Contamination of water resources by pathogenic bacteria.

abstract：:The goal of the present study was to evaluate the effects of enzymes (cellulase combined with galactosidase) and their combination with Lactobacillus plantarum (LP) on bacterial diversity in alfalfa silages using high-throughput sequencing. Alfalfa forages were treated with or without cellulase + ɑ-galactosidase (CEGA...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Hu Z,Ma D,Niu H,Chang J,Yu J,Tong Q,Li S

更新日期：2021-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactobacillus panis strain PM1 is an obligatory heterofermentative and aerotolerant microorganism that also produces 1,3-propanediol from glycerol. This study investigated the metabolic responses of L. panis PM1 to oxidative stress under aerobic conditions. Growth under aerobic culture triggered an early entrance of L...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Kang TS,Korber DR,Tanaka T

更新日期：2013-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The study was carried out to investigate the effect of dietary selenium (Se) and vitamin E (VE) supplementation on mRNA level of heat shock proteins, selenoproteins, and antioxidant enzyme activities in the breast meat of broilers under summer heat stress conditions. A total of 200 male broilers (Ross 308) of 1 day ag...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Kumbhar S,Khan AZ,Parveen F,Nizamani ZA,Siyal FA,El-Hack MEA,Gan F,Liu Y,Hamid M,Nido SA,Huang K

更新日期：2018-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The damages observed in Tunisian citrus orchards have prompted studies on the Pseudomonas spp. responsible for blast and black pit. Prospective orchards between 2015 and 2017 showed that the diseases rapidly spread geographically and to new cultivars. A screening of Pseudomonas spp. isolated from symptomatic trees rev...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Oueslati M,Mulet M,Zouaoui M,Chandeysson C,Lalucat J,Hajlaoui MR,Berge O,García-Valdés E,Sadfi-Zouaoui N

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monascus pigments (MPs) with different color characteristics, produced by submerged fermentation of Monascus purpureus M9, have potential application in food industry. In the present study, the effects and regulatory mechanisms of ammonium nitrate (AN) on the color characteristics of MPs were investigated. The concent...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Chen D,Wang Y,Chen M,Fan P,Li G,Wang C

更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The biological synthesis of metal nanoparticles using plant extracts with defined size and morphology is a simple, nontoxic and environmentally friendly method. The present study focused on the synthesis of silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) by Artemisia annua L. extract as reducing and stabilising agent. The Ag NPs functi...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Aghajanyan A,Gabrielyan L,Schubert R,Trchounian A

更新日期：2020-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The major platform for high level recombinant protein production is based on genetically modified microorganisms like Escherichia coli (E. coli) due to its short dividing time, ability to use inexpensive substrates and additionally, its genetics is comparatively simple, well characterized and can be manipulated easily...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Kangwa M,Yelemane V,Polat AN,Gorrepati KD,Grasselli M,Fernández-Lahore M

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disentangling the interactions between cyanobacteria and associated bacterial community is important for understanding the mechanisms that mediate the formation of cyanobacterial blooms in freshwater ecosystems. Despite the fact that a metagenomic approach enables researchers to profile the structure of microbial comm...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Ren M,Zhang G,Ye Z,Qiao Z,Xie M,Lin Y,Li T,Zhao J

更新日期：2017-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Ginsenoside compound K has been used as a key nutritional and cosmetic component because of its anti-fatigue and skin anti-aging effects. β-Glycosidase from Sulfolobus solfataricus (SS-BGL) is known as the most efficient enzyme for compound K production. The hydrolytic pathway from ginsenoside Rb1 to compound K via Rd...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Shin KC,Choi HY,Seo MJ,Oh DK

更新日期：2017-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Fusicocca-2,10(14)-diene (FCdiene) is a diterpene which is interesting as a precursor of the anti-cancer drug fusicoccin A and therefore for pharmaceutical applications. Production of FCdiene using a genetically modified Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been previously demonstrated with batch cultivations with a product c...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Halka LM,Nowacki C,Kleinschmidt A,Koenen K,Wichmann R

