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  1. Here, we report and discuss the applicability of Variovorax paradoxus strain BFB1_13 in the bioremediation of BTEX contaminated sites. Strain BFB1_13 was capable of degrading all the six BTEX-compounds under both...

    Authors: Tibor Benedek, Flóra Szentgyörgyi, Veronika Gergócs, Ofir Menashe, Perla Abigail Figueroa Gonzalez, Alexander J. Probst, Balázs Kriszt and András Táncsics
    Citation: AMB Express 2021 11:126
  2. The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of replacing antibiotics with Kudzu-leaf flavonoids (KLF) on the growth performances, gut epithelial development, and gastrointestinal bacteria divers...

    Authors: Fuguang Xue, Gen Wan, Yunsen Xiao, Chuanbin Chen, Mingren Qu and Lanjiao Xu
    Citation: AMB Express 2021 11:125
  3. p-Nitrophenol (PNP) is an important environmental pollutant and can causes significant environmental and health risks. Compared with the traditional methods, biodegradation is a useful one to completely remove .....

    Authors: Jing Xu, Bo Wang, Wen-hui Zhang, Fu-Jian Zhang, Yong-dong Deng, Yu Wang, Jian-Jie Gao, Yong-Sheng Tian, Ri-He Peng and Quan-Hong Yao
    Citation: AMB Express 2021 11:124
  4. Given its biocompatibility, rheological, and physiological properties, hyaluronic acid (HA) has become a biomaterial of increasing interest with multiple applications in medicine and cosmetics. In recent decad...

    Authors: Miguel Flores-Gatica, Héctor Castañeda-Aponte, Mónica Rebeca Gil-Garzon, Liliana Monserrath Mora-Galvez, Martin Paul Banda-Magaña, Jesús Antonio Jáuregui-Jáuregui, Mario A. Torres-Acosta, Karla Mayolo-Deloisa and Cuauhtemoc Licona-Cassani
    Citation: AMB Express 2021 11:123
  5. Klebsiella pneumoniae is a multidrug-resistant (MDR) opportunistic pathogen that causes nosocomial infections. Virulence analysis and molecular typing as powerful approaches can provide relevant information on K....

    Authors: Amir Mirzaie and Reza Ranjbar
    Citation: AMB Express 2021 11:122
  6. Sulforaphane (SFN), an active compound in cruciferous vegetables, has been characterized by its antiproliferative capacity. We investigated the role and molecular mechanism through which SFN regulates prolifer...

    Authors: Fanping Wang, Yanwei Sun, Xiaoyu Huang, Caijuan Qiao, Wenrui Zhang, Peijun Liu and Mingyong Wang
    Citation: AMB Express 2021 11:121
  7. Azasugars are monosaccharide analogs in which the ring oxygen is replaced with a nitrogen atom. These well-known glycosidase inhibitors are of interest as therapeutics, yet several aspects of azasugars remain ...

    Authors: Hailey E. Beal and Nicole A. Horenstein
    Citation: AMB Express 2021 11:120
  8. In this study, we used genotyping by sequencing (GBS) to examine the genetic diversity of 22 strains of Lingzhi and the quality differences in 15 fruit bodies of Lingzhi from different Chinese regions. The phy...

    Authors: Yuan-chao Liu, Xiao-cui Tang, Hui-ping Hu, Di-ling Chen, Yi-zhen Xie, Xiao-wei Liang, Xiang-min Li, Chun Xiao, Long-hua Huang and Qing-ping Wu
    Citation: AMB Express 2021 11:119
  9. (R)-1-[3-(Trifluoromethyl)phenyl]ethanol ((R)-MTF-PEL) is an important chiral building block for the synthesis of a neuroprotective compound, (R)-3-(1-(3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)ethoxy)azetidine-1-carboxamide. In...

    Authors: Wenjin Zhuang, Hanyu Liu, Ying Zhang, Junyao He and Pu Wang
    Citation: AMB Express 2021 11:118
  10. 1,2-propanediol (1,2-PDO) is a versatile chemical used in multiple manufacturing processes. To date, some engineered and non-engineered microbes, such as Escherichia coli, Lactobacillus buchneri, and Clostridium ...

    Authors: Rintaro Sato, Motoyuki Ikeda, Tomonari Tanaka, Hitomi Ohara and Yuji Aso
    Citation: AMB Express 2021 11:117
  11. Antibiotics are lifesaving therapeutic drugs that have been used by human for decades. They are used both in the fight against bacterial pathogens for both human and for animal feeding. However, of recent, the...

