Purification and characterization of a novel glutamate dehydrogenase from Geotrichum candidum with higher alcohol and amino acid activity.

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：:The zygomycete fungus Lichtheimia ramosa H71D, isolated from sugarcane bagasse compost, was identified by applying phylogenetic analysis based on the DNA sequence of the Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS), and subsequent secondary structure analysis of ITS2. L. ramosa H71D was able to grow over a wide range of temperat...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Alvarez-Zúñiga MT,Santiago-Hernández A,Rodríguez-Mendoza J,Campos JE,Pavón-Orozco P,Trejo-Estrada S,Hidalgo-Lara ME

更新日期：2017-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:With the aim to develop biocatalysts for enhanced hydrolysis of (hemi)cellulose into monosaccharides, random diversity by directed evolution was introduced in the gene coding for the endo-β-1,4-glucanase from Streptomyces sp. G12 which had been recombinantly expressed in Escherichia coli and named rCelStrep. The main ...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Cecchini DA,Pepe O,Pennacchio A,Fagnano M,Faraco V

更新日期：2018-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, many efforts have been directed to explore the methods to reduce the production costs of industrial lipase by improving the yield and the use of low-cost agricultural wastes. Coconut dregs, which is a lignocellulosic by-product from coconut oil and milk processing plants, is rich in cellulose (36%) an...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Mohd Zin NB,Mohamad Yusof B,Oslan SN,Wasoh H,Tan JS,Ariff AB,Halim M

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane (CL-20) is a compound with a polycyclic cage and an N-nitro group that has been shown to play an unfavorable role in environmental fate, biosafety, and physical health. The aim of this study was to isolate the microbial community and to identify a single microbial strain that can degrade ...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Liu Z,Dang K,Li C,Gao J,Wang H,Gao Y,Zhao B,Fan P,Qian A

更新日期：2020-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The 70-kD heat shock proteins (Hsp70s) have been proved to be important for stress tolerance and protein folding and unfolding in almost all organisms. However, the functions of Hsp70s in mushroom are not well understood. In the present study, a hsp70 gene from Hypsizygus marmoreus, hmhsp70, was cloned and transferred...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Xu L,Gao J,Guo L,Yu H

更新日期：2020-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Geniposide is an iridoid glycoside, which is abundant in Gardeniae Fructus. Despite the various pharmaceutical effects of geniposide on a human body, its hydrolysis into a smaller molecule, genipin, by β-glucosidase produced by bacteria in the intestines is particularly important to improve geniposide uptake into the ...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Kim YS,Lee CJ,Ma JY

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wolves (Canis lupus) and their domesticated and close relatives, dogs (Canis lupus familiaris), have great differences in their diets and living environments. To the best of our knowledge, the fundamental question of how the abundance and function of the gut microbiota of domestic dogs evolved to adapt to the changes ...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Lyu T,Liu G,Zhang H,Wang L,Zhou S,Dou H,Pang B,Sha W,Zhang H

更新日期：2018-08-02 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：: Vinasse, a highly polluting waste of the ethanol industry was utilized for the production of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) by the extremely halophilic archaeon, Haloferax mediterranei in shake-flasks. Following pre-treatment through adsorption on activated carbon, 25%-50% (v/v) pre-treated vinasse was utilized leading t...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Bhattacharyya A,Pramanik A,Maji SK,Haldar S,Mukhopadhyay UK,Mukherjee J

更新日期：2012-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Trace metals are required in many cellular processes in bacteria but also induce toxic effects to cells when present in excess. As such, various forms of adaptive responses towards extracellular trace metal ions are essential for the survival and fitness of bacteria in their environment. A soil Pseudomonas putida, str...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Chong TM,Yin WF,Chen JW,Mondy S,Grandclément C,Faure D,Dessaux Y,Chan KG

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tissues of marine invertebrates are colonized by species-rich microbial communities. The dysbiosis of host's microbiota is tightly associated with the invertebrate diseases. Yesso scallop (Patinopecten yessoensis), one of the most important maricultured scallops in northern China, has recently suffered massive sum...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Yu Z,Liu C,Fu Q,Lu G,Han S,Wang L,Song L

更新日期：2019-09-14 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：: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：:Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) enriched in brain can yield many important degradation products after the attack of hydroxyl radicals, which is known to serve as a nutraceutical and neuroprotective effects. Oxidative stress is a commonly observed feature of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Therefore, uniformly radiolabeled DHA pl...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Song P,Kuryatov A,Axelsen PH

