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The role of individual exopolysaccharides in antibiotic tolerance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa aggregates

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023
The bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa is involved in chronic infections of cystic fibrosis lungs and chronic wounds. In these infections the bacteria are present as aggregates suspended in host secretions.
Ziwei Liang, Martin Nilsson, Kasper Nørskov Kragh, Ida Hedal, Júlia Alcàcer-Almansa, Júlia Alcàcer-Almansa, Rikke Overgaard Kiilerich, Jens Bo Andersen, Tim Tolker-Nielsen   +8 more
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Effects of Efficient Expression of Vitreoscilla Hemoglobin on Production, Monosaccharide Composition, and Antioxidant Activity of Exopolysaccharides in Ganoderma lucidum

Microorganisms, 2021
A Vitreoscilla hemoglobin (VHb) gene was efficiently expressed by the optimization of codons and intron addition in G. lucidum. Expression of the VHb gene was confirmed by genome PCR, quantitative real-time PCR and carbon monoxide (CO)-difference ...
Zi-Xu Wang, Na Li, Jun-Wei Xu
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Production and functionality of exopolysaccharides in bacteria exposed to a toxic metal environment

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2021
In this study, the production and compositional analysis of exopolysaccharides produced by Bacillus cereus KMS3-1 grown in metal amended conditions were investigated. In addition, the metal adsorption efficacy of exopolysaccharides (EPS) produced by KMS3-
Krishnamurthy Mathivanan, Jayaraman Uthaya Chandirika, Thangavel Mathimani, Rajendran Rajaram, Gurusamy Annadurai, Huaqun Yin   +5 more
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Improving the biological properties of Fomes fomentarius MG835861 exopolysaccharide by bioincorporating selenium into its structure

Carbohydrate Polymer Technologies and Applications, 2021
Selenium (Se) is one of the essential elements for human health, where Se-containing compounds can prevent cancer and reduce mortality by regulating of the cell cycle and apoptosis.
Hale Alvandi, Ashrafalsadat Hatamian-Zarmi, Bahman Ebrahimi Hosseinzadeh, Zahra Beagom Mokhtari-Hosseini, Ewald Langer, Hamed Aghajani   +5 more
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Purification and Characterization of Biofilm-Associated EPS Exopolysaccharides from ESKAPE Organisms and Other Pathogens. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
In bacterial biofilms, high molecular weight, secreted exopolysaccharides can serve as a scaffold to which additional carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids adhere, forming the matrix of the developing biofilm.
Patrick M Bales, Emilija Miljkovic Renke, Sarah L May, Yang Shen, Daniel C Nelson   +4 more
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Microalgae Bioactive Carbohydrates as a Novel Sustainable and Eco-Friendly Source of Prebiotics: Emerging Health Functionality and Recent Technologies for Extraction and Detection

Frontiers in Nutrition, 2022
There is a global interest in the novel consumption, nutritional trends, and the market of new prebiotic sources and their potential functional impacts. Commercially available nutritional supplements based on microalgae that are approved to be edible by ...
Mostafa Gouda, Mostafa Gouda, Musa A. Tadda, Musa A. Tadda, Yinglei Zhao, Yinglei Zhao, F. Farmanullah, Bingquan Chu, Xiaoli Li, Yong He   +9 more
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EXTRACELLULAR POLYSACCHARIDES OF POTATO RING ROT PATHOGEN [PDF]

Journal of Stress Physiology & Biochemistry, 2006
Many bacteria, including phytopathogenic ones produce extracellular polysaccharides or exopolysaccharides which are universal molecules. Causal agent of potato ring rot, Clavibacter michiganensis subspecies sepedonicus, secretes exopolysaccharides which ...
Shafikova Т.N., Rymareva E.V., Kopytchuk V.N., Epova Е.Y., Romanenko А.S.   +4 more
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The Prebiotic and Techno-Functional Potential of Microbial Exopolysaccharides for Human Health and Food Systems. [PDF]

Compr Rev Food Sci Food Saf
ABSTRACT Microbial exopolysaccharides (EPS) represent a diverse class of biopolymers holding considerable promise as functional food ingredients. This review analyzes the dual function of microbial EPS as a candidate for prebiotic agents and techno‐functional additives.
Razzak MA, Kim H, Haque MA, Jang MJ, Song S, Talari A, Chittepu LD, Ku S.   +7 more
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Optimization of Exopolysaccharides Production by Porphyridium sordidum and Their Potential to Induce Defense Responses in Arabidopsis thaliana against Fusarium oxysporum

Biomolecules, 2021
Polysaccharides from marine algae are one novel source of plant defense elicitors for alternative and eco-friendly plant protection against phytopathogens.
Marwa Drira, Jihen Elleuch, Hajer Ben Hlima, Faiez Hentati, Christine Gardarin, Christophe Rihouey, Didier Le Cerf, Philippe Michaud, Slim Abdelkafi, Imen Fendri   +9 more
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Biological Activity of Lactic Acid Bacteria Exopolysaccharides and Their Applications in the Food and Pharmaceutical Industries

Foods
Exopolysaccharides are natural macromolecular bioactive substances produced by lactic acid bacteria. With their unique physiological activity and structural characteristics, they are gradually showing broad application prospects in the food and ...
Shengnan Liang, Xinyu Wang, Chun Li, Libo Liu   +3 more
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