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  1. Biotransformation has the advantages of low cost and environmental protection and is a preferred method for production of compounds. At present, most 2,5-dihydroxymethylfuran (DHMF) is synthesized by chemical ...

    Authors: Ya-nan Hou, Ya-rong Wang, Chun-hui Zheng and Kun Feng
    Citation: AMB Express 2020 10:88
  2. Present investigation determines the protective effect of Cinnamtannin A2 against chronic renal failure (CRF). 5/6 nephrectomized rat model was used to induced CRF by removing the kidneys and rats were treated...

    Authors: Na Li, Mingzhu Xu, Mei Wu and Guanjie Zhao
    Citation: AMB Express 2020 10:87

    The Correction to this article has been published in AMB Express 2023 13:15

  3. Pennisetum sinese Roxb (P. sinese) is an efficient and economic energy crop for its high productivity, and has been well studied in its application in phytoremediation and fodder production. However, little is kn...

    Authors: Yan He, Lu Lu, Chao Peng, Huilin Li, Jing Zhang, Run Li and Caiquan Zhou
    Citation: AMB Express 2020 10:86
  4. Discovery of nanopillars on the surface of the insect wings had led to the understanding of its bactericidal property. Nanopillar topography is deterrent to only those bacteria that are attached, or in close c...

    Authors: Banu Pradheepa Kamarajan and Ananthasubramanian Muthusamy
    Citation: AMB Express 2020 10:85
  5. Raman and Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy was used for investigation of structural differences of bacterial celluloses (BC), obtained by cultivation native and immobilized cells of Gluconacetobact...

    Authors: Nelli Atykyan, Victor Revin and Vitalina Shutova
    Citation: AMB Express 2020 10:84
  6. We noticed that syphilis patients seem to be more susceptible to diabetes and the lesions often involve the kidneys, but the pathogenesis is not yet completely understood. In this study, microarray analysis wa...

    Authors: Wei Li, Chunyi Luo, Xiaoping Xie, Yongjian Xiao, Feijun Zhao, Jialun Cai, Xiangping Zhou, Tiebing Zeng, Bo Fu, Yimou Wu, Xinhua Xiao and Shuangquan Liu
    Citation: AMB Express 2020 10:83
  7. Quorum sensing (QS) inhibition by metal-antibiotic complexes is a promising strategy for the management and control of multidrug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections. We investigated the anti-quorum sensin...

    Authors: Farzaneh Rafiee, Fakhri Haghi, Rahman Bikas, Azam Heidari, Mina Gholami, Anna Kozakiewicz and Habib Zeighami
    Citation: AMB Express 2020 10:82
  8. Doubts surrounding the potential adverse effects of antimicrobial preservatives have modified the demand of consumers, who increasingly insist on the production of low-level and even preservative-free cosmetic...

    Authors: Chloe Catovic, Sylvia Martin, Stéphane Desaint, Christine Borges, Hélène Lesouhaitier, Florence Roullet, Nadine Bresciani, Anne-Marie Jouault, Valérie Poulet, Joelle Luc, Valérie Joulia, Alain Jupin, Christophe Masson, Alain Crozier and Marc G. J. Feuilloley
    Citation: AMB Express 2020 10:81
  9. Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Parkinson’s disease (PD) are neurodegenerative diseases (NDD) characterized by progressive degeneration of the central nervous system, and few medications are available to halt the...

    Authors: Xin Fang, Xiaoting Zhou, Yuqing Miao, Yiwen Han, Jing Wei and Tingtao Chen
    Citation: AMB Express 2020 10:80
  10. Hops is an almost unique source of the potent phytoestrogen 8-prenylnaringenin (8-PN). As hops contain only low levels of 8-PN, synthesis may be more attractive than extraction. A strain of the Gram-positive Euba...

    Authors: Esther Moens, Selin Bolca, Tom Van de Wiele, Anita Van Landschoot, Jan L. Goeman, Sam Possemiers and Willy Verstraete
    Citation: AMB Express 2020 10:79
  11. Meyerozyma guilliermondii, a non-conventional yeast that naturally assimilates xylose, is considered as a candidate for biotechnological production of the sugar alternative xylitol. Because the genes of the xylos...

    Authors: Denise Atzmüller, Nadine Ullmann and Alexander Zwirzitz
    Citation: AMB Express 2020 10:78
  12. The maturation and development of T cells were not completed until T cells were selected in thymus. It was not until the early 1960s that j.f.a.p. discovered the importance of thymus in T cell development. Twe...

