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Bacterial conjugation as a method for identifying the locations of genes involved in polysaccharide polymerization in Bacillus subtilis bacteria [PDF]

مجلة التربية والعلم, 2012
The present study includes utilization of the bacterial conjugation between the local isolate Bacillus subtilis and the laboratory strain Escherichia coli K-12 JM83 in order to determine the location of genes involved in production of polysaccharides in ...
Khaled Ahmed, Zainha Al Jader, Yousra Al-Rifai   +2 more
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Masking the Pathogen: Evolutionary Strategies of Fungi and Their Bacterial Counterparts

Journal of Fungi, 2015
Pathogens reduce immune recognition of their cell surfaces using a variety of inert structural polysaccharides. For example, capsular polysaccharides play critical roles in microbial survival strategies.
Yoon-Dong Park, Peter R. Williamson
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Bacterial capsular polysaccharides with antibiofilm activity share common biophysical and electrokinetic properties

Nature Communications, 2023
Bacterial biofilms are surface-attached communities that are difficult to eradicate due to a high tolerance to antimicrobial agents. The use of non-biocidal surface-active compounds to prevent the initial adhesion and aggregation of bacterial pathogens ...
Joaquín Bernal-Bayard, Jérôme Thiebaud, Marina Brossaud, Audrey Beaussart, Céline Caillet, Yves Waldvogel, Laetitia Travier, Sylvie Létoffé, Thierry Fontaine, Bachra Rokbi, Philippe Talaga, Christophe Beloin, Noëlle Mistretta, Jérôme F. L. Duval, Jean-Marc Ghigo   +14 more
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Protective Effects of Different Selenium Green Tea Polysaccharides on the Development of Type 2 Diabetes in Mice

Foods, 2023
Selenium polysaccharides have attracted significant interest due to their superior function to that of individual polysaccharides. However, limited research has compared the protective effects of different selenium polysaccharides from different ...
Weilan Gao, Zhan Zheng, Xuehua Wang, Li Wang, Na Zhang, Haiyuan Liu, Xin Cong, Shuyi Li, Zhenzhou Zhu   +8 more
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Heparan-mimetics: Potential agents of tissue regeneration for bone and periodontal therapies

Medicine in Novel Technology and Devices, 2021
Heparan sulfate glycosaminoglycans are key players of tissue repair and can be regarded as useful compounds for regenerative medicines. Unfortunately, their therapeutic uses face many technical, industrial, and regulatory hurdles due to their animal ...
Maroun Bou Karam, Joe El Khoury, Carole Chakar, Sylvie Changotade, Didier Lutomski, Nada Naaman, Gaston Godeau, Abdellatif Elm’selmi, Ronald Younes, Karim Senni   +9 more
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Potential Antibacterial Activity of Marine Macroalgae against Pathogens Relevant for Aquaculture and Human Health

Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, 2017
The exploitation of macroalgal biomass, as a source of antibacterial drugs, would result into the valuable transformation of waste into an economic resource. Ethanol and water extracts or polysaccharides, from nine DNA-barcoded macroalgae (2 Chlorophyta,
Carmen Rizzo, Giuseppa Genovese, Marina Morabito, Caterina Faggio, Maria Pagano, Antonio Spanò, Vincenzo Zammuto, Simona Armeli Minicante, Antonio Manghisi, Rosalia Maria Cigala, Francesco Crea, Fabio Marino, Concetta Gugliandolo   +12 more
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Labeling of Polysaccharides with Biotin and Fluorescent Dyes

Polysaccharides, 2023
Examples of labeling polysaccharides at hydroxyl groups are described in this paper, which are especially in demand for molecules with a blocked reducing end.
Alexander Tuzikov, Nadezhda Shilova, Tatiana Ovchinnikova, Alexey Nokel, Olga Patova, Yuriy Knirel, Tatiana Chernova, Tatiana Gorshkova, Nicolai Bovin   +8 more
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Recombinant plants provide a new approach to the production of bacterial polysaccharide for vaccines.

PLoS ONE, 2014
Bacterial polysaccharides have numerous clinical or industrial uses. Recombinant plants could offer the possibility of producing bacterial polysaccharides on a large scale and free of contaminating bacterial toxins and antigens.
Claire M Smith, Stephen C Fry, Kevin C Gough, Alexandra J F Patel, Sarah Glenn, Marie Goldrick, Ian S Roberts, Garry C Whitelam, Peter W Andrew   +8 more
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Microbial community and functions associated with digestion of algal polysaccharides in the visceral tract of Haliotis discus hannai: Insights from metagenome and metatranscriptome analysis. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
Haliotis discus hannai, a species of Pacific abalone, is a highly valuable food source throughout Northeast Asia. As H. discus hannai primarily feed on brown algae and largely extract their energy from algal polysaccharides, understanding the mechanisms ...
Bo-Hye Nam, Jisung Jang, Kelsey Caetano-Anolles, Young-Ok Kim, Jung Youn Park, Hawsun Sohn, Sook Hee Yoon, Heebal Kim, Woori Kwak   +8 more
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Fucose-containing bacterial exopolysaccharides: Sources, biological activities, and food applications

Food Chemistry: X, 2022
Bacterial exopolysaccharides are high molecular weight polysaccharides that are secreted by a wide range of bacteria, with diverse structures and easy preparation.
Mengshi Xiao, Xinmiao Ren, Ying Yu, Wei Gao, Changliang Zhu, Han Sun, Qing Kong, Xiaodan Fu, Haijin Mou   +8 more
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