A recent WHO report warns of the dramatic increase in the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and concludes that this is one of the biggest threats to global health. In a scenario where antibiotics are no longer effective, common infections become much more dangerous and c [....]
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A total of 804 fungi isolate were subjected to the screening of high laccase activity by four different indicators test, Poly R-478, RBBR, guaiacol, and syringaldazine. The results presented the diversity of 6 order, belonging to 17 families, 25 genera and 29 species, and most of [....]
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Hector M Alvarez, University of Patagonia San Juan Bosco, Argentina
Global oils, wax esters and biofuels demand is forecasted to increase in the next years. In order to meet this growing demand, the exploration of new ways of obtaining these products is required. In this context, microorganisms (bacteria, yeasts, fungi and microalgae) are now ser [....]
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Rosalinda Mazzei, Institute on Membrane Technology CNR-ITM, Italy
Artificial membranes functionalized with biomolecules are very suitable for the development of biohybrid and biomimetic systems which find application in various fields. The system simulates the biological membrane compartmentalization, where the biological system can be heteroge [....]
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Plant tissue culture technology is being widely used for large scale highbush blueberry plant multiplication. The main aim of micropropagation is the clonal production of 'true-to-type' plants. However, in vitro conditions induce somaclonal variations which can affect the [....]
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Chemotherapy is used against tumors cells, where drug is injected into the body from arteries and results in general systemic distribution through blood that may result in toxic side-effects as the drug attacks both healthy and cancer cells. Researchers in the late 70s have propo [....]
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In recent years, there have been many efforts to design highly efficient underwater robots inspired by aquatic organisms. To design more efficient ones, it is very important to understand swimming mechanism of fish. One of the interesting aspects of fish swimming is that many fis [....]
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In recent years, number of deaths due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has been increasing all over the world. COPD is an inflammatory disease of the lungs caused in part by long-term inhalation and exposure to harmful substances such as tobacco smoke, and its gene [....]
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The global rise in diabetes along with the current lack of sufficient donor human islets for cell replacement therapy motivates the making of a bioartificial pancreas to replace pancreas’ function. Technological advances in tissue engineering revolutionize diabetes treatmen [....]
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Innovation in life sciences and engineering is creating opportunities to resolve the challenges human life and civilization facing today and what is upcoming in the future. Human population is growing throughout the world alarmingly resulting a continued increase in demand for fo [....]
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Hana Dostalova, Institute of Microbiology of the CAS, Czech Republic
Many Rhodococcus strains are able to transform and metabolize a wide range of toxic organic compounds, which contaminate various environments. Thanks to their diverse metabolic activities, rhodococci are promising microorganisms for biotechnological applications in biodegradation [....]
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Rhodococcus are characteristic of the taxon mycolata which includes the genera Mycobacterium and Nocardia. These cells have a cell envelope characterized by the presence of long chain a-alkyl-b-hydroxy fatty acids, called mycolic acids. These lipids increase the tolerance of Rhod [....]
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Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family, originally from South America. The global production of cassava in the years 2015/16 was 280 million tons. Nigeria, Thailand and Brazil are the three world's largest producers of cassava, representing app [....]
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Members of Rhodococcus genus are widely distributed in terrestrial and marine environments due to their outstanding metabolic diversity and strong persistence. In relation to this, Rhodococcus spp. strains possess a variety of enzymatic activities involved in biodegradation of to [....]
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Saffron is a spice constituted by the dried stigmas of the flower of Crocus sativus L. This iridacea is a corm plant undemanding at the edaphic level and which supports harsh winters (up to -10 °C) and hot summers (over 40 °C) with a biological cycle where its corms are a [....]
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This study investigated the effect of photobiomodulation (PBM) using near infra-red light (830 nm) on cell proliferation and differentiation in two human fibroblast cell models namely, normal wounded (NW) and diabetic wounded (DW). The cells were irradiated at a wavelength of 830 [....]
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Xylo-oligosaccharides, produced from lignocellulosic materials (LCB), are short-chain polymers with prebiotic activity who, in the last decades, have gained commercial interest due to its potential applications as an ingredient to the nutraceutical industry. In this work xylan ex [....]