    Authors: Seria Masole Shonyela, Bo Feng, Wentao Yang, Guilian Yang and Chunfeng Wang
    Citation: AMB Express 2020 10:76
  13. Listeria monocytogenes is a Gram-positive bacterium, commonly found in food, water or sewage. This microorganism is capable of forming biofilm on different surfaces such as steel, glass, polypropylene etc. Recent...

    Authors: Katarzyna Grudlewska-Buda, Krzysztof Skowron and Eugenia Gospodarek-Komkowska
    Citation: AMB Express 2020 10:75
  14. Previously, we identified 49 undeletable chromosomal regions harboring only non-essential genes in the genome of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We proposed that there might be unknown synthetic lethal combinations of ...

    Authors: Naim Hassan, Farhana Easmin, Yu Sasano, Keisuke Ekino, Hisataka Taguchi and Satoshi Harashima
    Citation: AMB Express 2020 10:73
  15. Root-knot nematode (RKN) disease is a soil-borne disease. However, most studies on RKN have focused on the screening of agents and the cultivation of resistant varieties, and reports on the interaction of RKNs...

    Authors: Kuo Huang, Qipeng Jiang, Liehua Liu, Shuting Zhang, Chaoli Liu, Haitao Chen, Wei Ding and Yongqiang Zhang
    Citation: AMB Express 2020 10:72
  16. An exhaustive screening program was applied for scoring a promising l-asparaginase producing-isolate. The recovered isolate was identified biochemically and molecularly and its l-asparaginase productivity was opt...

    Authors: Nada A. Abdelrazek, Walid F. Elkhatib, Marwa M. Raafat and Mohammad M. Aboulwafa
    Citation: AMB Express 2020 10:71
  17. Ammonia is an essential substance for agriculture and the chemical industry. The intracellular production of ammonia in yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) by metabolic engineering is difficult because yeast strongl...

    Authors: Yukio Watanabe, Kouichi Kuroda, Yuki Tatemichi, Takeharu Nakahara, Wataru Aoki and Mitsuyoshi Ueda
    Citation: AMB Express 2020 10:70
  18. The present study aims to escalate the production of prophylactic agent zeaxanthin using a screened potential bacterial isolate. For this purpose, a freshwater bacterium capable of producing zeaxanthin was iso...

    Authors: Shristi Ram, Sushma Rani Tirkey, Madhava Anil Kumar and Sandhya Mishra
    Citation: AMB Express 2020 10:69
  19. In bacterial system, direct conversion of xylose to xylonic acid is mediated through NAD-dependent xylose dehydrogenase (xylB) and xylonolactonase (xylC) genes. Heterologous expression of these genes from Cauloba...

    Authors: M. S. Lekshmi Sundar, Aliyath Susmitha, Devi Rajan, Silvin Hannibal, Keerthi Sasikumar, Volker F. Wendisch and K. Madhavan Nampoothiri
    Citation: AMB Express 2020 10:68
  20. Directed evolution has been proven as a powerful tool for developing proteins and strains with novel or enhanced features. In this study, a dual selection system was designed to tune the binding specificity of...

    Authors: Xiaoqiang Jia, Yubing Ma, Rongrong Bu, Tingting Zhao and Kang Wu
    Citation: AMB Express 2020 10:67
  21. The biological synthesis of metal nanoparticles using plant extracts with defined size and morphology is a simple, nontoxic and environmentally friendly method. The present study focused on the synthesis of si...

    Authors: Anush Aghajanyan, Lilit Gabrielyan, Robin Schubert and Armen Trchounian
    Citation: AMB Express 2020 10:66
  22. The development of novel methods for highly efficient protein purification remains a research focus in the biotechnology field because conventional purification approaches, including affinity purification, gel...

    Authors: Xiao-Feng Zhou, Chen-Lu Zhang, Xue-Ping Gao, Wei-Long Wang, Zheng-Fen He, Feng-Ying Jiang, Yi-Lin Pang, Jiang-Hui Li, Xiao-Jun Ren, Huai-Bin Zhou, Guo-Qiang Tan, Jian-Xin Lyu and Wu Wang
    Citation: AMB Express 2020 10:65
  23. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains are distinct from general Staphylococcus strains with respect to the composition of the membrane, ability to form a thicker biofilm, and, importantly, ab...

    Authors: Hun-Suk Song, Tae-Rim Choi, Yeong-Hoon Han, Ye-Lim Park, Jun Young Park, Soo-Yeon Yang, Shashi Kant Bhatia, Ranjit Gurav, Yun-Gon Kim, Jae-Seok Kim, Hwang-Soo Joo and Yung-Hun Yang
    Citation: AMB Express 2020 10:64
  24. 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...

