Ph.D. Thesis at Basrah University Explores Use of Bacteria and Studies Their Effects Inside and Outside the Living Body
A Ph.D. thesis from the College of Agriculture at the University of Basrah investigated the use of vacuum drying in the microencapsulation of Lactobacillus bacteria and studied their effects both inside and outside the living body.
The research, presented by Ph.D. student Asaad Shamil Atiyah, aimed to separate buffalo milk whey, dry it, and use it with Arabic gum to encapsulate Lactobacillus bacteria using a vacuum drying device, according to the mixture ratios proposed by the Design of Experiments program.
The study concluded with improvements in the physicochemical, microbial, and sensory properties of yogurt made from sheep milk containing the encapsulated therapeutic bacteria compared to the control. Furthermore, the group of rats given the yogurt fortified with encapsulated bacteria showed superior traits in the studied features compared to the control group and the group with free (non-encapsulated) bacteria.
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