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  1. The study aims at revealing the comprehensive contribution of target alteration, target protection and efflux pump to the development of high level of ciprofloxacin (CIP) resistance in Enterobacteriaceae bacteria...

    Authors: Ram Prosad Chakrabarty, Munawar Sultana, Saadlee Shehreen, Selina Akter and M. Anwar Hossain
    Citation: AMB Express 2016 6:126
  2. The metabolic state of microflora (mixed microbial cultures) in microbial fuel cells (MFCs) is currently unclear. Metabolomic analyses were conducted of microflora growing on the anodic electrodes of MFCs oper...

    Authors: Daisuke Sasaki, Kengo Sasaki, Yota Tsuge and Akihiko Kondo
    Citation: AMB Express 2016 6:125
  3. Heterologous mono-rhamnolipid production by Pseudomonas putida KT2440 pSynPro8oT_rhlAB using glucose as the single carbon source was characterized in fed-batch bioreactor cultivations. For the described experimen...

    Authors: Janina Beuker, Theresa Barth, Anke Steier, Andreas Wittgens, Frank Rosenau, Marius Henkel and Rudolf Hausmann
    Citation: AMB Express 2016 6:124
  4. The emergence of antibiotic resistance has necessitated new therapeutic approaches to combat recalcitrant bacterial infections. Persister cells, often found in biofilms, are metabolically dormant, and thus, ar...

    Authors: Jin-Hyung Lee, Yong-Guy Kim, Giyeon Gwon, Thomas K. Wood and Jintae Lee
    Citation: AMB Express 2016 6:123
  5. Antimicrobial peptide has the potential to be developed as new kind of antimicrobial agents with novel action mechanism. However, the susceptibility to protease is a drawback for potential peptides to be clini...

    Authors: Yanyan Zhao, Min Zhang, Shuai Qiu, Jiayi Wang, Jinxiu Peng, Ping Zhao, Ranran Zhu, Hailin Wang, Yuan Li, Kairong Wang, Wenjin Yan and Rui Wang
    Citation: AMB Express 2016 6:122
  6. Biosynthesis of polysaccharide hyaluoronic acid (HA) by Streptococcus zooepidemicus is a carbon-intensive process. The carbon flux and factor(s) restricting HA yield were not well understood. Here, we investigate...

    Authors: Xuzhen Zhang, Man Wang, Tuanjie Li, Lixia Fu, Wei Cao and Hao Liu
    Citation: AMB Express 2016 6:121
  7. Recombinant Escherichia coli is a desirable platform for the production of many biological compounds including poly(3-hydroxyalkanoates), a class of naturally occurring biodegradable polyesters with promising bio...

    Authors: Ryan A. Scheel, Liyuan Ji, Benjamin R. Lundgren and Christopher T. Nomura
    Citation: AMB Express 2016 6:120
  8. Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) has an N-terminal fructosyl valine on the β-chain, and this modification is caused by the non-enzymatic glycosylation of hemoglobin (Hb). The relative concentration ratio of HbA1c to total ...

    Authors: Masato Kabata, Erina Hase, Kouta Kimura, Yuka Kobayashi, Yasushi Ueno and Kazuaki Yoshimune
    Citation: AMB Express 2016 6:119
  9. Twelve white rot fungi (WRF) strains were screened on agar plates for their ability to bleach humic acid (HA). Four fungal strains were selected and tested in liquid media for removal of HA. Bioremediation was...

    Authors: M. Zahmatkesh, H. Spanjers, M. J. Toran, P. Blánquez and J. B. van Lier
    Citation: AMB Express 2016 6:118
  10. The bacterial quorum sensing signals N-acyl homoserine lactone (AHL) signals are able to regulate a diverse array of physiological activities, such as symbiosis, virulence and biofilm formation, depending on popu...

    Authors: Ge Ren, Anzhou Ma, Weifeng Liu, Xuliang Zhuang and Guoqiang Zhuang
    Citation: AMB Express 2016 6:117
  11. Phosphoketolases catalyze an energy- and redox-independent cleavage of certain sugar phosphates. Hereby, the two-carbon (C2) compound acetyl-phosphate is formed, which enzymatically can be converted into acety...

    Authors: Alexandra Bergman, Verena Siewers, Jens Nielsen and Yun Chen
    Citation: AMB Express 2016 6:115
  12. Fungal chitinase have tremendous applications in biotech industries, with this approach we focused on extracellular chitinase from Rhizopus stolonifer NCIM 880 for the formation of fungal protoplasts. The maximum...