    Authors: Jing Chen, Yi-Fan Liu, Lei Zhou, Muhammad Irfan, Zhao-Wei Hou, Wei Li, Serge Maurice Mbadinga, Jin-Feng Liu, Shi-Zhong Yang, Xiao-Lin Wu, Ji-Dong Gu and Bo-Zhong Mu
    Citation: AMB Express 2020 10:63
  25. Soybean mosaic virus (SMV) is one of the most destructive viral diseases in soybean and causes severe reduction of soybean yield and destroys the seed quality. However, the production of SMV resistant plants b...

    Authors: Hexiang Luan, Wenlin Liao, Yingpei Song, Haopeng Niu, Ting Hu and Haijian Zhi
    Citation: AMB Express 2020 10:62
  26. Peatlands have acted as C-sinks for millennia, storing large amounts of carbon, of which a significant amount is yearly released as methane (CH4). Sphagnum mosses are a key genus in many peat ecosystems and these...

    Authors: Martine A. R. Kox, Eva van den Elzen, Leon P. M. Lamers, Mike S. M. Jetten and Maartje A. H. J. van Kessel
    Citation: AMB Express 2020 10:61
  27. In order to achieve high yield of fungal protease in a very cost effective way and to meet its increased market demand, current study deals with the screening of various agro-wastes as carbon source for the pr...

    Authors: Sangeeta Negi, Sapna Jain and Anand Raj
    Citation: AMB Express 2020 10:60
  28. Anticancer drug like Cisplatin are associated with serious problem like nephrotoxicity. The effect of Kaempferol is a plant-derived flavonoid compound. The present work evaluated the effect of Kaempferol in mo...

    Authors: Zhu Wang, Wansen Sun, Xi Sun, Ye Wang and Meilan Zhou
    Citation: AMB Express 2020 10:58
  29. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disorder that affects the joint synovium. Anserine is a functional dipeptide containing methylhistidine and β-alanine, and is present in the brain and skeletal muscle...

    Authors: Jiang Minghao Zhao, Xiang Chen, Ke Cheng, Qingming Shi and Kun Peng
    Citation: AMB Express 2020 10:57
  30. Cardiac arrhythmia is an irregular heart rhythm that can lead to serious heart conditions and various organ disorders, and may cause sudden cardiac death. Catalpol belongs to the iridoid glycoside family and i...

    Authors: Lingchao Yang, Xiangfei Feng, Yigang Li, Song Zhang and Yu Ying
    Citation: AMB Express 2020 10:56
  31. Cell suspensions of Escherichia coli and Lactobacillus acidophilus were exposed to 600-ns pulsed electric fields (nsPEFs) at varying amplitudes (Low-13.5, Mid-18.5 or High-23.5 kV cm−1) and pulse numbers (0 (sham...

    Authors: Stacey L. Martens, Savannah Klein, Ronald A. Barnes, Patricia TrejoSanchez, Caleb C. Roth and Bennett L. Ibey
    Citation: AMB Express 2020 10:55
  32. Co-delivery of two different therapeutics (miRNA-1284 and cisplatin (CDDP)) into the cancer cells in a single nanocarrier provides new dimension to the cancer treatment. In this study, we have designed the CD5...

    Authors: Li Wang and Ting-Ting Liang
    Citation: AMB Express 2020 10:54
  33. Nitrogen source has a vital role for the efficient growth of lactobacilli. The effects of cheese whey, corn steep liquor, and wheat germ extract on the growth of L. plantarum strain RPR42 in cane molasses-based m...

    Authors: Moslem Papizadeh, Mahdi Rohani, Seyed Nezamedin Hosseini, Seyed Abbas Shojaosadati, Hossein Nahrevanian, Malihe Talebi and Mohammad Reza Pourshafie
    Citation: AMB Express 2020 10:53
  34. A82846B, producing by Kibdelosporangium aridum, is an important precursor of the semi-synthetic glycopeptide antibiotic Oritavancin. K. aridum produces three components A82846A, B and C, so it is essential to inc...

    Authors: Xun Tian, He Huang and Hai-Feng Hu
    Citation: AMB Express 2020 10:52
  35. Subclinical necrotic enteritis (SNE) caused by Clostridium perfringens (CP), is an important disease in chickens, which causes huge economic losses by damaging the intestinal mucosa, decreasing digestion and abso...