更新日期：2018-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Porcine circovirus type 3 (PCV3) is a novel circovirus identified in sows with PDNS-like clinical signs and reproductive failure. The capsid protein (CAP) of PCV3 is expected to be an effective vaccine candidate. Here, we expressed the original capsid protein, truncated capsid protein without anterior highly repetitiv...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Liu BY,Gao B,Liu MZ,Zhang TT,Liu BS,Chen ZL

更新日期：2020-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the threat of Fusarium dieback posed due to ambrosia fungi cultured by ambrosia beetles such as Euwallacea spp., the wood-degradation mechanisms utilized by ambrosia fungi are not fully understood. In this study, we analyzed the 16S rRNA and 18S rRNA genes of the microbial community from the Ficus tree tunnel ...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Sakai K,Yamaguchi A,Tsutsumi S,Kawai Y,Tsuzuki S,Suzuki H,Jindou S,Suzuki Y,Kajimura H,Kato M,Shimizu M

更新日期：2020-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of inlet VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds) shifts on microbial community structure in a biofiltration system were investigated. A lab-scale biofilter was set up to treat eight VOCs sequentially. Short declines in removal efficiency appeared after VOCs shifts and then later recovered. The number of OTUs in ...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Lu L,Wang G,Yeung M,Xi J,Hu HY

更新日期：2018-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study (S)-3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase/enoyl-CoA hydratase (H16_A0461/FadB', gene ID: 4247876) from one of two active fatty acid degradation operons of Ralstonia eutropha H16 has been heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli, purified as protein possessing a His-Tag and initially characterized. FadB' is...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Volodina E,Steinbüchel A

更新日期：2014-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Mixotrophic cultivation is a potential approach to produce microalgal biomass that can be used as raw materials for renewable biofuels and animal feed, although using a suitable, cost-effective organic carbon source is crucial. Here, we used a Box-Behnken design with three factors, the glucose and sodium acetate conce...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Silva HR,Prete CEC,Zambrano F,de Mello VH,Tischer CA,Andrade DS

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Every year about 20% of the globally produced meat gets lost due to microbial spoilage. Nevertheless, the demand for processed meat is constantly rising and producers are searching for novel strategies to reduce microbial contaminations in their products. In the present study, we evaluated the applicability of alkylpy...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Schöck M,Liebminger S,Berg G,Cernava T

更新日期：2018-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study the aromatic nanocolloids (CANCs) are synthesized using the noble metal silver by using Citronella extract and confirmed through physio chemical analysis. The synthesised CANCs were evaluated for its antimicrobial activity and antibiofilm activity against pathogenic biofilm forming E. coli. In addition, ...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Soundhararajan R,Mohamed Sheik Meeran SAF,Prakash SP,Mohammad W,Kandasamy R,Srinivasan H

更新日期：2020-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The emergence of antibiotic resistance has necessitated new therapeutic approaches to combat recalcitrant bacterial infections. Persister cells, often found in biofilms, are metabolically dormant, and thus, are highly tolerant to all traditional antibiotics and represent a major drug resistance mechanism. In the prese...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Lee JH,Kim YG,Gwon G,Wood TK,Lee J

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Editor-in-Chief has retracted this article (Wang et al. 2018) because the authors do not have ownership of the data they report. An investigation by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has concluded that the data reported in this article are the sole property of the CSIRO. Ming...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Wang D,Liu Y,Lv D,Hu X,Zhong Q,Zhao Y,Wu M

更新日期：2019-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：:High temperature causes ubiquitous environmental stress to microorganisms, but studies have not fully explained whether and to what extent heat shock would affect genome stability. Hence, this study explored heat-shock-induced genomic alterations in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Using genetic screening systems a...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Shen L,Wang YT,Tang XX,Zhang K,Wang PM,Sui Y,Zheng DQ