    Authors: Lulu Yang, Ousman Bajinka, Pa Omar Jarju, Yurong Tan, Aji Mary Taal and Guven Ozdemir
    Citation: AMB Express 2021 11:116
  12. African classical swine fever virus (ASFV) has spread seriously around the world and has dealt with a heavy blow to the pig breeding industry due to the lack of vaccines. In this study, we produced recombinant La...

    Authors: Xiao-Lei Chen, Jun-Hong Wang, Wei Zhao, Chun-Wei Shi, Kai-Dian Yang, Tian-Ming Niu, Gui-Lian Yang, Xin Cao, Yan-Long Jiang, Jian-Zhong Wang, Hai-Bin Huang, Yan Zeng, Nan Wang, Wen-Tao Yang and Chun-Feng Wang
    Citation: AMB Express 2021 11:114
  13. As a pore-forming toxin, activation, oligomerization and pore-formation were both required for the mode of action of Cry toxins. Previous results revealed that the helices α4–α5 of Domain I were involved in th...

    Authors: Zhi-Zhen Pan, Lian Xu, Bo Liu, Qing-Xi Chen and Yu-Jing Zhu
    Citation: AMB Express 2021 11:112
  14. Gordonia sp. are members of the actinomycete family, their contribution to the environment improvement and environmental protection by their biological degradation ability, but there are few studies on the antimi...

    Authors: Yan Ma, Minhua Xu, Hancong Liu, Tiantian Yu, Ping Guo, Wenbin Liu and Xiaobao Jin
    Citation: AMB Express 2021 11:111
  15. Due to wide range of secondary metabolites, lichens were used from antiquity as sources of colorants, perfumes and medicaments. This research focuses on exploring the antioxidant, antimicrobial and cytotoxic a...

    Authors: Razmik Sargsyan, Arsen Gasparyan, Gohar Tadevosyan and Hovik Panosyan
    Citation: AMB Express 2021 11:110
  16. Failure in the treatment of P. aeruginosa, due to its broad spectrum of resistance, has been associated with increased patient mortality. One alternative approach for infection control is quorum quenching which w...

    Authors: Masarra M. Sakr, Walid F. Elkhatib, Khaled M. Aboshanab, Eman M. Mantawy, Mahmoud A. Yassien and Nadia A. Hassouna
    Citation: AMB Express 2021 11:109
  17. Ellagic acid glucoside was synthesized via transglucosylation using sucrose and glucansucrase derived from Leuconostoc mesenteroides B-512 FMCM. After such enzymatic synthesis, the product was purified by 50% eth...

    Authors: Hyejin Yu, Hana Jeong, Kwang-Yeol Yang, Jeong-Yong Cho, In Ki Hong and Seung-Hee Nam
    Citation: AMB Express 2021 11:108
  18. Sows undergo physiological stress during gestation and lactation, potentially leading to enteric dysbiosis and reduced reproductive potential. Phytogenic additives (PFs) may improve performance via their antio...

    Authors: Tanya L. Nowland, Dragana Stanley, Roy N. Kirkwood, Valeria A. Torok, Yadav S. Bajagai, Neil J. Gannon and Kate J. Plush
    Citation: AMB Express 2021 11:107
  19. The association between intestinal flora and ulcerative colitis (UC) was studied in order to provide a basis and method for clinical treatment. Fresh fecal samples were collected from 30 active UC patients and...

    Authors: Yin-hua Tang, Hong-cheng Liu, Guang Song, Tian-tian Wu, Ying Zhao and Li-jun Shi
    Citation: AMB Express 2021 11:106
  20. Nuts of the sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa) are a widely appreciated traditional food in Europe. In recent years producers and consumers reported a drop of nut quality due to the presence of rot diseases caused ...

    Authors: Anna Maria Vettraino, Nicola Luchi, Domenico Rizzo, Alessia Lucia Pepori, Francesco Pecori and Alberto Santini
    Citation: AMB Express 2021 11:105
  21. At present, antibiotic resistance is one of the most pressing issues in healthcare globally. The development of new medicine for clinical applications is significantly less than the emergence of multiple drug-...

    Authors: Noor Akbar, Zara Aslam, Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui, Muhammad Raza Shah and Naveed Ahmed Khan
    Citation: AMB Express 2021 11:104
  22. Concentrations of heavy metals continue to increase in soil environments as a result of both anthropogenic activities and natural processes. Cadmium (Cd) is one of the most toxic heavy metals and poses health ...

