Abstract: The disclosure provides methods for improving feed efficiency in poultry, reducing morbidity and/or mortality in poultry from gastrointestinal disease, and reducing pathogen load in poultry and/or reducing pathogen contamination of meat or eggs from poultry, comprising administering Faecalibacterium prausnitzii or compositions made therefrom, e.g., an extract from a culture of Faecalibacterium prausnitzii, or a composition comprising optionally dried live cell or cell components and/or supernatant from a Faecalibacterium prausnitzii culture (FPS) to the poultry; together with compositions useful in said methods, and methods of making the same.

Abstract: The disclosure provides methods for treating or mitigating a disease or condition characterized by impaired glucose metabolism comprising administering an effective amount of Faecalibacterium prausnitzii, or a composition made from a culture of Faecalibacterium prausnitzii, to a subject in need thereof; together with compositions useful in said method, and methods of making the same.

Abstract: The disclosure provides methods for improving feed efficiency in poultry, reducing morbidity and/or mortality in poultry from gastrointestinal disease, and reducing pathogen load in poultry and/or reducing pathogen contamination of meat or eggs from poultry, comprising administering Faecalibacterium prausnitzii or compositions made therefrom, e.g., an extract from a culture of Faecalibacterium prausnitzii or a composition comprising optionally dried live cell or cell components and/or supernatant from a Faecalibacteriuria prausnitzii culture (FPS) to the poultry; together with compositions useful in said methods, and methods of making the same.

Abstract: Nanoparticles including a cellulosic polymer and a hydrophobic material and methods for forming them.