    Authors: Kailas D. Sonawane, Narayan R. Dandagal, Akibjaved G. Naikwadi, Piyush T. Gurav, Samar V. Anapat, Naiem H. Nadaf, Deepak B. Jadhav and Shailesh R. Waghmare
    Citation: AMB Express 2016 6:114
  13. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) measures and validates the biological cleanliness of spacecraft surfaces by counting endospores using the NASA standard assay (NSA). NASA has also appro...

    Authors: James N. Benardini and Kasthuri Venkateswaran
    Citation: AMB Express 2016 6:113
  14. Ginsenosides are the principal compounds responsible for the pharmacological effects and health benefits of Panax ginseng root. Among protopanaxadiol (PPD)-type ginsenosides, minor ginsenosides such as ginsenosid...

    Authors: Jitendra Upadhyaya, Min-Sun Yoon, Min-Ji Kim, Nam-Soo Ryu, Young-Eun Song, Young-Hoi Kim and Myung-Kon Kim
    Citation: AMB Express 2016 6:112
  15. Bacterial and archaeal diversity of two alkaline Indian hot springs, Jakrem (Meghalaya) and Yumthang (Sikkim), were studied. Thirteen major bacterial phyla were identified of which Firmicutes, Chloroflexi and The...

    Authors: Amrita Kumari Panda, Satpal Singh Bisht, Surajit De Mandal and Nachimuthu Senthil Kumar
    Citation: AMB Express 2016 6:111
  16. Lysozyme is one kind of antimicrobial proteins and often used as feed additive which can defend against pathogenic bacteria and enhance immune function of animals. In this study, we have injected the lentivira...

    Authors: Hai Wang, Hongping Wu, Kejun Wang, Zhichen Cao, Kun Yu, Ling Lian and Zhengxing Lian
    Citation: AMB Express 2016 6:110
  17. Vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) is an opportunistic fungal infection predominantly caused by Candida albicans affecting a significant number of women of reproductive age. The Chinese medicine, the Baofukang suppos...

    Authors: Ting Li, Xiaoxi Niu, Xu Zhang, Suxia Wang and Zhaohui Liu
    Citation: AMB Express 2016 6:109
  18. Endo-1,4-β-d-glucanase (EG), as a key constituent of cellulase taking the responsibility of cutting β-1,4 glycosidic bonds, plays the essential role in the process of degrading cellulose by cellulase. Cloning and...

    Authors: Rong Zeng, Qiao Hu, Xiao-Yan Yin, Hao Huang, Jia-Bao Yan, Zhi-Wei Gong and Zhong-Hua Yang
    Citation: AMB Express 2016 6:108
  19. High-temperature ethanol fermentation has several benefits including a reduction in cooling cost, minimizing risk of bacterial contamination, and enabling simultaneous saccharification and fermentation. To ach...

    Authors: Yasin Kitichantaropas, Chuenchit Boonchird, Minetaka Sugiyama, Yoshinobu Kaneko, Satoshi Harashima and Choowong Auesukaree
    Citation: AMB Express 2016 6:107
  20. Alternaria sp. MG1, an endophytic fungus isolated from Vitis vinifera, can independently produce resveratrol, indicating that this species contains the key genes for resveratrol biosynthe...

    Authors: Jin-xin Che, Jun-ling Shi, Yao Lu and Yan-lin Liu
    Citation: AMB Express 2016 6:106
  21. Wine yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae D8) and non-Saccharomyces wine yeasts (Hanseniaspora uvarum S6 and Issatchenkia orientalis KMBL5774) were studied using air-blast drying instead of the conventional drying met...

    Authors: Sae-Byuk Lee, Won-Seok Choi, Hyun-Jung Jo, Soo-Hwan Yeo and Heui-Dong Park
    Citation: AMB Express 2016 6:105
  22. Biomass is abundant, renewable and useful for biofuel production as well as chemical priming for plastics and composites. Deconstruction of biomass by enzymes is perceived as recalcitrant while an inclusive br...