    Authors: Yunyan Du, Dawei Zhang, Dinggang Zhou, Lili Liu, Jinfeng Wu, Hongsong Chen, Decai Jin and Mingli Yan
    Citation: AMB Express 2021 11:103
  23. Streptococcus mutans is the primary etiological agent associated with cariogenic process. The present study aimed to investigate the antibacterial and anti-virulence activities of theaflavins (TFs) to Streptococc...

    Authors: Junhao Kong, Kai Xia, Xiaoqin Su, Xuan Zheng, Chunhua Diao, Xiufang Yang, Xiaobo Zuo, Jun Xu and Xinle Liang
    Citation: AMB Express 2021 11:102
  24. Biological aerated filters (BAFs) have high filtration efficiency due to their tolerance of hydraulic and organic shocks are suitable for the treatment of complex and sanitary wastewater. In this study, for th...

    Authors: Mohammad Malakootian, Ali Toolabi and Saeed Hosseini
    Citation: AMB Express 2021 11:100
  25. In this study, a specific and simple method based on the dual priming oligonucleotide (DPO) system was developed to simultaneously detect transmissible gastroenteritis virus (TGEV), porcine epidemic diarrhea v...

    Authors: Guangbin Si, Jiawei Niu, Xia Zhou, Yongsheng Xie, Zhifei Chen, Gen Li, Ruiai Chen and Dongsheng He
    Citation: AMB Express 2021 11:99
  26. The experiment was conducted to compare the growth performance, rumen fermentation, nutrient digestibility, and ruminal and fecal bacterial community between yaks and cattle-yaks. Ten male yaks (36-month-old) ...

    Authors: Qindan Dai, Jian Ma, Guang Cao, Rui Hu, Yixiao Zhu, Guangyang Li, Huawei Zou, Zhisheng Wang, Quanhui Peng, Bai Xue and Lizhi Wang
    Citation: AMB Express 2021 11:98
  27. Sugarcane molasses are considered a potential source for bioethanol’s commercial production because of its availability and low market price. It contains high concentrations of fermentable sugars that can be d...

    Authors: Song Wang, Ran Tian, Buwei Liu, Hongcai Wang, Jun Liu, Chenghui Li, Mingyue Li, Smith Etareri Evivie and Bailiang Li
    Citation: AMB Express 2021 11:95
  28. Carbohydrate-Active enZYme (CAZY) GH89 family enzymes catalyze the cleavage of terminal α-N-acetylglucosamine from glycans and glycoconjugates. Although structurally and mechanistically similar to the human lysos...

    Authors: Xiaohong Yang, Xiaoxiao Yang, Hai Yu, Lan Na, Tamashree Ghosh, John B. McArthur, Tsui-Fen Chou, Patricia Dickson and Xi Chen
    Citation: AMB Express 2021 11:94
  29. The short-faced moles (Scaptochirus moschata) are unique Chinese mammal that live in burrows for life. They have complex ecological adaptation mechanisms to adapt to perennial underground life. Intestinal microbe...

    Authors: Lei Chen, Di Xu, Jing Zhu, Shen Wang, Mi Liu, Mengyao Sun, Geyang Wang, Lingyu Song, Xiaoyu Liu and Tianyu Xie
    Citation: AMB Express 2021 11:93

    The Correction to this article has been published in AMB Express 2022 12:26

  30. Regarding whole cottonseed (WCS), cottonseed meal (CSM), and cottonseed hull (CSH), in situ rumen incubation was applied to determine their nutrient and gossypol degradation characteristics and bacterial colon...

    Authors: Wei-Kang Wang, Yan-Lu Wang, Wen-Juan Li, Qi-Chao Wu, Kai-Lun Yang, Sheng-Li Li and Hong-Jian Yang
    Citation: AMB Express 2021 11:91
  31. Screening of gene-specific amplicons from metagenomes (S-GAM) is an efficient technique for the isolation of homologous genes from metagenomes. Using the S-GAM approach, we targeted multi-copper oxidase (MCO) ...

    Authors: Nobuya Itoh, Yuya Hayashi, Serina Honda, Yuna Yamamoto, Daichi Tanaka and Hiroshi Toda
    Citation: AMB Express 2021 11:90
  32. The pollution of terrestrial and aquatic environments by petroleum contaminants, especially diesel fuel, is a persistent environmental threat requiring cost-effective and environmentally sensitive remediation ...

    Authors: Michael O. Eze, Grant C. Hose, Simon C. George and Rolf Daniel
    Citation: AMB Express 2021 11:89
  33. The mammalian gut microbiome participates in almost all life processes in the host. In addition to diet, the breed is the main factor affecting changes in the swine gut microbiota. The composition of the gut m...