更新日期：2020-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Biological technologies for recycling rare metals, which are essential for high-tech products, have attracted much attention because they could prove to be more environmentally friendly and energy-saving than other methods. We have developed biological recycling technologies by cell surface engineering for the selecti...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Ito R,Kuroda K,Hashimoto H,Ueda M

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：: In winemaking, nutrient supplementation is a common practice for optimising fermentation and producing quality wine. Nutritionally suboptimal grape juices are often enriched with nutrients in order to manipulate the production of yeast aroma compounds. Nutrients are also added to active dry yeast (ADY) rehydration me...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Winter G,Henschke PA,Higgins VJ,Ugliano M,Curtin CD

更新日期：2011-11-02 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：:This study investigated the effects of the rumen fungus Piromyces sp. CN6 CGMCC 14449 as a silage additive on the fermentation quality, nutrient composition and in vitro digestibility of whole crop maize silage. Whole crop maize served as the silage material and was vacuum packed in polyethylene bags. Three ensiling t...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Wang D,Zhao C,Liu S,Zhang T,Yao J,Cao Y

更新日期：2019-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：: Hydroquinone-1,2-dioxygenase, an enzyme involved in the degradation of alkylphenols in Sphingomonas sp. strain TTNP3 was purified to apparent homogeneity. The extradiol dioxygenase catalyzed the ring fission of hydroquinone to 4-hydroxymuconic semialdehyde and the degradation of chlorinated and several alkylated hydr...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Kolvenbach BA,Lenz M,Benndorf D,Rapp E,Fousek J,Vlcek C,Schäffer A,Gabriel FL,Kohler HP,Corvini PF

更新日期：2011-05-27 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：:An exhaustive screening program was applied for scoring a promising L-asparaginase producing-isolate. The recovered isolate was identified biochemically and molecularly and its L-asparaginase productivity was optimized experimentally and by Response Surface Methodology. The produced enzyme was characterized experiment...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Abdelrazek NA,Elkhatib WF,Raafat MM,Aboulwafa MM

更新日期：2020-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlorothalonil, a non-systemic and broad-spectrum fungicide, is widely used to control the pathogens of agricultural plants. Although microbial degradation of chlorothalonil is known, we know little about the colonization and degradation capacity of these microbes in the natural and semi-natural soil environments. The...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Zhang Q,Saleem M,Wang C

更新日期：2017-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactic acid bacteria are industrially important microorganisms recognized for fermentative ability mostly in their probiotic benefits as well as lactic acid production for various applications. Fermentation conditions such as concentration of initial glucose in the culture, concentration of lactic acid accumulated in ...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Othman M,Ariff AB,Wasoh H,Kapri MR,Halim M

更新日期：2017-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：: Biosurfactants are amphiphilic molecules that have both hydrophilic and hydrophobic moieties which partition preferentially at the interfaces such as liquid/liquid, gas/liquid or solid/liquid interfaces. Such characteristics enable emulsifying, foaming, detergency and dispersing properties. Their low toxicity and env...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Makkar RS,Cameotra SS,Banat IM

更新日期：2011-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant antibodies are used with great success in many different diagnostic and therapeutic applications. A variety of protein expression systems are available, but nowadays almost all therapeutic antibodies are produced in mammalian cell lines due to their complex structure and glycosylation requirements. However...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Blanco-Toribio A,Álvarez-Cienfuegos A,Sainz-Pastor N,Merino N,Compte M,Sanz L,Blanco FJ,Álvarez-Vallina L

更新日期：2015-12-01 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：:Herbicides are important tools for weed control in modern agriculture. In the search for potential herbicidal natural products from fungal species, harzianum A and B were identified from the biofertilizer fungus, Trichoderma brevicompactum. In the phytotoxicity assays on the dicot species Brassica chinensis, harzianum...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Yin M,Fasoyin OE,Wang C,Yue Q,Zhang Y,Dun B,Xu Y,Zhang L

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：: Type-2 diabetes is mediated by defects in either insulin secretion or insulin action. In an effort to identify extracts that may stimulate glucose uptake, similar to insulin, a high throughput-screening assay for measuring glucose uptake in skeletal muscle cells was established. During the screening studies to discov...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Kulkarni-Almeida AA,Brahma MK,Padmanabhan P,Mishra PD,Parab RR,Gaikwad NV,Thakkar CS,Tokdar P,Ranadive PV,Nair AS,Damre AA,Bahirat UA,Deshmukh NJ,Doshi LS,Dixit AV,George SD,Vishwakarma RA,Nemmani KV,Mahajan GB

更新日期：2011-11-21 00:00:00