    Authors: Hévila Brognaro dos Santos, Thaís Milena Souza Bezerra, José G. C. Pradella, Priscila Delabona, Deise Lima, Eleni Gomes, Steve D. Hartson, Janet Rogers, Brian Couger and Rolf Prade
    Citation: AMB Express 2016 6:103
  23. Marine organism-derived secondary metabolites are promising potential sources for discovering environmentally safe antifouling agents. In present study, 55 marine secondary metabolites and their synthesized de...

    Authors: Chao-Yi Wang, Kai-Ling Wang, Pei-Yuan Qian, Ying Xu, Min Chen, Juan-Juan Zheng, Min Liu, Chang-Lun Shao and Chang-Yun Wang
    Citation: AMB Express 2016 6:102
  24. The increased threat of drug resistance has challenged the existence of several conventional and non-conventional antibiotics in the recent times. Daptomycin is a novel cyclic-lipopeptide antibiotic produced by S...

    Authors: Ipsita Chakravarty and Subir Kundu
    Citation: AMB Express 2016 6:101
  25. Antibiotics have been widely used for the prevention and the treatment of diseases to humans and animals, and they have fed additives for agricultural animals to promote growth. However, there is a growing con...

    Authors: Fuqin Zou, Dong Zeng, Bin Wen, Hao Sun, Yi Zhou, Mingyue Yang, Zhirong Peng, Shuai Xu, Hesong Wang, Xiangchao Fu, Dan Du, Yan Zeng, Hui Zhu, Kangcheng Pan, Bo Jing, Ping Wang…
    Citation: AMB Express 2016 6:100
  26. Ecotoxicological implications of mercury (Hg) pollution of hydrosphere require effective Hg-removal strategies as antidote to the environmental problems. Mercury-tolerant yeasts, Yarrowia spp. Idd1 and Idd2 strai...

    Authors: Ganiyu Oladunjoye Oyetibo, Keisuke Miyauchi, Hitoshi Suzuki and Ginro Endo
    Citation: AMB Express 2016 6:99
  27. The composition of mammalian intestinal microflora is related to many environmental and geographical factors, and it plays an important role in many aspects such as growth and development. Sequencing data of t...

    Authors: Yu Guan, Honghai Zhang, Xiaodong Gao, Shuai Shang, Xiaoyang Wu, Jun Chen, Wei Zhang, Weihua Zhang, Mingsheng Jiang, Baohong Zhang and Peng Chen
    Citation: AMB Express 2016 6:98
  28. Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-4-hydroxybutyrate) [P(3HB-co-4HB)] is one of the polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) copolymers which can be degraded by lipases. In this study, the depolymerizing activity of different known com...

    Authors: Pei-Shze Mok, Diana Hooi-Ean Ch’ng, Soo-Peng Ong, Keiji Numata and Kumar Sudesh
    Citation: AMB Express 2016 6:97
  29. A solubility diagram was employed to understand growth promotion of Arthrospira (Spirulina) platensis by steelmaking slag (SMS). The growth promotion effect of 112 % of freshwater microalga A. platensis was obtai...

    Authors: Reijiro Nogami, Haruo Nishida, Dang Diem Hong and Minato Wakisaka
    Citation: AMB Express 2016 6:96
  30. Trace metals are required in many cellular processes in bacteria but also induce toxic effects to cells when present in excess. As such, various forms of adaptive responses towards extracellular trace metal io...

    Authors: Teik Min Chong, Wai-Fong Yin, Jian-Woon Chen, Samuel Mondy, Catherine Grandclément, Denis Faure, Yves Dessaux and Kok-Gan Chan
    Citation: AMB Express 2016 6:95
  31. Pyruvate plays an essential role in the central carbon metabolism of multiple organisms and is used as a raw material in the chemical, biochemical and pharmaceutical industries. To meet demand, large amounts o...

    Authors: Hironaga Akita, Nobutaka Nakashima and Tamotsu Hoshino
    Citation: AMB Express 2016 6:94
  32. This research was conducted to extend the knowledge on the differential regulation of laccase genes in response to dyes. In order to accomplish this, we analyzed both, the expression of five laccase genes by r...

    Authors: Verónica Garrido-Bazán, Maura Téllez-Téllez, Alfredo Herrera-Estrella, Gerardo Díaz-Godínez, Soley Nava-Galicia, Miguel Ángel Villalobos-López, Analilia Arroyo-Becerra and Martha Bibbins-Martínez
    Citation: AMB Express 2016 6:93
  33. The cell free extracts of Candida parapsilosis ATCC 7330 are more efficient than the whole resting cells of the yeast in the synthesis of directly usable gold nanoparticles as revealed by this systematic study. C...

