Insight into phenotypic and genotypic differences between vaginal Lactobacillus crispatus BC5 and Lactobacillus gasseri BC12 to unravel nutritional and stress factors influencing their metabolic activity. [PDF]
Microb Genom, 2021 The vaginal microbiota, normally characterized by lactobacilli presence, is crucial for vaginal health. Members belonging to L. crispatus and L. gasseri species exert crucial protective functions against pathogens, although a total comprehension of ...
Costantini PE +6 more
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Transcriptome profile and pathway analysis of starch and sucrose metabolism in Euglena gracilis [PDF]
, 2022 Euglena gracilis, a single cell flagellate eukaryote, produces secondary metabolites known as paramylon, a carbohydrate similar to starch with beneficial health properties.
Jinwei Gao +4 more
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Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2021 Hericium erinaceus is an important medicinal fungus in traditional Chinese medicine because of its polysaccharides and other natural products. Compared terpenoids and polyketides, the analysis of synthetic pathway of polysaccharides is more difficult ...
Gen Zou +7 more
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Metabolic Modeling of Secondary Metabolism in Plant Systems [PDF]
, 2014 In the first part of this research, we constructed a Genome scale Metabolic Model (GEM) of Taxus cuspidata, a medicinal plant used to produce paclitaxel (Taxol®). The construction of the T.
Leone, Lisa M
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Gene Duplications in the Genomes of Staphylococci and Enterococci [PDF]
, 2021 Gene duplications are a feature of bacterial genomes. In the present work we analyze the extent of gene duplications in the genomes of three microorganisms that belong to the Firmicutes phylum and that are etiologic agents of several nosocomial ...
Bernabeu Lorenzo, Manuel +4 more
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Exploring Metabolic Pathway Reconstruction and Genome-Wide Expression Profiling in Lactobacillus reuteri to Define Functional Probiotic Features [PDF]
, 2011 The genomes of four Lactobacillus reuteri strains isolated from human breast milk and the gastrointestinal tract have been recently sequenced as part of the Human Microbiome Project.
A Belenguer +86 more
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Biochemical and Molecular Medicine, 1995 In order to test the assumption that red blood cell (RBC) uridine diphosphate galactose content is regulated in part by dietary galactose and to help comprehend factors influencing RBC and white blood cell (WBC) uridine diphosphate hexose concentrations ...
J. Gibson +5 more
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Sugar Utilisation and Conservation of the gal-lac Gene Cluster in Streptococcus thermophilus [PDF]
, 2004 The adaptation to utilise lactose as primary carbon and energy source is a characteristic for Streptococcus thermophilus. These organisms, however only utilise the glucose moiety of lactose while the galactose moiety is excreted into the growth medium ...
de Vos, W.M. +4 more
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Quantitative proteomic analysis of the response of probiotic putative lactococcus lactis NCDO 2118 strain to different oxygen availability under temperature variation [PDF]
, 2019 Lactococcus lactis is a gram positive facultative anaerobe widely used in the dairy industry and human health. L. lactis subsp. lactis NCDO 2118 is a strain that exhibits anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory properties.
Azevedo, Vasco +9 more
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Identification of genes involved in the mutualistic colonization of the nematode Heterorhabditis bacteriophora by the bacterium Photorhabdus luminescens [PDF]
, 2010 Background Photorhabdus are Gram negative entomopathogenic bacteria that also have a mutualistic association with nematodes from the family Heterorhabditis.
Clarke, David J +2 more
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