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Microbial Genetics and Genomics
Li zhu
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Open AccessDisease-induced changes in bacterial and fungal communities from plant below- and aboveground compartments
The plant microbes are an integral part of the host and play fundamental roles in plant growth and health. There is evidence indicating that plants have the ability to attract beneficial microorganisms through...
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Open AccessImproving the production of carbamoyltobramycin by an industrial Streptoalloteichus tenebrarius through metabolic engineering
Tobramycin is an essential and extensively used broad-spectrum aminoglycoside antibiotic obtained through alkaline hydrolysis of carbamoyltobramycin, one of the fermentation products of Streptoalloteichus tenebra...
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Optimization of welan gum extraction and purification using lysozyme and alkaline protease
Welan gum, a natural polysaccharide produced by Sphingomonas sp. ATCC 31555, has attracted considerable attention in the scientific community due to its desirable properties. However, challenges, such as high vis...
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Open AccessBioinformatic analysis of structures and encoding genes of Escherichia coli surface polysaccharides sheds light on the heterologous biosynthesis of glycans
Surface polysaccharides (SPs), such as lipopolysaccharide (O antigen) and capsular polysaccharide (K antigen), play a key role in the pathogenicity of Escherichia coli (E. coli). Gene cluster for polysaccharide a...
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Open AccessA genome wide association study for the number of animals born dead in domestic pigs
The number of animals born dead, which includes the number of mummified (NM) and stillborn (NS) animals, is the most important trait to directly quantify the reproductive loss in domestic pigs. In this study, ...
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Open AccessTranscriptome-wide N 6 -methyladenosine methylome profiling of porcine muscle and adipose tissues reveals a potential mechanism for transcriptional regulation and differential methylation pattern
N 6 -methyladenosine (m6A) is the most prevalent internal form of modification in messenger RNA in higher eukaryotes a...
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Open AccessGenome-wide DNA methylation changes in skeletal muscle between young and middle-aged pigs
Age-related physiological, biochemical and functional changes in mammalian skeletal muscle have been shown to begin at the mid-point of the lifespan. However, the underlying changes in DNA methylation that occ...
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Open AccessComplete genome sequence and comparative genomic analyses of the vancomycin-producing Amycolatopsis orientalis
Amycolatopsis orientalis is the type species of the genus and its industrial strain HCCB10007, derived from ATCC 43491, has been used for large-scale production of the vital antibiotic vancomycin. However, to dat...
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Open AccessBreed, sex and anatomical location-specific gene expression profiling of the porcine skeletal muscles
Skeletal muscle is one of the most important economic traits in agricultural animals, especially in pigs. In the modern pig industry, lean type pigs have undergone strong artificial selection for muscle growth...
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Open AccessIdentification and target prediction of miRNAs specifically expressed in rat neural tissue
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a large group of RNAs that play important roles in regulating gene expression and protein translation. Several studies have indicated that some miRNAs are specifically expressed in human...