更新日期：2020-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:A genetic transformation system was developed for the selective white rot basidiomycete Ceriporiopsis subvermispora using a modified protocol with polyethylene glycol and CaCl2 treatment of the protoplasts and plasmids harboring recombinant hygromycin phosphotransferase (hph) driven by a homologous promoter. During re...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Honda Y,Tanigawa E,Tsukihara T,Nguyen DX,Kawabe H,Sakatoku N,Watari J,Sato H,Yano S,Tachiki T,Irie T,Watanabe T,Watanabe T

更新日期：2019-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac arrhythmia is an irregular heart rhythm that can lead to serious heart conditions and various organ disorders, and may cause sudden cardiac death. Catalpol belongs to the iridoid glycoside family and is highly abundant in Rehmannia glutinosa Libosch. The study included five groups such as group I (normal contr...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Yang L,Feng X,Li Y,Zhang S,Ying Y

更新日期：2020-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Here, we report a novel protein elicitor from Bacillus subtilis BU412 which could cause hypersensitive response (HR) and systemic acquired resistance (SAR) in tobacco. The purification was executed by ion-exchange and size exclusion chromatography. The target band on SDS-PAGE was analyzed by mass spectrometry, and the...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Shen Y,Li J,Xiang J,Wang J,Yin K,Liu Q

更新日期：2019-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Calebin-A is a curcuminoid compound reported to be present in Curcuma longa rhizome. The current study was aimed to isolate and characterize calebin-A from Curcuma caesia rhizome and its production through biotransformation approach using endophytic fungus. C. caesia rhizomes of different ages were subjected to analys...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Majeed A,Majeed M,Thajuddin N,Arumugam S,Ali F,Beede K,Adams SJ,Gnanamani M

更新日期：2019-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Young barley leaf extract (YBL) contains beneficial substances such as fructans, minerals, and vitamins. The effects of YBL administration on the human colonic microbiota and its production of metabolites were evaluated using an in vitro model culture system. Fermentations were started by inoculating fecal samples fro...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Sasaki D,Sasaki K,Kadowaki Y,Aotsuka Y,Kondo A

更新日期：2019-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:As the group II LEA (late embryogenesis abundant) proteins, dehydrins (DHNs) play an important role in plant growth and development, as well as in response to abiotic or biotic stress challenges. In this study, a DHN gene named CsLEA11 was identified and characterized from Cucumis sativus. Sequence analysis of CsLEA11...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Zhou Y,He P,Xu Y,Liu Q,Yang Y,Liu S

更新日期：2017-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Crude enzyme from Geotrichum candidum S12 exhibited high activity towards hexanol at pH 4.0, distinguishing it from currently known enzymes. To identify the dominant enzyme contributing to this activity, the crude enzyme extract was separated into different fractions by ammonium sulfate precipitation, MonoQ anion-exch...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Zhu J,Lu K,Xu X,Wang X,Shi J

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Efficient methods to achieve the safe decontamination of agricultural products are needed. Here, we investigated the decontamination of citrus fruits to test the antifungal potential of a novel non-thermal gas plasma apparatus, termed a roller conveyer plasma instrument. This instrument generates an atmospheric pressu...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Sakudo A,Yagyu Y

更新日期：2021-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The bioprospection for cellulase and protease producers is a promise strategy for the discovery of potential biocatalysts for use in hydrolysis of lignocellulosic materials as well as proteic residues. These enzymes can increment and turn viable the production of second generation ethanol from different and alternativ...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： da Cruz Ramos GF,Ramos PL,Passarini MRZ,Vieira Silveira MA,Okamoto DN,de Oliveira LCG,Zezzo LV,Marem A,Santos Rocha RC,da Cruz JB,Juliano L,de Vasconcellos SP

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methylotrophic yeasts such as Komagataella phaffii (syn. Pichia pastoris, Pp), Hansenula polymorpha (Hp), Candida boidinii (Cb) and Pichia methanolica (Pm) are widely used protein production platforms. Typically, strong, tightly regulated promoters of genes coding for their methanol utilization (MUT) pathways are used...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Vogl T,Fischer JE,Hyden P,Wasmayer R,Sturmberger L,Glieder A

更新日期：2020-02-25 00:00:00