoid tea towels spreading germs around the kitchen, it’s recommended that the cloths are washed regularly and when they get wet, are allowed to dry completely before being used again.
    • Since proteins and fats are also involved in the attachment of bacteria to surfaces, laundry detergents will help to detach and so reduce bacteria levels in tea towels.
    • You should also store your laundered tea towels in a dry, clean area, away from any uncooked food and grubby hands.

Japan natto cooperative society federation launched the Chinese version of its official website, “Natto Power -- Japanese Fermented Food Natto, the key to Better Living --” on Monday, March 6, to promote the appeal of natto to the world

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Wednesday, March 8, 2023

The Japan natto cooperative society federation (Arakawa-ku, Tokyo; Chairman: Yoshihiro Noro) has launched the Chinese version of its new website, "Natto Power -- Japanese Fermented Food Natto, the key to Better Living --" to promote the power of natto, a traditional Japanese food that has supported Japanese people's health, to the world.

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  • The Japan natto cooperative society federation (Arakawa-ku, Tokyo; Chairman: Yoshihiro Noro) has launched the Chinese version of its new website, "Natto Power -- Japanese Fermented Food Natto, the key to Better Living --" to promote the power of natto, a traditional Japanese food that has supported Japanese people's health, to the world.
  • As neighbors, Japan and China have been deeply involved in each other's food culture and developed various cultures over a long history of exchange.
  • Although many of the ingredients in Japanese food are of Chinese origin, natto, a fermented viscous food, is an ingredient developed uniquely in Japan.
  • We also hope that by providing correct information on natto through this website, we can increase the interest of Chinese people in natto and encourage them to eat natto.

Japan natto cooperative society federation launched the English version of its official website, “Natto Power -- Japanese Fermented Food Natto, the key to Better Living --” on Monday, March 6, to promote the appeal of natto to the world

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Wednesday, March 8, 2023

The Japan natto cooperative society federation (Arakawa-ku, Tokyo; Chairman: Yoshihiro Noro) has launched its new website, "Natto Power -- Japanese Fermented Food Natto, the key to Better Living --" to promote the power of natto, a traditional Japanese food that has supported Japanese people's health, to the world.

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  • The Japan natto cooperative society federation (Arakawa-ku, Tokyo; Chairman: Yoshihiro Noro) has launched its new website, "Natto Power -- Japanese Fermented Food Natto, the key to Better Living --" to promote the power of natto, a traditional Japanese food that has supported Japanese people's health, to the world.
  • It has been a long time since Japanese food was recognized around the world as "healthy" and "tasty."
  • Since its registration as a world cultural heritage in 2013, “washoku” or traditional Japanese cuisine has been attracting more and more attention.
  • have emerged in countries around the world, resulting in even more attention to the functionalities and tastes of Japanese food.

PLT Health Solutions menatto™ Vitamin K2 is Verified Non-GMO by the Non-GMO Project

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Monday, October 31, 2022

MORRISTOWN, N.J., Oct. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PLT Health Solutions, Inc. announced that it has received non-GMO verification from the Non-GMO Project company for its menatto™ Vitamin K2 (MK-7) ingredient. The verification covers raw materials, manufacturing processes and logistics. Introduced in the US market by PLT in March of 2022, menatto brand of Vitamin K2 (MK-7) is manufactured by edible oils producer J-Oil Mills (Tokyo, Japan). menatto was developed in 1997, featuring the world's first fermentation technology to manufacture vitamin K2 from the traditional Japanese food natto. Since then, the ingredient has been the subject of ten human clinical trials covering bioavailability, bone health and cardiovascular health.

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  • Premium Vitamin K2 (MK-7) is Clinically Studied, Fully Traceable and Clean Label
    MORRISTOWN, N.J., Oct. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PLT Health Solutions, Inc. announced that it has received non-GMO verification from the Non-GMO Project company for its menatto Vitamin K2 (MK-7) ingredient.
  • Introduced in the US market by PLT in March of 2022, menatto brand of Vitamin K2 (MK-7) is manufactured by edible oils producer J-Oil Mills (Tokyo, Japan).
  • menatto was developed in 1997, featuring the world's first fermentation technology to manufacture vitamin K2 from the traditional Japanese food natto.
  • Since then, the ingredient has been the subject of ten human clinical trials covering bioavailability, bone health and cardiovascular health.

Anti-Aging Cosmetics Market Report 2022: An Aging Population & Changing Lifestyles to Drive Growth - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Friday, September 23, 2022

The global anti-aging cosmetics market is growing at a rapid pace due to the aging population and the changing lifestyles.

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  • The global anti-aging cosmetics market is growing at a rapid pace due to the aging population and the changing lifestyles.
  • The increase in the purchasing power of consumers and the availability of new products are also some of the factors driving the market growth.
  • Technological advancement and significant investment in Research & Development (R&D) activities are projected to boost the anti-aging cosmetics market growth during the forecast period.
  • Moreover, the growing awareness about the benefits of anti-ageing cosmetics is projected to boost the growth of this market in the region.

Global Zinc Oxide Market Analysis Report 2022-2028: Growing Bio Medicinal use of Zinc Oxide & Growing Demand for Green Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles in Agriculture - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Monday, September 12, 2022

The impact of zinc oxide on biological functions depends on its morphology, particle size, exposure time, concentration, pH, and biocompatibility.

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  • The impact of zinc oxide on biological functions depends on its morphology, particle size, exposure time, concentration, pH, and biocompatibility.
  • The increasing application of zinc oxide in rubber, ceramics, chemical, pharmaceutical, and personal care is driving the demand for zinc oxide.
  • Increasing investments into research and development to develop new and enhanced products using zinc oxide will continue to drive the demand for zinc oxide, thus contributing significantly to the zinc oxide market growth.
  • There is an increasing demand for phthalate-free plasticizers, which creates strong demand for benzoate plasticizers, thereby creating demand for zinc oxide.