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Cinnamaldehyde Targets the LytTR DNA-Binding Domain of the Response Regulator AgrA to Attenuate Biofilm Formation of Listeria monocytogenes

Microbiology Spectrum, 2023
The Agr quorum sensing (QS) system is known to contribute to biofilm formation in Listeria monocytogenes. Cinnamaldehyde, a natural food preservative, is considered an inhibitor of Agr-mediated QS in L. monocytogenes.
Xiaobing Jiang, Rui Kang, Tao Yu, Xiaojie Jiang, Hong Chen, Yiping Zhang, Yi Li, Hailei Wang   +7 more
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A Thermo-Active Laccase Isoenzyme From Trametes trogii and Its Potential for Dye Decolorization at High Temperature

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020
A thermo-activation and thermostable laccase isoenzyme (Lac 37 II) produced by Trametes trogii S0301 at 37°C was purified to apparent homogeneity by anionic exchange chromatography and sephadex G-75 chromatography, with 12.3% of yeiled and a specific ...
Xulei Yang, Yuanyuan Wu, Yu Zhang, En Yang, Yuan Qu, Huini Xu, Yuhui Chen, Chagan Irbis, Jinping Yan   +8 more
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The Manganese Peroxidase Gene Family of Trametes trogii: Gene Identification and Expression Patterns Using Various Metal Ions under Different Culture Conditions

Microorganisms, 2021
Manganese peroxidases (MnPs), gene family members of white-rot fungi, are necessary extracellular enzymes that degrade lignocellulose and xenobiotic aromatic pollutants. However, very little is known about the diversity and expression patterns of the MnP
Yu Zhang, Zhongqi Dong, Yuan Luo, En Yang, Huini Xu, Irbis Chagan, Jinping Yan   +6 more
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Effect of the addition of egg white on the microbiological, physicochemical and sensory quality of steamed yogurt during fermentation and cold storage [PDF]

Acta Agriculturae Serbica, 2021
Yogurt or yoghurt is one of the most popular fermented dairy products worldwide and has gained widespread consumer acceptance as a healthy food. In this study, steamed yogurt, which contained lactic ferments (Lactobacillus bulgaricus and Streptococcus ...
Bouhadi Djilali, Hariri Ahmed, Benattouche Zouaoui, El Ouissi A., Ibri Kada, Belkhodja Hamza, Bachir Raho G.   +6 more
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Zizyphus lotus (L.) extracts as prebiotics in the aggregation and adhesion of probiotic and inhibition of pathologic bacteria from patients with colorectal cancer

International Journal of Food Studies, 2020
The mucosal surfaces of the intestinal tract harbor a complex microbiota. Bacteria enter in contact with intestinal cells and bestow important nutritional, metabolic and protective functions which benefit the host. Various factors are able to alter ...
Sara Ouldchikh, Aicha TirTouil, Boumédiene Meddah   +2 more
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Pretreatment and Bioconversion of Crop Residues [PDF]

, 2021
In this book, 15 papers, covering some of the latest advances in pretreatment and bioconversion of crop residues, are presented. Research results dealing with wheat straw, corn stover, sweet sorghum bagasse, hazelnut shells, oil palm empty fruit bunch ...

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Evaluation of Chemical Composition of Miscanthus × giganteus Raised in Different Climate Regions in Russia

Plants, 2022
Lignocellulosic biomass is of great interest as an alternative energy resource because it offers a range of merits. Miscanthus × giganteus is a lignocellulosic feedstock of special interest, as it combines a high biomass productivity with a low ...
Yulia A. Gismatulina, Vera V. Budaeva, Aleksey N. Kortusov, Ekaterina I. Kashcheyeva, Evgenia K. Gladysheva, Galina F. Mironova, Ekaterina A. Skiba, Nadezhda A. Shavyrkina, Anna A. Korchagina, Vladimir N. Zolotukhin, Gennady V. Sakovich   +10 more
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Stable isotope dilution techniques for assessing vitamin A status and bioefficacy of provitamin A carotenoids in humans. [PDF]

, 2005
Vitamin A deficiency is a major global public health problem. Among the variety of techniques that are available for assessing human vitamin A status, evaluating the provitamin A nutritional values of foodstuffs and estimating human vitamin A ...
Judy D Ribaya-Mercado, Emorn Wasantwisut, Marjorie Haskell, Sherry Tanumihardjo, Harold C Furr, Wasantwisut, Emorn, Tang, Guangwen, Penelope Nestel, Sam Newton, Guangwen Tang, Haskell, Marjorie, Ribaya-Mercado, Judy D, Najat Mokhtar, Furr, Harold C, Nestel, Penelope, Newton, Sam, Tanumihardjo, Sherry, Green, Michael H, Michael H Green, Mokhtar, Najat   +19 more
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Semi-Rational Engineering of Formate Dehydrogenase Reveals Loop Dynamics as a Key Determinant of Thermostability. [PDF]

Chembiochem
Semi‐rational engineering yields a thermostable Bacillus simplex formate dehydrogenase variant (Q125F) with a 25‐fold longer half‐life at 60°C and strong resistance to chemo‐inactivation. Molecular dynamics reveal enhanced π–π interactions stabilizing a flexible loop and enabling efficient NADH regeneration for robust biocatalytic detoxification ...
Boonkumkrong R, Soithongcharoen S, Mee-Udorn P, Chunthaboon P, Maenpuen S, Rungrotmongkol T, Watthaisong P, Tinikul R.   +7 more
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Structural identification of catalytic His158 of PtMAC2p from Pseudozyma tsukubaensis, an acyltransferase involved in mannosylerythritol lipids formation

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2023
Mannosylerythritol lipids (MELs) are extracellular glycolipids produced by the basidiomycetous yeast strains. MELs consist of the disaccharide mannosylerythritol, which is acylated with fatty acids and acetylated at the mannose moiety.
Yusuke Nakamichi, Azusa Saika, Masahiro Watanabe, Tatsuya Fujii, Tomotake Morita   +4 more
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