    Authors: Saravanan Krishnan, Shoba Narayan and Anju Chadha
    Citation: AMB Express 2016 6:92
  34. Invasive aspergillosis (IA) is a life-threatening infection in immunocompromised patients, rapid and sensitive detection of Aspergillus from clinical samples has been a major challenge in the early diagnosis of I...

    Authors: Li Du, Yun Xia, Yunyan He, Qingquan Pu, Ruoyi Hua and Wenyao Wu
    Citation: AMB Express 2016 6:91
  35. A novel analytical system was developed to rapidly and accurately quantify total volatile organic compound (VOC) production from microbial reactor systems using a platinum catalyst and a sensitive CO2 detector. T...

    Authors: Heidi R. Schoen, Brent M. Peyton and W. Berk Knighton
    Citation: AMB Express 2016 6:90
  36. Mushroom cultivation is reported as an economically viable bio-technology process for conversion of various lignocellulosic wastes. Given the lack of technology know-how on the cultivation of mushroom, this st...

    Authors: Zenebe Girmay, Weldesemayat Gorems, Getachew Birhanu and Solomon Zewdie
    Citation: AMB Express 2016 6:87
  37. Among industrial fiber crops, jute is ranked second to cotton in terms of yield and planting area worldwide. The traditional water retting and chemical semi-degumming methods restrict the development of the ju...

    Authors: Shengwen Duan, Xiangyuan Feng, Lifeng Cheng, Yuande Peng, Ke Zheng and Zhengchu Liu
    Citation: AMB Express 2016 6:86
  38. Disruption of Pseudomonas putida KT2440 by high-pressure homogenization in a French press is discussed for the release of arginine deiminase (ADI). The enzyme release response of the disruption process was modell...

    Authors: Mahesh D. Patil, Gopal Patel, Balaji Surywanshi, Naeem Shaikh, Prabha Garg, Yusuf Chisti and Uttam Chand Banerjee
    Citation: AMB Express 2016 6:84
  39. This article reviews the varied sources of oligosaccharides available in nature as silent health promoting, integral ingredients of plants as well as animal products like honey and milk. The article focuses on...

    Authors: Seema A. Belorkar and A. K. Gupta
    Citation: AMB Express 2016 6:82
  40. The inactivation mechanism of photocatalytic disinfectants on bacteria is well known. In contrast, the potential inactivation of fungal spores by visible-light induced photocatalysis has been recognized, but t...

    Authors: Yilin Du, Houfeng Xiong, Shuangshi Dong, Jun Zhang, Dongmei Ma and Dandan Zhou
    Citation: AMB Express 2016 6:81
  41. To clarify the relative importance of pH and substrate starch level in fermentation characteristics and regulatory mechanism of Streptococcus bovis S1 in rumen acidosis, an in vitro fermentation of three levels o...

    Authors: Lianmin Chen, Shimin Liu, Hongrong Wang, Mengzhi Wang and Lihuai Yu
    Citation: AMB Express 2016 6:80
  42. A two-step ultrafiltration and liquid chromatography-electronic spray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry (LC–ESI–MS/MS) were applied to investigate the nature of lipopeptides in the methanol extract harvested...

    Authors: Yunxiao Ma, Qing Kong, Chong Qin, Yulin Chen, Yujie Chen, Ruihuan Lv and Guanghui Zhou
    Citation: AMB Express 2016 6:79
  43. Oleaginous microorganisms can produce high amounts of oil (>20 % of their biomass) under suitable cultivation conditions. In this research work 200 samples were collected from soil, plant surfaces (leaves, flo...

    Authors: Tamene Milkessa Jiru, Dawit Abate, Nicholas Kiggundu, Carolina Pohl and Marizeth Groenewald
    Citation: AMB Express 2016 6:78
  44. The lytic phage ST79 of Burkholderia pseudomallei can lyse a broad range of its host including antibiotic resistant isolates from within using a set of proteins, holin, lysB, lysC and endolysin, a peptidoglycan (...

    Authors: Nittaya Khakhum, Umaporn Yordpratum, Atcha Boonmee, Unchalee Tattawasart, Jorge L. M. Rodrigues and Rasana W. Sermswan
    Citation: AMB Express 2016 6:77

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