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Many processes of mammalian behavior and physiology, such as sleeping and feeding, are cyclically regulated during the 24h solar day by the circadian clock system. Desynchronization between physiological and behavioural rhythms increases the risk of developing some, including met [....]
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Raspberry ketone is in great demand as a plant-based natural flavor agent. The berry flavor of raspberry ketone with a low odor threshold is used as a food additive to create various aromas such as cherry, strawberry, kiwi and other fruits. However, natural raspberry ketone is on [....]
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p-Hydroxybenzoate (pHBA) hydroxylase (PobA) is a model flavin-containing hydroxylase that oxidizes NADPH and pHBA to produce protocatechuic acid (PCA). This study identified a series of PobA-like proteins that form a novel subfamily of proteins in the PobA family. We searched pub [....]
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Poonam Kumari, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research (NIPER), India
Sortase A is a transpeptidase enzyme that is majorly present onto the cell wall of Gram-positive bacteria. It recognized and displays proteins on the cell wall via a conserved motif LPXTG at C- terminal. These proteins plays a major role in the virulence of the bacteria. Cell sur [....]
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Biotechnological research on natural polymers strives for manufacturing biopolymers using renewable resources1. The main representatives of bioplastics are polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) with polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) being the shortest side chain polyester. Although several kind [....]
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In the intensive fish farming, use of specific feeds with immunostimulant compounds is rising. Application of immunostimulant agent can reduce the need of antibiotics. Disease prevention is highly important for maintaining healthy offspring. Microalgae contain potential sources o [....]
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Pomegranate is a healthy fruit. The peel contains antioxidant phytochemicals that may potentiate health benefits but remains under-explored. We evaluated the antioxidant, nutritional and phytochemical profiles of the peel of the “Wonderful” variety pomegranate and its [....]
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The elements of two-component signal transduction systems (TCSSs) enable rapid adaptation of bacteria to environmental conditions, hence, they seem to be promising targets for novel bactericidal compounds. Typical TCSS is composed of histidine kinase that receives environmental s [....]
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Title : Probiotic cellulose: A new biomaterial for antibiotic-free therapy of bacterial infections
Jose M Dominguez Vera, Universidad de Granada, Spain
A recent WHO report warns of the dramatic increase in the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and concludes that this is one of the biggest threats to global health. In a scenario where antibiotics are no longer effective, common infections become much more dangerous and c [....] » Read More
Title : The potential of laccase produced from fungi for biotransformation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
Tony Hadibarata, Curtin University, Malaysia
A total of 804 fungi isolate were subjected to the screening of high laccase activity by four different indicators test, Poly R-478, RBBR, guaiacol, and syringaldazine. The results presented the diversity of 6 order, belonging to 17 families, 25 genera and 29 species, and most of [....] » Read More
Title : Bioengineering oleaginous Rhodococcus as bacterial biofactories for oil-related compounds production
Hector M Alvarez, University of Patagonia San Juan Bosco, Argentina
Global oils, wax esters and biofuels demand is forecasted to increase in the next years. In order to meet this growing demand, the exploration of new ways of obtaining these products is required. In this context, microorganisms (bacteria, yeasts, fungi and microalgae) are now ser [....] » Read More
Title : Biocatalytic membrane reactors towards process intensification in biocatalysis and biorefinery
Rosalinda Mazzei, Institute on Membrane Technology CNR-ITM, Italy
Artificial membranes functionalized with biomolecules are very suitable for the development of biohybrid and biomimetic systems which find application in various fields. The system simulates the biological membrane compartmentalization, where the biological system can be heteroge [....] » Read More
Title : Monitoring of clonal fidelity of highbush blueberry cultures propagated by axillary and adventitious shoots
Marzena Mazurek, University of Rzeszow, Poland
Plant tissue culture technology is being widely used for large scale highbush blueberry plant multiplication. The main aim of micropropagation is the clonal production of 'true-to-type' plants. However, in vitro conditions induce somaclonal variations which can affect the [....] » Read More
Title : Optimum magnetic navigation of nanoparticles inside the human carotid
Ioannis Sarris, University of West Attica, Greece
Chemotherapy is used against tumors cells, where drug is injected into the body from arteries and results in general systemic distribution through blood that may result in toxic side-effects as the drug attacks both healthy and cancer cells. Researchers in the late 70s have propo [....] » Read More
