Table 2. Encapsulation of Bovine Serum Albumin into Untreated Spores and SECs.

Material	BSA loading per batch(a) (125 mg/ml)	BSA in 5 mg SECs (mg)	Amount of BSA loaded (g per g of SECs)
Untreated spores	0.6 ml	0.654 ± 0.05	0.131 ± 0.01
SECs	1.2 ml	0.831 ± 0.05	0.170 ± 0.01

^(a)Volume of BSA solution used for loading per 150 mg batch of ‘untreated spores’ or ‘SECs’.