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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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Open AccessIn situ carbon dioxide capture to co-produce 1,3-propanediol, biohydrogen and micro-nano calcium carbonate from crude glycerol by Clostridium butyricum
Climate change caused by greenhouse gas emission has become a global hot topic. Although biotechnology is considered as an environmentally friendly method to produce chemicals, almost all biochemicals face car...
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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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Development of an HPLC-DAD Method Combined with Chemometrics for Differentiating Geographical Origins of Chinese Red Wines on the Basis of Phenolic Compounds
In this work, a high-performance liquid chromatography-diode array detection (HPLC-DAD) method combined with chemometrics was developed for differentiating geographical origins of Chinese red wines. Phenolic c...
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Open AccessSystematic evaluation of IgG responses to SARS-CoV-2 spike protein-derived peptides for monitoring COVID-19 patients
Serological tests play an essential role in monitoring and combating the COVID-19 pandemic. Recombinant spike protein (S protein), especially the S1 protein, is one of the major reagents used for serological t...
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Open AccessMetabolism, morphology and transcriptome analysis of oscillatory behavior of Clostridium butyricum during long-term continuous fermentation for 1,3-propanediol production
Oscillation is a special cell behavior in microorganisms during continuous fermentation, which poses threats to the output stability for industrial productions of biofuels and biochemicals. In previous study, ...
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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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Open AccessInfluence of Human Papillomavirus E7 Oncoprotein on Maturation and Function of Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells In Vitro
The major difficulties of human papillomavirus (HPV) treatment are its persistence and recurrence. The HPV E7 oncoprotein-loaded dendritic cells have been evaluated as cellular vaccine in previous reports. Pla...
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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...