Title : Numerical simulation on the effects of fishs body thickness and head swing motion on its swimming performance
Shuhei Yoshida, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan
In recent years, there have been many efforts to design highly efficient underwater robots inspired by aquatic organisms. To design more efficient ones, it is very important to understand swimming mechanism of fish. One of the interesting aspects of fish swimming is that many fis [....] » Read More
Title : Fundamental study on the airflow in the patient-specific lung models by AcuSolve
Mako Uchio, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan
In recent years, number of deaths due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has been increasing all over the world. COPD is an inflammatory disease of the lungs caused in part by long-term inhalation and exposure to harmful substances such as tobacco smoke, and its gene [....] » Read More
Title : The role of 3D printing and bioprinting in engineering a bioartificial pancreas for regenerative medicine in diabetes
Jia Min, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
The global rise in diabetes along with the current lack of sufficient donor human islets for cell replacement therapy motivates the making of a bioartificial pancreas to replace pancreas’ function. Technological advances in tissue engineering revolutionize diabetes treatmen [....] » Read More
Title : Green Synthetic Biology for sustainable production of food, feed, advance biomaterials, and personal care ingredients
Santanu Dasgupta, Reliance Industries Ltd, India
Innovation in life sciences and engineering is creating opportunities to resolve the challenges human life and civilization facing today and what is upcoming in the future. Human population is growing throughout the world alarmingly resulting a continued increase in demand for fo [....] » Read More
Title : Assignment of sigma factors of RNA polymerase to promoters by in vivo and in vitro systems in Rhodococcus sp.
Hana Dostalova, Institute of Microbiology of the CAS, Czech Republic
Many Rhodococcus strains are able to transform and metabolize a wide range of toxic organic compounds, which contaminate various environments. Thanks to their diverse metabolic activities, rhodococci are promising microorganisms for biotechnological applications in biodegradation [....] » Read More
Title : Improving bioprocesses by using adaptation strategies of Rhodococcus
Carla CCR de Carvalho, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Rhodococcus are characteristic of the taxon mycolata which includes the genera Mycobacterium and Nocardia. These cells have a cell envelope characterized by the presence of long chain a-alkyl-b-hydroxy fatty acids, called mycolic acids. These lipids increase the tolerance of Rhod [....] » Read More
Title : Cassava peel an unexplored lignocellulosic residue for the Xyloooligosaccharides production: Potential pretreatments
Cristiano Jose De Andrade, Federal University of Santa Catarian (UFSC), Brazil
Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family, originally from South America. The global production of cassava in the years 2015/16 was 280 million tons. Nigeria, Thailand and Brazil are the three world's largest producers of cassava, representing app [....] » Read More
Title : Rhodococcus spp. interactions with metals: Resistance mechanisms and bioconversion into metal-based nanomaterials
Martina Cappelletti, University of Bologna, Italy
Members of Rhodococcus genus are widely distributed in terrestrial and marine environments due to their outstanding metabolic diversity and strong persistence. In relation to this, Rhodococcus spp. strains possess a variety of enzymatic activities involved in biodegradation of to [....] » Read More
Title : Improvement of saffron Crocus sativus L. by plant biotechnology
Mohammed Amine SERGHINI, Ibn Zohr University, Morocco
Saffron is a spice constituted by the dried stigmas of the flower of Crocus sativus L. This iridacea is a corm plant undemanding at the edaphic level and which supports harsh winters (up to -10 °C) and hot summers (over 40 °C) with a biological cycle where its corms are a [....] » Read More
Title : Influence of photobiomodulation at 830 nm on proliferation and differentiation in diabetic wounded human skin fibroblast cells
Olajumoke Oyebode, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
This study investigated the effect of photobiomodulation (PBM) using near infra-red light (830 nm) on cell proliferation and differentiation in two human fibroblast cell models namely, normal wounded (NW) and diabetic wounded (DW). The cells were irradiated at a wavelength of 830 [....] » Read More
Title : Enzymatic production of xylooligosacharides (XOS) from Nothofagus pumilio sawdust
Luciana Lehuede, University of Chile, Chile
Xylo-oligosaccharides, produced from lignocellulosic materials (LCB), are short-chain polymers with prebiotic activity who, in the last decades, have gained commercial interest due to its potential applications as an ingredient to the nutraceutical industry. In this work xylan ex [....] » Read More
Title : Synchronization between peripheral circadian clock and feeding-fasting cycles in microfluidic device sustains oscillatory pattern of transcriptome
Onelia Gagliano, University of Padova, Italy
Many processes of mammalian behavior and physiology, such as sleeping and feeding, are cyclically regulated during the 24h solar day by the circadian clock system. Desynchronization between physiological and behavioural rhythms increases the risk of developing some, including met [....] » Read More
Title : Raspberry ketone production from glucose by metabolic engineered Escherichia coli.
