Methane-generating ammonia oxidizing nitrifiers within bio-filters in aquaculture tanks.

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRs) have shown tremendous potential to act as therapeutic targets for cancer treatment. In this context, the present study was designed to investigate the potential of miR-143 in the treatment of breast cancer. Results showed that miR-143 to be significantly (P < 0.05) downregulated in breast cancer tissu...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Du Y,Zhang J,Meng Y,Huang M,Yan W,Wu Z

更新日期：2020-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Denitrifying anaerobic methane oxidation (damo) bioprocesses can remove nitrate using methane as the electron donor, which gains great concern due to the current stringent discharge standard of nitrogen in wastewater treatment plants. To obtain an engineering acceptable nitrogen removal rate (NRR) and demonstrate the ...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Li W,Lu P,Chai F,Zhang L,Han X,Zhang D

更新日期：2018-06-30 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：:During the last few years, the global transcription machinery engineering (gTME) technique has gained more attention as an effective approach for the construction of novel mutants. Genetic strategies (molecular biology methods) were utilized to get mutational for both genes (SPT15 and TAF23) basically existed in the S...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： El-Rotail AAMM,Zhang L,Li Y,Liu SP,Shi GY

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The discovery and creation of biocatalysts for plant biomass conversion are essential for industrial demand and scientific research of the plant cell wall. α-1,2 and α-1,3-L-arabinofuranosidases are debranching enzymes that catalyzing hydrolytic release of α-L-arabinofuranosyl residues in plant cell wall. Gene databas...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Hu Y,Yan X,Zhang H,Liu J,Luo F,Cui Y,Wang W,Zhou Y

更新日期：2018-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal cord injury (SCI) is involved with abnormal expression of miRNAs (miRs) which are responsible for some IIry injury responses which include apoptosis, inflammation and oxidative stress. Mechanisms involving miRs induced apoptosis still needs to be investigated. In the present work we developed a rat model of SCI...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： An Y,Li J,Yuan Q,Fan M

更新日期：2020-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii has gained interest as a sustainable resource because it can be easily grown using CO2 as a carbon source owing to its high CO2 assimilating activity. Although the robustness of the cell wall of C. reinhardtii makes it difficult to extract its intracellular products, such property ...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Nakanishi A,Iritani K,Sakihama Y,Ozawa N,Mochizuki A,Watanabe M

更新日期：2020-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Nigella A, also named Sieboldianoside A, has been extracted from many kinds of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), such as Nigella glandulifera, Stauntonia chinensis DC., and the leaves of Acanthopanax sieboldianus. Nigella A exhibited potential analgesic, anti-inflammatory, anti-tumor, and antioxidant activities. How...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Hu X,Xu N,Yang X,Hu X,Zheng Y,Zhang Q

更新日期：2020-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapidly developing industry raises concerns about the environmental impacts of nanoparticles, but the effects of inorganic nanoparticles on bacterial community in wastewater treatment remain unclear. The present research assessed the impact of cerium oxide nanoparticles (nCeO) on the microbiome of activated sludge sys...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Kamika I,Tekere M

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pectin is a structural heteropolysaccharide of the primary cell walls of plants and as such is a significant fraction of agricultural waste residues that is currently insufficiently used. Its main component, D-galacturonic acid, is an attractive substrate for bioconversion. The complete metabolic pathway is present in...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Sloothaak J,Schilders M,Schaap PJ,de Graaff LH

更新日期：2014-08-23 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：: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：: 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

abstract：:In this paper, we demonstrate that the antimicrobial activity of L. plantarum PBS067 strain against antagonist microorganisms was mediated by the production of a bacteriocin-like compound secreted at the stationary phase of the growth. The novel bacteriocin-like compound, designed plantaricin P1053, was identified by ...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： De Giani A,Bovio F,Forcella M,Fusi P,Sello G,Di Gennaro P

更新日期：2019-06-17 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：:The basidiospores of most Agaricomycetes are ballistospores. They are propelled off from their basidia at maturity when Buller's drop develops at high humidity at the hilar spore appendix and fuses with a liquid film formed on the adaxial side of the spore. Spores are catapulted into the free air space between hymenia...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Lakkireddy K,Kües U

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of varying concentrations of the nitrogen source on the growth kinetics, lipid accumulation, lipid and DHA productivity, and fatty acid composition of C. cohnii was elucidated. Growth of C. cohnii was in three distinct growth stages: cell growth, lipid accumulation and a final lipid turnover stage. Most of ...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Safdar W,Shamoon M,Zan X,Haider J,Sharif HR,Shoaib M,Song Y

