Batho ba bangata ka tlhaho ba amahanya mucus le lintho tse nyonyehang, empa ha e le hantle, e na le mesebetsi e mengata ea bohlokoa bakeng sa bophelo bo botle ba rona. E latela limela tsa rona tsa bohlokoa tsa mala le ho fepa libaktheria. E koahela likarolo tsohle tse ka hare tsa 'mele ea rona' me e sebetsa e le mokoallo ho tsoa lefatšeng le ka ntle. E re thusa ho itšireletsa mafung a tšoaetsanoang.

Sena ke hobane mucus e sebetsa e le sefe e lumellang libaktheria ho kena kapa ho tsoa, ​​'me libaktheria li ja tsoekere e ka har'a mamina pakeng tsa lijo. Ka hona, haeba re ka sebelisa tsoekere e nepahetseng ho hlahisa mamina a seng a le teng ’meleng, a ka ’na a sebelisoa mekhoeng e mecha ea phekolo.

Hona joale, bafuputsi ba DNRF Center of Excellence le Setsi sa Copenhagen Glycomics ba sibolotse mokhoa oa ho hlahisa mucus o phetseng hantle ka maiketsetso.

Re qapile mokhoa oa ho hlahisa tlhahisoleseding ea bohlokoa e fumanoang mamina a batho, ao hape a bitsoang mucins, le lik'habohaedreite tsa tsona tsa bohlokoa. Hona joale, re bontša hore e ka etsoa ka maiketsetso joaloka lisebelisoa tse ling tsa phekolo ea likokoana-hloko (tse kang li-antibodies le lithethefatsi tse ling tsa likokoana-hloko) li hlahisoa kajeno, ho boletse mongoli ea ka sehloohong oa thuto le mookameli oa Setsi sa Copenhagen Moprofesa Henrik Clausen. Li-Glycomics.

Mucus kapa mucin haholo-holo e entsoe ka tsoekere. Phuputsong ena, bafuputsi ba bontšitse hore seo libaktheria li se hlokomelang ke mokhoa o khethehileng oa tsoekere ho mucin.