    Authors: Mingying Shao, Zhixin Wang, Yingzhi He, Zhen Tan and Jibin Zhang
    Citation: AMB Express 2021 11:88
  34. Fusarium wilt is a devastating disease which impacts watermelon production. Soil fumigation using dazomet followed by biological organic fertilizer was applied to suppress the Fusarium wilt disease. We propose th...

    Authors: Xu Zhang, Chao Xue, Dan Fang, Xiaohui He, Mengyu Wei, Chenjin Zhuo, Junyao Jin, Biao Shen, Rong Li, Ning Ling and Qirong Shen
    Citation: AMB Express 2021 11:87
  35. Brisket disease (BD) is common among Holstein heifers in high-altitude environments, and this disease may result in serious economic loss. At present, no effective treatment is available for brisket disease. I...

    Authors: Kun Yao, Shuxiang Wang, Naren Gaowa, Shuai Huang, Shengli Li and Wei Shao
    Citation: AMB Express 2021 11:86
  36. Considering the prevalence of resistance to antibiotics, the discovery of effective agents against resistant pathogens is of extreme urgency. Herein, 26 mecA-positive methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) isolat...

    Authors: Moj Khaleghi and Sadegh Khorrami
    Citation: AMB Express 2021 11:85
  37. The oral infections were mainly caused by Streptococci and Staphylococcus aureus. Antibiotic therapies can eliminate these harmful bacteria. However, it can break beneficial microbes and lead to the persistence o...

    Authors: Guochao Jia, Xiaofeng Liu, Aimin Zhi, Jingjing Li, Yuanfeng Wu and Yao Zhang
    Citation: AMB Express 2021 11:84
  38. Dunaliella salina (D. salina) has been exploited as a novel expression system for the field of genetic engineering. However, owing to the low or inconsistent expression of target proteins, it has been greatly res...

    Authors: Lina Hu, Shuying Feng, Gaofeng Liang, Jingxia Du, Aifang Li and Chunling Niu
    Citation: AMB Express 2021 11:83
  39. The current study was aimed at investigating the prevalence of the mutations upstream of the oprD coding region and its promoters among imipenem-resistant and sensitive Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from educat...

    Authors: Masoumeh Kiani, Akram Astani, Gilda Eslami, Mansoor Khaledi, Hamed Afkhami, Soodabeh Rostami, Mohadeseh Zarei, Nahid Rezaei Khozani and Hengameh Zandi
    Citation: AMB Express 2021 11:82
  40. An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

    Authors: Tianshu Lyu, Guangshuai Liu, Huanxin Zhang, Lidong Wang, Shengyang Zhou, Huashan Dou, Bo Pang, Weilai Sha and Honghai Zhang
    Citation: AMB Express 2021 11:81

    The original article was published in AMB Express 2018 8:123

  41. Degradation is the bottleneck in the utilization of crop straw. In this paper, we screened the microbial consortia degrading corn stover from straw degrading consortia MC1 (M), sheep feces (Y), and mixtures (Q...

    Authors: Jingjing Wang, Dan Zhu, Siqi Zhao, Song Xu, Rong Yang, Wei Zhao, Xiaoxia Zhang and Zhiyong Huang
    Citation: AMB Express 2021 11:80
  42. Application of a novel bioorganic fertilizer (BIO) has been effectively used to inhibit weeds in rice paddies. To identify changes in soil bacterial community and enzymes in response to BIO treatments, field e...

    Authors: Zuren Li, Jincai Han, Haodong Bai, Di Peng, Lifeng Wang and Lianyang Bai
    Citation: AMB Express 2021 11:79
  43. Isolating relevant microorganisms is still a substantial challenge that limits the use of bacteria in the maintenance of human health. To confirm which media and which bacterial colony densities can enrich cer...

    Authors: Yanrong Gu, Dong Yan, Minna Wu, Min Li, Puze Li, Jingjing Wang, Yahan Chang, Fan Yang, Shaojun Di, Shijun Ni, Mengjie Yang and Jieyu Liu
    Citation: AMB Express 2021 11:78
  44. This study aimed to investigate the effects of cofD gene knock-out on the synthesis of coenzyme F420 and production of methane in Methanobrevibacter ruminantium (M. ruminantium). The experiment successfully const...

    Authors: Jian Ma, Xueying Wang, Ting Zhou, Rui Hu, Huawei Zou, Zhisheng Wang, Cui Tan, Xiangfei Zhang, Quanhui Peng, Bai Xue and Lizhi Wang
    Citation: AMB Express 2021 11:77

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