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellulose degrading enzymes usually have a two-domain structure consisting of a catalytic domain and a non-catalytic carbohydrate-binding module. Although it is well known the importance of those modules in cell wall degrading process, their function is not yet fully understood. Here, we analyze the cellulose-hydrolys...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Mello BL,Polikarpov I

更新日期：2014-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential of Lactobacillus johnsonii NCC 533 to metabolize chlorogenic acids from green coffee extract was investigated. Two enzymes, an esterase and a hydroxycinnamate decarboxylase (HCD), were involved in this biotransformation. The complete hydrolysis of 5-caffeoylquinic acid (5-CQA) into caffeic acid (CA) by L...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Bel-Rhlid R,Thapa D,Kraehenbuehl K,Hansen CE,Fischer L

更新日期：2013-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Laccases are used for the conversion of biomass into fermentable sugars but it is difficult to produce high yields of active laccases in heterologous expression systems. We overcame this challenge by expressing Streptomyces cyaneus CECT 3335 laccase in Escherichia coli (ScLac) and we achieved a yield of up to 104 mg L...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Ece S,Lambertz C,Fischer R,Commandeur U

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Other than the needs for infection control to investigate the survival and inactivation of airborne bacterial pathogens, there has been a growing interest in exploring bacterial communities in the air and the effect of environmental variables on them. However, the innate biological mechanism influencing the bacterial ...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Ng TW,Chan WL,Lai KM

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intestinal microorganisms have been shown to be important factors affecting the growth performance of pigs. Therefore, to investigate the effect of the intestinal microflora structure on the growth performance of pigs, samples from Duroc (n = 10), Landrace (n = 9) and Yorkshire (n = 21) pigs under the same diet and fe...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Li XJ,Wang M,Xue Y,Duan D,Li C,Han X,Wang K,Qiao R,Li XL

更新日期：2020-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:This study researched the winemaking performance of new biotechnology involving the cooperation of Lachancea and Schizosaccharomyces genera in the production of wine. In all fermentations where Lachancea thermotolerans was involved, higher lactic acid concentrations appeared, while all fermentations where Schizosaccha...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Benito Á,Calderón F,Benito S

更新日期：2019-02-02 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：: 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：:Sponges are primitive metazoans that are known to harbour diverse and abundant microbes. All over the world attempts are being made to exploit these microbes for their biotechnological potential to produce, bioactive compounds and antimicrobial peptides. However, the majority of the studies are focussed on the marine ...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Gaikwad S,Shouche YS,Gade WN

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thermomonospora curvata is a thermophilic actinomycete phylogenetically related to Thermobifida fusca that produces extracellular hydrolases capable of degrading synthetic polyesters. Analysis of the genome of T. curvata DSM43183 revealed two genes coding for putative polyester hydrolases Tcur1278 and Tcur0390 sharing...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Wei R,Oeser T,Then J,Kühn N,Barth M,Schmidt J,Zimmermann W

更新日期：2014-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactobacillus brevis CD0817, a strain isolated from a healthy adult gut, was currently the most efficient lactic acid bacterial cell factory for gamma-aminobutyric acid. In this study, the complete genome sequence of CD0817 was determined and compared with some related L. brevis genomes. The CD0817 genome consists of ...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Gao D,Chang K,Ding G,Wu H,Chen Y,Jia M,Liu X,Wang S,Jin Y,Pan H,Li H

更新日期：2019-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present work, a remediation bioprocess based on the use of a native isolate of Chlorella vulgaris immobilized in an alginate matrix inside a polylactic acid (PLA) device is proposed. This microalga immobilized in alginate beads was previously shown to be useful for the reduction of several chemical and microbia...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Marconi PL,Trentini A,Zawoznik M,Nadra C,Mercadé JM,Sánchez Novoa JG,Orozco D,Groppa MD

更新日期：2020-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Enhanced bioremediation is a favorable approach for petroleum pollutant cleanup, which depends on the growth of oil-eating microorganisms. In this study, we show that, by using the modified T-RFLP (mT-RFLP) methodology, one of the four major microbial populations derived from oil sludge has failed to propagate in MS m...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Liang J,Cheng T,Huang Y,Liu J

更新日期：2018-05-28 00:00:00