    Authors: Abdul Khalique, Dong Zeng, Muhammad Shoaib, Hesong Wang, Xiaodan Qing, Danish Sharafat Rajput, Kangcheng Pan and Xueqin Ni
    Citation: AMB Express 2020 10:50
  36. The H3 subtype of avian influenza virus (AIV) is widespread in avian species and is frequently isolated in surveillance projects; thus, we have developed a more effective diagnostic approach of a monoclonal an...

    Authors: Sisi Luo, Xianwen Deng, Zhixun Xie, Jiaoling Huang, Minxiu Zhang, Meng Li, Liji Xie, Dan Li, Qing Fan, Sheng Wang, Tingting Zeng, Yanfang Zhang and Zhiqin Xie
    Citation: AMB Express 2020 10:49
  37. Root-associated aerobic methanotrophs play an important role in regulating methane emissions from the wetlands. However, the influences of the plant genotype on root-associated methanotrophic structures, espec...

    Authors: Jing Cui, Ji Zhao, Zheng Wang, Weiwei Cao, Shaohua Zhang, Jumei Liu and Zhihua Bao
    Citation: AMB Express 2020 10:48
  38. Lentinan is a Lentinus edodes secondary metabolite that can regulate human immune function, but yields are low. Here, the effects of Ca2+ and Na+ on L. edodes lentinan content were investigated. Metal ion concent...

    Authors: Bilal Adil, Quanju Xiang, Maolan He, Yuetong Wu, Muhammad Ahsan Asghar, Muhammad Arshad, Peng Qin, Yunfu Gu, Xiumei Yu, Ke Zhao, Xiaoping Zhang, Menggen Ma, Qiang Chen, Xiaoqiong Chen and Yanhong Yan
    Citation: AMB Express 2020 10:47
  39. Most point-of-care tests (POCT) use swabs for sampling and/or for applying a sample on the test. A variety of swabs differing in tip materials is commercially available. Different tip materials have different ...

    Authors: Aleksandra Anna Zasada, Katarzyna Zacharczuk, Katarzyna Woźnica, Małgorzata Główka, Robert Ziółkowski and Elżbieta Malinowska
    Citation: AMB Express 2020 10:46
  40. Two novel glycoside hydrolases were cloned from the genomic DNA of alklinphilic bacterium Cellulomonas bogoriensis 69B4T and functionally expressed in Escherichia coli. The two enzymes shared less than 73% of ide...

    Authors: Fan Li, Jiaying Dong, Xue Lv, Yanqiu Wen and Shan Chen
    Citation: AMB Express 2020 10:44
  41. Insulin has captured researchers’ attention worldwide. There is a rapid global rise in the number of diabetic patients, which increases the demand for insulin. Current methods of insulin production are expensi...

    Authors: Kamini Govender, Tricia Naicker, Johnson Lin, Sooraj Baijnath, Anil Amichund Chuturgoon, Naeem Sheik Abdul, Taskeen Docrat, Hendrik Gerhardus Kruger and Thavendran Govender
    Citation: AMB Express 2020 10:43
  42. Endocellulase is a key cellulase for cellulosic material pretreatment in the industry by hydrolyzing long cellulose chains into short chains. To investigate the endocellulase characteristics from Bacillus subtili...

    Authors: Lingling Ma, Rakhmanova Aizhan, Xin Wang, Yanglei Yi, Yuanyuan Shan, Bianfang Liu, Yuan Zhou and Xin Lü
    Citation: AMB Express 2020 10:42
  43. Due to the depletion of fossil fuel resources and concern about increasing atmospheric CO2 levels, the production of microbial oil as source for energy and chemicals is considered as a sustainable alternative. A ...

    Authors: Ruud Heshof, Bram Visscher, Eric van de Zilver, Rick van de Vondervoort, Femke van Keulen, Roy J. B. M. Delahaije and Richèle D. Wind
    Citation: AMB Express 2020 10:41
  44. In the present study, a Gram-positive bacterium was isolated from the intestine of healthy crucian carp Carassius auratus and named strain R8. It was initially identified as Enterococcus faecium according to its ...

    Authors: Qing Mao, Xueliang Sun, Jingfeng Sun, Feng Zhang, Aijun Lv, Xiucai Hu and Yongjun Guo
    Citation: AMB Express 2020 10:40
  45. In a previous study, we developed Pichia pastoris GS115m, an engineered strain with decreased expression of one key gene, LRA4, in rhamnose metabolism. P. pastoris GS115m/LacB was subsequently constructed via int...

    Authors: Jian Jiao, Shuai Wang, Hui Tian, Xinxin Xu, Yuhong Zhang, Bo Liu and Wei Zhang
    Citation: AMB Express 2020 10:37

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