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Probiotics are used to prevent antibiotic-associated diarrhea (AAD) via the restoration of the gut microbiota. However, the precise effects of Akkermansia muciniphila (Akk), which is a promising probiotics, on AA...
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Similarities and differences of oligo/poly-saccharides’ impact on human fecal microbiota identified by in vitro fermentation
The dietary supplementation of prebiotics is considered a promising strategy for the modulation of gut microbiota. Due to the wide variety of animal models and tremendous inter-individual variability from huma...
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Optimization for allitol production from d-glucose by using immobilized glucose isomerase and recombinant E. coli expressing d-psicose-3-epimerase, ribitol dehydrogenase and formate dehydrogenase
To develop a method combining enzymatic catalysis and resting-cell biotransformation to produce allitol from low cost substrate d-glucose.
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Ammonium Removal by a Newly Isolated Heterotrophic Nitrification–Aerobic Denitrification Bacteria Pseudomonas Stutzeri SDU10 and Its Potential in Treatment of Piggery Wastewater
A strain SDU10 was isolated from swine manure compost and identified as Pseudomonas stutzeri SDU10. It demonstrated excellent capability in NH4+-N removal. Optimal conditions of NH4+-N removal were determined, wh...
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Open AccessTargeting Follistatin like 1 ameliorates liver fibrosis induced by carbon tetrachloride through TGF-β1-miR29a in mice
Hepatic fibrosis is a pathological response of the liver to a variety of chronic stimuli. Hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) are the major source of myofibroblasts in the liver. Follistatin like 1 (Fstl1) is a secr...
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Construction of Halomonas bluephagenesis capable of high cell density growth for efficient PHA production
High-cell-density cultivation is an effective way to improve the productivity of microbial fermentations and in turn reduce the cost of the final products, especially in the case of intracellular products. Halomo...