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Phylogenomics, divergence times and notes of orders in Basidiomycota
Basidiomycota is one of the major phyla in the fungal tree of life. The outline of Basidiomycota provides essential taxonomic information for researchers and workers in mycology. In this study, we present a ti...
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Tetanus toxin and botulinum neurotoxin–derived fusion molecules are effective bivalent vaccines
Tetanus toxin (TeNT) and botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) are neuroprotein toxins, with the latter being the most toxic known protein. They are structurally similar and contain three functional domains: an N-term...
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Open AccessPhagotrophic protists preserve antibiotic-resistant opportunistic human pathogens in the vegetable phyllosphere
Food safety of leafy greens is an emerging public health issue as they can harbor opportunistic human pathogens (OHPs) and expose OHPs to consumers. Protists are an integral part of phyllosphere microbial ecos...
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Halomonas faecis sp. nov., a halophilic bacterium isolated from human faeces
A novel moderately halophilic, Gram-stain-negative, catalase- and oxidase-positive, strictly aerobic, non-sporulating, non-motile rod, designated strain JSM 104105 T, was isolated from human faeces. Strain JSM 10...
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Sequential fed-batch fermentation of 1,3-propanediol from glycerol by Clostridium butyricum DL07
The demand for 1,3-propanediol (1,3-PDO) has increased sharply due to its role as a monomer for the synthesis of polytrimethylene terephthalate (PTT). Although Clostridium butyricum is considered to be one of the...
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Fungal diversity notes 1277–1386: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to fungal taxa
This is the twelfth contribution to the Fungal Diversity Notes series on fungal taxonomy, based on materials collected from many countries which were examined and described using the methods of morphology, ana...
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Pseudomonas Saliphila sp. nov., a Bacterium Isolated from Oil-Well Production Water in Qinghai Oilfield of China
Strain 16W4-4-3 T was isolated from the oil-well production water in Qinghai Oilfield, China. Cells were Gram-stain-negative, rod-shaped, catalase- and oxidase-positive, facultatively anaerobic and motile by sing...
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Open AccessLong-chain n-alkane biodegradation coupling to methane production in an enriched culture from production water of a high-temperature oil reservoir
Paraffinic n-alkanes (C22–C30), crucial portions of residual oil, are generally considered to be difficult to be biodegraded owing to their general solidity at ambient temperatures and low water solubility, rende...
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Ganoderma proteins and their potential applications in cosmetics
Ganoderma have been regarded as a traditional source of natural bioactive compounds for centuries and have recently been exploited for potential components in the cosmetics industry. Besides Ganoderma polysacchar...
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Species diversity, taxonomy and phylogeny of Polyporaceae (Basidiomycota) in China
Polyporaceae is one of the most important families of Basidiomycota. Investigations on the species diversity, taxonomy and phylogeny of Polyporaceae in China are carried out. So far 217 species belonging to 42...
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Open AccessFungal diversity notes 929–1035: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions on genera and species of fungi
This article is the ninth in the series of Fungal Diversity Notes, where 107 taxa distributed in three phyla, nine classes, 31 orders and 57 families are described and illustrated. Taxa described in the presen...
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Stability and oscillatory behavior of microbial consortium in continuous conversion of crude glycerol to 1,3-propanediol
Microbial consortium is an alternative for bioconversion of crude glycerol to value-added products whereas concerns about the process stability in long-term operation existed. The aim of this study is to evalu...
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Open AccessPurification and characterization of neutral protease from Aspergillus oryzae Y1 isolated from naturally fermented broad beans
The strain Y1, with a notably high production of neutral protease, was isolated from naturally fermented broad beans and subsequently identified as Aspergillus oryzae, through the analysis of its morphology chara...
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Ephrin receptor A2 is an epithelial cell receptor for Epstein–Barr virus entry
Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) is causally associated with nasopharyngeal carcinoma, 10% of gastric carcinoma and various B cell lymphomas 1 . EBV infects both B cells and epithelial c...
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Notes for genera: Ascomycota
Knowledge of the relationships and thus the classification of fungi, has developed rapidly with increasingly widespread use of molecular techniques, over the past 10–15 years, and continues to accelerate. Seve...
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Open AccessIntra- and inter-isolate variation of ribosomal and protein-coding genes in Pleurotus: implications for molecular identification and phylogeny on fungal groups
The internal transcribed spacer (ITS), RNA polymerase II second largest subunit (RPB2), and elongation factor 1-alpha (EF1α) are often used in fungal taxonomy and phylogenetic analysis. As we know, an ideal mo...
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Fungal diversity notes 367–490: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to fungal taxa
This is a continuity of a series of taxonomic papers where materials are examined, described and novel combinations are proposed where necessary to improve our traditional species concepts and provide updates ...
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Fungal diversity notes 253–366: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to fungal taxa
Notes on 113 fungal taxa are compiled in this paper, including 11 new genera, 89 new species, one new subspecies, three new combinations and seven reference specimens. A wide geographic and taxonomic range of ...
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Fungal diversity notes 111–252—taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to fungal taxa
This paper is a compilation of notes on 142 fungal taxa, including five new families, 20 new genera, and 100 new species, representing a wide taxonomic and geographic range. The new families, Ascocylindricaceae,
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Multilocus sequence ty** analysis of Cronobacter spp. isolated from China
Multilocus sequence ty** (MLST) has proven to be an effective approach for the subty** isolates of the Cronobacter genus and to exhibit a high level of discrimination between isolates. In this study, 151 Cron...