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  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. 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
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. 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
  24. 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
  25. 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
  26. 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
  27. Methylotrophic yeasts such as Komagataella phaffii (syn. Pichia pastoris, Pp), Hansenula polymorpha (Hp), Candida boidinii (Cb) and Pichia methanolica (Pm) are widely used protein production platforms. Typically,...

    Authors: Thomas Vogl, Jasmin Elgin Fischer, Patrick Hyden, Richard Wasmayer, Lukas Sturmberger and Anton Glieder
    Citation: AMB Express 2020 10:38
  28. 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
  29. Extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) produced by the microorganisms provides protection and stability to them when they are encased within biofilms. Heterogeneous polysaccharides form a major constituent of...

    Authors: Arashdeep Kaur, Valbha Rishi, Sanjeev Kumar Soni and Praveen Rishi
    Citation: AMB Express 2020 10:36
  30. Yarrowia lipolytica is an oleaginous yeast species with the ability to grow on a number of substrates types, especially industrial wastes. This paper concerns the statistical optimization of fermentation paramete...

    Authors: Monika Elżbieta Jach, Tomasz Baj, Marek Juda, Robert Świder, Barbara Mickowska and Anna Malm
    Citation: AMB Express 2020 10:35
  31. Commercially available preparations of methionyl-human BMP-2 and CHO-derived hBMP-2, which belongs to the transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) superfamily, were used for a complete characterization. This prote...

    Authors: Miriam Fussae Suzuki, João Ezequiel Oliveira, Renata Damiani, Eliana Rosa Lima, Kleicy Cavalcante Amaral, Anderson Maikon de Souza Santos, Geraldo Santana Magalhães, Leonardo Perez Faverani, Luis Antonio Violin Dias Pereira, Fabiana Medeiros Silva and Paolo Bartolini
    Citation: AMB Express 2020 10:34
  32. Burkholderia pyrrocinia JK-SH007 is an important biocontrol strain for the prevention and treatment of poplar canker disease. Its powerful biocontrol function is inseparable from its successful colonization of po...

    Authors: Huanhuan Fu, Feifei Chen, Wanhui Liu, Weiliang Kong, Chaoen Wang, Xueqi Fang and Jianren Ye
    Citation: AMB Express 2020 10:32
  33. Staphylococcus epidermidis is a Gram-positive saprophytic bacterium found in the microaerobic/anaerobic layers of the skin that becomes a health hazard when it is carried across the skin through punctures or woun...

    Authors: Ulrik Pedroza-Dávila, Cristina Uribe-Alvarez, Lilia Morales-García, Emilio Espinoza-Simón, Ofelia Méndez-Romero, Adriana Muhlia-Almazán, Natalia Chiquete-Félix and Salvador Uribe-Carvajal
    Citation: AMB Express 2020 10:31
  34. The aim of this study was to evaluate the chitin degradation potential and whole-genome sequence of Streptomyces diastaticus strain CS1801, which had been screened out in our previous work. The results of ferment...

    Authors: Tiantian Xu, Manting Qi, Haiying Liu, Dan Cao, Chenlei Xu, Limei Wang and Bin Qi
    Citation: AMB Express 2020 10:29
  35. Mechanocatalysis is a promising method for depolymerization of lignocellulosic biomass. Microbial utilization of the resulting oligosaccharides is one potential route of adding value to the depolymerized bioma...

    Authors: Tao Jin, Mats Käldström, Adriana Benavides, Marcelo D. Kaufman Rechulski and Laura R. Jarboe
    Citation: AMB Express 2020 10:28
  36. In our previous study, a novel genome engineering technology, PCR-mediated chromosome duplication (PCDup), was developed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae that enabled the duplication of any desired chromosomal region,...

    Authors: Naim Hassan, Yu Sasano, Shunta Kimura, Farhana Easmin, Keisuke Ekino, Hisataka Taguchi and Satoshi Harashima
    Citation: AMB Express 2020 10:27
  37. Monascus can produce many beneficial metabolites; however, it can simultaneously also produce citrinin, which seriously limits its application. Therefore, reducing the production of citrinin is of great interest....

    Authors: Yanling Wang, Heng Gao, Jianhua Xie, Xiujiang Li and Zhibing Huang
    Citation: AMB Express 2020 10:26
  38. To obtained fungal resources with excellent tolerance and accumulation capacity to rare earth yttrium ions (Y3+), rare earth ore samples were collected and used for microbial screening. A fungus hyper-resistant t...

    Authors: Weiying Wang, Chenglong Xu, Yiqiao Jin, Zhibin Zhang, Riming Yan and Du Zhu
    Citation: AMB Express 2020 10:25
  39. Acanthamoeba spp. are the causative agent of Acanthamoeba keratitis and granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE). The current options to treat Acanthamoeba infections have limited success. Silver nanoparticles sh...

    Authors: Areeba Anwar, Elaine Lim Siew Ting, Ayaz Anwar, Noor ul Ain, Shaheen Faizi, Muhammad Raza Shah, Naveed Ahmed Khan and Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui
    Citation: AMB Express 2020 10:24
  40. In the present study, a methanogenic alkane-degrading (a mixture of C9 to C12n-alkanes) culture enriched from production water of a low-temperature oil reservoir was established and assessed. Significant methane ...

    Authors: Jia-Heng Ji, Lei Zhou, Serge Maurice Mbadinga, Muhammad Irfan, Yi-Fan Liu, Pan Pan, Zhen-Zhen Qi, Jing Chen, Jin-Feng Liu, Shi-Zhong Yang, Ji-Dong Gu and Bo-Zhong Mu
    Citation: AMB Express 2020 10:23
  41. This experiment was conducted to evaluate the impact of yeast and lactic acid bacteria (LAB) on mastitis and milk microbiota composition of dairy cows. Thirty lactating Holstein cows with similar parity, days ...