Shunsuke Masuo, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Raspberry ketone is in great demand as a plant-based natural flavor agent. The berry flavor of raspberry ketone with a low odor threshold is used as a food additive to create various aromas such as cherry, strawberry, kiwi and other fruits. However, natural raspberry ketone is on [....] » Read More
Title : Identification of non-conventional p-hydroxybenzoate hydroxylase family proteins
Nozomi Katsuki, University of Tsukuba, Japan
p-Hydroxybenzoate (pHBA) hydroxylase (PobA) is a model flavin-containing hydroxylase that oxidizes NADPH and pHBA to produce protocatechuic acid (PCA). This study identified a series of PobA-like proteins that form a novel subfamily of proteins in the PobA family. We searched pub [....] » Read More
Title : Sortase A mediated peptide recruitment as a potential anti-virulence treatment for Staphylococcus aureus infection
Poonam Kumari, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research (NIPER), India
Sortase A is a transpeptidase enzyme that is majorly present onto the cell wall of Gram-positive bacteria. It recognized and displays proteins on the cell wall via a conserved motif LPXTG at C- terminal. These proteins plays a major role in the virulence of the bacteria. Cell sur [....] » Read More
Title : Post-transcriptional control in the regulation of bioplastics synthesis
Alexandra Peregrina Lavín, Nova University Lisbon, Portugal
Biotechnological research on natural polymers strives for manufacturing biopolymers using renewable resources1. The main representatives of bioplastics are polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) with polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) being the shortest side chain polyester. Although several kind [....] » Read More
Title : Newly isolated microalgae as immunostimulants for rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
Timea Ottilia KOBORI, Bay Zoltan Nonprofit Ltd. for Applied Research, Hungary
In the intensive fish farming, use of specific feeds with immunostimulant compounds is rising. Application of immunostimulant agent can reduce the need of antibiotics. Disease prevention is highly important for maintaining healthy offspring. Microalgae contain potential sources o [....] » Read More
Title : Nutritional and phytochemical profile of pomegranate (Wonderful variety) peel and its effects on hepatic oxidative stress and metabolic alterations
Chika Ifeanyi Chukwuma, Central University of Technology, South Africa
Pomegranate is a healthy fruit. The peel contains antioxidant phytochemicals that may potentiate health benefits but remains under-explored. We evaluated the antioxidant, nutritional and phytochemical profiles of the peel of the “Wonderful” variety pomegranate and its [....] » Read More
Title : Functional analysis of mycobacterial two-component signal transduction systems 6236/6238 of Mycobacterium smegmatis with the use BIOLOG OmniLog System
Katarzyna Strus, University of Rzeszow, Poland
The elements of two-component signal transduction systems (TCSSs) enable rapid adaptation of bacteria to environmental conditions, hence, they seem to be promising targets for novel bactericidal compounds. Typical TCSS is composed of histidine kinase that receives environmental s [....] » Read More