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Optimization of Alkaline Flocculation for Harvesting of Scenedesmus quadricauda #507 and Chaetoceros muelleri #862

Energies, 2014
A response surface methodology (RSM) was used to evaluate the effects of pH and microalgal biomass concentration (BC) on alkaline flocculating activity for harvesting one freshwater green algae Scenedesmus quadricauda #507 and one marine diatom ...
Shuhao Huo, Zhongming Wang, Shunni Zhu, Fengjie Cui, Bin Zou, Wenhua You, Zhenhong Yuan, Renjie Dong   +7 more
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Genome-wide association study (GWAS) and transcriptome analysis reveal new candidate genes for leaf size in alfalfa

BMC Plant Biology
Background Leaves are the most important organs of plants and serve as the primary harvest parts in alfalfa production. The size of the leaf area is a crucial factor influencing forage yield and quality.
Yue Zhang, Xu Li, Xiaoying Kang, Yaling Liu, Xiangxue Duan, Hongli Xie, Yue Sun, Qinyi Ye, Maofeng Chai, Zeng-Yu Wang   +9 more
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Optimization Study on the Freshwater Production Ratio from the Freezing and Thawing Process of Saline Water with Varied Qualities

Agronomy
Freezing saline water irrigation is an effective technique for leaching soil salts. However, the coupling effects between initial salinity, sodium adsorption ratio (SAR), and freezing temperature of saline water have not been systematically studied ...
Xinyu Feng, Xue Ding, Jiale Yuan, Wanli Xu, Jiao Liu   +4 more
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A Comparative Study of Various Pretreatment Approaches for Bio-Ethanol Production from Willow Sawdust, Using Co-Cultures and Mono-Cultures of Different Yeast Strains

Molecules, 2022
The effect of different pretreatment approaches based on alkali (NaOH)/hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) on willow sawdust (WS) biomass, in terms of delignification efficiency, structural changes of lignocellulose and subsequent fermentation toward ethanol, was ...
Imen Ben Atitallah, Georgia Antonopoulou, Ioanna Ntaikou, Amaia Soto Beobide, Vassilios Dracopoulos, Tahar Mechichi, Gerasimos Lyberatos   +6 more
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Establishment and Application of MCRV Detection Method for Larvae of Mud Crab, Scylla paramamosain

Progress in Fishery Sciences
Mud crab reovirus (MCRV) present in Scylla paramamosain larvae poses notable risks to the late stage of mud crab aquaculture. The cultivation of MCRV-free larvae and prevention of virus transmission at its source have become critical issues that must be ...
Xiyu JIN, Shouhu LI, Yue WU, Xu CHU, Wei WANG, Wenhong FANG, Xincang LI   +6 more
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Variations in Seed and Fruit Traits of the Rare and Endangered Chinese Plant Lilium tsingtauense Along Environmental Gradients

Ecology and Evolution
Lilium tsingtauense Gilg is a rare and endangered wild plant, but there is insufficient research on the environmental drivers of intraspecific variation in its seed and fruit traits.
Wanpei Lu, Anning Ding, Xiao Guo, Pulin Sun, Xinqiang Jiang, Jinming Yang, Hai Wang, Xuebin Song, Qingchao Liu   +8 more
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Transcriptomic Adjustments of Staphylococcus aureus COL (MRSA) Forming Biofilms Under Acidic and Alkaline Conditions

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2019
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains are important human pathogens and a significant health hazard for hospitals and the food industry.
Georgios Efthimiou, George Tsiamis, Milton A. Typas, Katherine M. Pappas   +3 more
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Dietary Astragalus Polysaccharides Can Improve the Immune Capacity and Reproductive Performance of the Lined Seahorse (Hippocampus erectus)

Biology
Seahorse (Hippocampus spp.) is popular in the markets of traditional Chinese medicine, aquarium, and curio. In order to protect wild stocks and still meet the market demand, China attempted the large-scale cultivation of seahorses in the early 21st ...
Siping Li, Xin Liu, Tingting Lin, Yuanhao Ren, Dong Zhang, Keji Jiang   +5 more
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Effect of alkali bases on the synthesis of ZnO quantum dots

Open Chemistry, 2021
The surface-modified zinc oxide quantum dots (ZnO QDs) have broad application prospects in the field of biomedicine because of their good water solubility, dispersibility, and high fluorescence stability.
Zhang Xilian, Luo Shanshan, Wu Xiaodan, Feng Minghui, Li Yingying, Han Haoyun, Li Wenkui   +6 more
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First insight of the genome-wide association study and genomic prediction into enteritis disease (Vibrio harveyi) resistance trait in the lined seahorse (Hippocampus erectus)

Frontiers in Immunology
Enteritis caused by Vibrio is a highly die-off disease that severely impeded substantial production in seahorse aquaculture. In the present study, challenged with LD50 of concentration of Vibrio harveyi, a total of 161 of susceptible and 166 of resistant
Siping Li, Siping Li, Xin Liu, Xin Liu, Fengyuan Shen, Fengyuan Shen, Tingting Lin, Tingting Lin, Dong Zhang, Dong Zhang   +9 more
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