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Open AccessPorcine lung tissue slices: a culture model for PRCV infection and innate immune response investigations
Respiratory coronaviruses (RCoVs) significantly threaten human health, necessitating the development of an ex vivo respiratory culture system for investigating RCoVs infection. Here, we successfully generated ...
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Microbial chassis design and engineering for production of gamma-aminobutyric acid
Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is a non-protein amino acid which is widely applied in agriculture and pharmaceutical additive industries. GABA is synthesized from glutamate through irreversible α-decarboxylati...
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Correlational analysis of physicochemical indexes, microbial communities, and volatile components in light-flavor Daqu from north and south regions of China
Daqu is of great significance to the brewing process of Baijiu, and there are variations in the light-flavor Baijiu Daqu in different regions. However, few studies have been conducted on light-flavor Daqu from th...
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Open AccessA robust CRISPR interference gene repression system in Vibrio parahaemolyticus
Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a significant cause of seafood-associated gastroenteritis and pestilence in aquaculture worldwide. Despite extensive research, strategies for protein depletion in this pathogen remain l...
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Whole-Genome Sequence and Pathogenicity Analysis of Providencia Heimbachae Causing Diarrhea in Weaned Piglets
Providencia heimbachae was previously identified in piglets with post-weaned diarrhea and associated with hindlimb paralysis. However, the pathogenic mechanisms and virulence factors of P. heimbachae are not full...
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Enhanced Biodegradation of Methyl Orange Through Immobilization of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 by Polyvinyl Alcohol and Sodium Alginate
Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 has great potential for use in remediating azo dye pollution. Here, a new high-efficiency biodegradation method was developed utilizing S. oneidensis MR-1 immobilized by polyvinyl alco...
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Lysinibacillus capsici 38,328 isolated from agricultural soils as a promising probiotic candidate for intestinal health
There is an increasing interest in the use of spore-forming Bacillus spp. as probiotic ingredients on the market. However, probiotics Bacillus species are insufficient, and more safe Bacillus species were require...
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Adding glucose delays the conversion of ethanol and acetic acid to caproic acid in Lacrimispora celerecrescens JSJ-1
Caproic acid is an important fatty acid with diverse applications. In this study, the biomass growth and metabolites of Lacrimispora celerecrescens JSJ-1 were investigated under different carbon sources (ethanol,...
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Modifying a bacterial tyrosinase zymogen for use in protease activity assays
Current clinical laboratory assays are not sufficient for determining the activity of many specific human proteases yet. In this study, we developed a general approach that enables the determination of activit...
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Preparation and identification of monoclonal antibodies against porcine CD103
Dendritic cells (DCs) play an important role in activating, regulating, and maintaining the immune response. CD103+ DCs, one of the DC subpopulations, mainly function in the mucosal immune response. They are r...
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Development of a competitive ELISA for detecting antibodies against genotype 1 hepatitis E virus
Hepatitis E, a significant global public health issue in China, is caused by sporadic infections with regional hepatitis E virus (HEV) genotypes 1, 3, and 4. To date, most immunoassays currently used to test h...
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Open AccessConstruction and application of a CRISPR/Cas9-assisted genomic editing system for Corynebacterium glutamicum
Corynebacterium glutamicum is widely used as microbial cell factory for various bioproducts, but its genomic editing efficiency needs to be improved. In this study, a highly efficient CRISPR/Cas9-assisted genomic...
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Modulation of the immune response and metabolism in germ-free rats colonized by the probiotic Lactobacillus salivarius LI01
The gut microbiota plays an important role in multifaceted physiological functions in the host. Previous studies have assessed the probiotic effects of Lactobacillus salivarius LI01. In this study, we aimed to in...
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Open AccessDevelopment of a double monoclonal antibody–based sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detecting canine distemper virus
Canine distemper virus (CDV) infection causes mass mortality in diverse carnivore species. For effective virus surveillance, rapid and sensitive assays are needed to detect CDV in field samples. In this study,...
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Open AccessPseudomonas species isolated via high-throughput screening significantly protect cotton plants against verticillium wilt
Verticillium wilt (VW) caused by Verticillium dahliae is a devastating soil-borne disease that causes severe yield losses in cotton and other major crops worldwide. Here we conducted a high-throughput screening o...
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Lactobacillus salivarius LI01 encapsulated in alginate-pectin microgels ameliorates d-galactosamine-induced acute liver injury in rats
Acute liver failure is a clinical emergency associated with high mortality. Accumulating evidence indicates that gut microbiota participates in the progression of liver injury, and preventive therapies based o...
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Administration of Bifidobacterium bifidum CGMCC 15068 modulates gut microbiota and metabolome in azoxymethane (AOM)/dextran sulphate sodium (DSS)-induced colitis-associated colon cancer (CAC) in mice
The gut microbiota plays an important role in colorectal cancer (CRC), and the use of probiotics might be a promising intervention method. The aim of our study was to investigate the beneficial effect of Bifidoba...
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Lactobacillus helveticus R0052 alleviates liver injury by modulating gut microbiome and metabolome in d-galactosamine-treated rats
The liver is an important digestive gland, and acute liver failure results in high mortality. Probiotics are considered potential adjuvant therapies for liver disease. This study aimed to investigate the benef...
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Importance of Trp139 in the product specificity of a maltooligosaccharide-forming amylase from Bacillus stearothermophilus STB04
The maltooligosaccharide-forming amylase from Bacillus stearothermophilus STB04 (Bst-MFA) randomly cleaves the α-1,4 glycosidic linkages of starch to produce predominantly maltopentaose and maltohexaose. The thre...
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Increasing l-threonine production in Escherichia coli by overexpressing the gene cluster phaCAB
l-Threonine is an important branched-chain amino acid and could be applied in feed, drugs, and food. In this study, l-threonine production in an l-threonine-producing Escherichia coli strain TWF001 was significan...