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：:Ethanol extract of cell mass of Serratia marcescens strain N4-5, when applied as a treatment to cucumber seed, has been shown to provide control of the oomycete soil-borne plant pathogen Pythium ultimum equivalent to that provided by a seed-treatment chemical pesticide in some soils. Two dominant compounds in this ext...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Roberts DP,Selmer K,Lupitskyy R,Rice C,Buyer JS,Maul JE,Lakshman DK,DeSouza J

更新日期：2021-01-06 00:00:00

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：: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 engineered monomeric version of the lancelet Branchiostoma lanceolatum fluorescent protein, mNeonGreen (mNG), has several positive characteristics, such as a very bright fluorescence, high photostability and fast maturation. These features make it a good candidate for the utilization as fluorescent tool for cell b...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Werner A,Otte KL,Stahlhut G,Pöggeler S

更新日期：2020-12-21 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：:The current study prospects the antimicrobial potential of an endophytic fungus Chaetomium globosum which showed a wide spectrum antimicrobial activity against the tested pathogenic microorganisms. This is apparently the first report where Chaetomium globosum as an endophyte from Moringa oleifera showed antimicrobial ...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Kaur N,Arora DS

更新日期：2020-11-11 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：: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：: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：: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：: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：:Plant extracts serve as reducing and coating agents and are, therefore, commonly employed for the generation of silver (Ag) nanoparticles (NPs). Plant extract mediated synthesis of Ag NPs is a green, environmentally friendly and cost-effective technique which offers a new and potential alternative to chemically synthe...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Hambardzumyan S,Sahakyan N,Petrosyan M,Nasim MJ,Jacob C,Trchounian A

更新日期：2020-09-05 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：: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：: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：:Cyclophosphamide (CPA) represents a widely used anti-cancer prodrug that is converted by liver cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes into the primary metabolite 4-hydroxycyclophosphamide (4-OH-CPA), followed by non-enzymatic generation of the bioactive metabolites phosphoramide mustard and acrolein. The use of human drug meta...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Steinbrecht S,Kiebist J,König R,Thiessen M,Schmidtke KU,Kammerer S,Küpper JH,Scheibner K

更新日期：2020-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Porcine pleuropneumonia caused by Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (APP) is a swine respiratory disease with an important impact around the world either as a single infection or part of the porcine respiratory disease complex. The data of interaction between hosts and pathogens has becoming more crucial for exploration...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Zhu R,Bao C,Liu B,Xiao J,Sun C,Feng X,Langford PR,Li Y,Lei L

更新日期：2020-07-06 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：: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：: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 maturation and development of T cells were not completed until T cells were selected in thymus. It was not until the early 1960s that j.f.a.p. discovered the importance of thymus in T cell development. Twelve healthy piglets were randomly divided into two groups, the experimental group (LGG group) and the control ...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Shonyela SM,Feng B,Yang W,Yang G,Wang C

更新日期：2020-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Ammonia is an essential substance for agriculture and the chemical industry. The intracellular production of ammonia in yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) by metabolic engineering is difficult because yeast strongly assimilates ammonia, and the knockout of genes enabling this assimilation is lethal. Therefore, we attemp...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Watanabe Y,Kuroda K,Tatemichi Y,Nakahara T,Aoki W,Ueda M

更新日期：2020-04-15 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：: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：: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：: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：: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

abstract：:In the present study, a methanogenic alkane-degrading (a mixture of C9 to C12n-alkanes) culture enriched from production water of a low-temperature oil reservoir was established and assessed. Significant methane production was detected in the alkane-amended enrichment cultures compared with alkane-free controls over a...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Ji JH,Zhou L,Mbadinga SM,Irfan M,Liu YF,Pan P,Qi ZZ,Chen J,Liu JF,Yang SZ,Gu JD,Mu BZ

更新日期：2020-02-01 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：:Increasing evidences suggest that intestinal microbiota balance closely correlated with host's health status could affected by external environment. Integrated crayfish-rice cultivation model is a highly efficient artificial ecosystem widely practiced in subtropical China. Less information is available to estimate the...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Shui Y,Guan ZB,Liu GF,Fan LM

更新日期：2020-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus amyloliquefaciens has been widely used as a probiotic in the field of biological control,and its antibacterial compounds plays an important role in the prevention and control of plant, livestock and poultry diseases. It has the advantages of green, safe and efficiency. This study aims to separate and purify a...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Wang Y,Zhao B,Liu Y,Mao L,Zhang X,Meng W,Liu K,Chu J

更新日期：2020-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:PCV3 capsid protein (Cap) is an important antigen for diagnosis and vaccine development. To achieve high-level expression of recombinant PCV3 Cap in Escherichia coli (E. coli), the gene of wild-type entire Cap (wt-eCap) was amplified from clinical samples, and three optimized entire Cap (opti-eCap) and one optimized C...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Wang Y,Wang G,Duan WT,Sun MX,Wang MH,Wang SH,Cai XH,Tu YB

更新日期：2020-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrogen gas represents a promising alternative energy source to dwindling fossil fuel reserves, as it carries the highest energy per unit mass and its combustion results in the release of water vapour as only byproduct. The facultatively anaerobic thermophile Parageobacillus thermoglucosidasius is able to produce hyd...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Mohr T,Aliyu H,Biebinger L,Gödert R,Hornberger A,Cowan D,de Maayer P,Neumann A

更新日期：2019-12-23 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：:Phasins are amphiphilic proteins involved in the regulation of the number and size of polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) granules. The plant growth promoting bacterium Azospirillum brasilense Sp7 accumulates high quantities of bioplastic PHB as carbon and energy source. By analyzing the genome, we identified six genes that cod...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Martínez-Martínez MLA,González-Pedrajo B,Dreyfus G,Soto-Urzúa L,Martínez-Morales LJ

更新日期：2019-09-25 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：: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：:During industrial fermentation, Streptomyces clavuligerus F613-1 simultaneously produces primary product clavulanic acid (CA) and cephamycin C. The cephamycin C biosynthetic gene cluster and pathway have been basically elucidated and the CcaR positive regulator was found to control the cephamycin genes expression. How...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Fu J,Qin R,Zong G,Zhong C,Zhang P,Kang N,Qi X,Cao G

更新日期：2019-07-27 00:00:00