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An artificial selection procedure enriches for known and suspected chitin degraders from the prokaryotic rare biosphere of multiple marine biotopes [PDF]

BMC Microbiology
Background Biological chitin degradation is a major process in the ocean, governed primarily by the action of microorganisms. It is known that the structure and taxonomic profile of chitin-degrading microbial communities change across marine biotopes ...
Laurence Meunier, Tina Keller-Costa, David Cannella, Jorge M.S. Gonçalves, Etienne Dechamps, Matilde Marques, Rodrigo Costa, Isabelle F. George   +7 more
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Daily fluctuations in COVID-19 infection rates under Tokyo’s epidemic prevention measures – new evidence from adaptive Fourier decomposition

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic has witnessed widespread infections and variants. Particularly, Tokyo faced the challenge of seven waves of COVID-19, during which government interventions played a pivotal role.
Guibin Lu, Zifeng Yang, Zifeng Yang, Zifeng Yang, Zifeng Yang, Wei Qu, Wei Qu, Tao Qian, Zige Liu, Wei He, Zhijie Lin, Chitin Hon, Chitin Hon, Chitin Hon, Chitin Hon   +14 more
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Crustacean shell waste derived chitin and chitin nanomaterials for application in agriculture, food, and health – A review

Carbohydrate Polymer Technologies and Applications, 2023
Chitin, a widely available natural polymer, is the fundamental structural component of crustacean shells. The crustacean processing industry produces a lot of shell waste each year (in millions), most of which is discarded and poses serious environmental
Soibam Ngasotter, K.A.Martin Xavier, Maibam Malemngamba Meitei, David Waikhom, Madhulika, Jyotirmoy Pathak, Soibam Khogen Singh   +6 more
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Screening and Enzymatic-producing Study of Chitin Deacetylase Producing Bacteria-Lysinibacillus sp.

Shipin gongye ke-ji, 2022
In order to biodegrade natural chitin, in this study, chitin was used as the sole carbon source, obtain chitin deacetylase strains which could produce chitosan from natural chitin by biological method.
Xin MENG, Guofeng AI, Guotao JIANG, Keyi XIE, Aili JIANG   +4 more
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Extraction and characterization of chitin from granary weevil, Sitophilus granaries L. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) [PDF]

Arthropods, 2022
Insect chitin has been extracted from granary weevil - Sitophilus granarius L, commonly called wheat weevil in laboratory by treating it with 1 M HCl and 1 M NaOH. This was followed by decolorization. The yield of chitin from this species is 20.2%.
Pranil Jagdale, Nilesh Mharsale, Rhushikesh Gotarne, et al.   +2 more
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A dynamic interplay between chitin synthase and the proteins Expansion/Rebuf reveals that chitin polymerisation and translocation are uncoupled in Drosophila.

PLoS Biology, 2023
Chitin is a highly abundant polymer in nature and a principal component of apical extracellular matrices in insects. In addition, chitin has proved to be an excellent biomaterial with multiple applications.
Ettore De Giorgio, Panagiotis Giannios, M Lluisa Espinàs, Marta Llimargas   +3 more
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Chitin Biosynthesis in Aspergillus Species

Journal of Fungi, 2023
The fungal cell wall (FCW) is a dynamic structure responsible for the maintenance of cellular homeostasis, and is essential for modulating the interaction of the fungus with its environment.
Veronica S. Brauer, André M. Pessoni, Mateus S. Freitas, Marinaldo P. Cavalcanti-Neto, Laure N. A. Ries, Fausto Almeida   +5 more
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A study on structural comparisons of α-chitin extracted from marine crustacean shell waste

Carbohydrate Polymer Technologies and Applications, 2021
In the present study, chitin was extracted from marine crustacean shell waste (shrimp, crab, squilla and lobster) using traditional chemical methods (deproteinisation and demineralization) and its physicochemical and structural properties were ...
K. Mohan, T. Muralisankar, R. Jayakumar, C. Rajeevgandhi   +3 more
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Chitin-induced systemic disease resistance in rice requires both OsCERK1 and OsCEBiP and is mediated via perturbation of cell-wall biogenesis in leaves

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022
Chitin is a well-known elicitor of disease resistance and its recognition by plants is crucial to perceive fungal infections. Chitin can induce both a local immune response and a systemic disease resistance when provided as a supplement in soils.
Momoko Takagi, Kei Hotamori, Keigo Naito, Sumire Matsukawa, Mayumi Egusa, Yoko Nishizawa, Yuri Kanno, Mitsunori Seo, Shinsuke Ifuku, Shinsuke Ifuku, Akira Mine, Akira Mine, Hironori Kaminaka, Hironori Kaminaka   +13 more
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The kinase LYK5 is a major chitin receptor in Arabidopsis and forms a chitin-induced complex with related kinase CERK1

eLife, 2014
Chitin is a fungal microbe-associated molecular pattern recognized in Arabidopsis by a lysin motif receptor kinase (LYK), AtCERK1. Previous research suggested that AtCERK1 is the major chitin receptor and mediates chitin-induced signaling through ...
Yangrong Cao, Yan Liang, Kiwamu Tanaka, Cuong T Nguyen, Robert P Jedrzejczak, Andrzej Joachimiak, Gary Stacey   +6 more
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