Therapeutic and prophylactic effects of oral administration of probiotic Enterococcus faecium Smr18 in Salmonella enterica-infected mice.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThe animal experiments in this study were approved by the Institutional animal ethics committee, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar Proposal No. 226/CPCSEA/2021/32). Competing interestsThe authors state that the study was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationship. Competing interests The authors state that the study was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationship."

"Funding The study was funded partially by Rashtriya Uchhater Siksha Abhiyan (RUSA 2.0) and Department of Science and Technology, Science and Engineering Research Board-POWER grant (SPG/2021/004131-G) of the SK. MR is thankful to Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India for Senior Research fellowship."