    Authors: Jing Gao, Yu-Chen Liu, Yu Wang, Han Li, Xiang-Ming Wang, Yan Wu, Ding-Ran Zhang, Si Gao and Zhi-li Qi
    Citation: AMB Express 2020 10:22
  42. Myrrh is the resinous exudate obtained by the incision in Commiphora molmol trees (Family Burseraceae). The bactericidal activity of its hexane extract was compared to its essential oil (MEO) using viable count t...

    Authors: Noha Khalil, Sahar Fikry and Osama Salama
    Citation: AMB Express 2020 10:21
  43. The silkworm (Bombyx mori) and its pupae have been used for decades as nutritional additives and applied on the production of high-quality recombinant proteins via the baculovirus expression vector (BEV) system. ...

    Authors: Chia-Yu Chang, Wei-Ting Hsu, Pei-Shiue Tsai, Chi-Min Chen, Ivan-Chen Cheng, Yu-Chan Chao and Hui-Wen Chang
    Citation: AMB Express 2020 10:20
  44. Laccase is a versatile multicopper oxidase that holds great promise for many biotechnological applications. For such applications, it is essential to explore good biocatalytic systems for high activity and rec...

    Authors: Jie Zhang, Fukun Li, Ruiqi Wang, Xuemei Tan and Peter-Leon Hagedoorn
    Citation: AMB Express 2020 10:19
  45. Although membrane fouling is a major issue when operating membrane bioreactors (MBRs), information regarding MBR performance and the sludge microbiome after the development of fouling remains limited. For the ...

    Authors: Yuya Sato, Yan-Jie Zhao, Tomoyuki Hori, Tomo Aoyagi, Tomohiro Inaba, Hidenobu Aizawa, Atsushi Ogata and Hiroshi Habe
    Citation: AMB Express 2020 10:18

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AMBE Call for Editor-in-Chief

Springer Nature announces an opportunity for an exceptional candidate to serve as Editor-in-Chief for the journal AMB Express (AMBE).

AMBE is a high-quality Open Access journal that brings together research in the area of Applied and Industrial Microbiology with a particular interest in 'White Biotechnology' and 'Red Biotechnology'. The emphasis is on processes employing microorganisms, eukaryotic cell cultures or enzymes for the biosynthesis, transformation and degradation of compounds. This includes fine and bulk chemicals, polymeric compounds and enzymes or other proteins. Downstream processes are also considered. Integrated processes combining biochemical and chemical processes are also published.
Reports on the use of new procedures or tools in a clinical setting are only considered for publication if microorganisms, viruses, enzymes or other proteins from microorganisms or metabolites of microorganisms are involved as crucial and central part of the new procedure or tool.

The journal Impact Factor (2022) is 3.7, and it received over a million article downloads in 2023.

The current Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Alexander Steinbüchel, will conclude his term of office in December 2024, and we are looking to recruit a successor who would start working in early autumn 2024 with a gradual handover of duties from the current editor and become fully installed as of January 2025.
The appointment will be for a three-year term and includes an annual editorial stipend. The position is open to highly regarded experts in applied microbiology with international recognition and proven scientific leadership in a renowned academic or research institution. 

Candidates should have a PhD or equivalent degree and be able to demonstrate a strong research and publication record. Prior experience in peer-review activities and other editorial functions is highly desirable. We are searching for a motivated and enthusiastic scientist with a vision of growing and developing the journal to serve the scientific community even better.

Responsibilities include working alongside the Associate Editors to manage the peer review of manuscripts under consideration by the journal, closely collaborating with the publisher to select Editors and the Editorial Board, and commissioning submissions in areas of interest and scope. The Editor-in-Chief will work routinely with Springer Nature on journal development with the goal of furthering the journal’s impact and reach.


Responsibilities of the Editor-in-Chief include:
●    Working in consultation with the Journal Editors or other Editors that may be appointed, the Editor-in-Chief will exercise control of the editorial development and editorial content of the journal and oversees the application of high editorial standards to all published contributions. 

●    Supplying the Publisher with refereed and accepted manuscripts and other editorial material, prepared in accordance with the guidelines to authors.

●    In consultation with Publisher, selecting Editors and an Editorial Board that provides both international representation and diverse expertise.

●    Soliciting high quality reviews and other commissioned content on topics of interest.

●    If they desire, to periodically select Guest Editors who shall be responsible for soliciting and acquiring manuscript for topical collections.

●    To use their best efforts to promote and to assist the Publisher in promoting the journal at relevant meetings, online and within the appropriate scientific communities.

●    Checking the content of the journal with a view to ensuring that there are no material infringing editorial policies. They will also promptly inform the Publisher of any resulting issues, and be available to discuss and support resulting issues.

●    Supporting ongoing diversity and inclusion goals in helping to ensure the journal is reflective of the global community that it serves.

●    Adhering to standards of editorial good practice, as defined in the Publisher’s Code of Conduct for Editors-in-Chief. The Code is based on guidelines and best practice recommendations issued by organizations such as the Committee of Publication Ethics (COPE).

●    Participating in Springer Nature’s Transfer Service by offering the transfer option, where appropriate, to authors whose manuscripts have been rejected from the journal, and considering manuscripts received by through the Transfer Service. 

●    Participating in regular meetings with the Publisher as well as an Annual Editorial Board meeting, to discuss the ongoing development of the journal and to set and accomplish journal development goals.


All applications should be sent to Barbara Zöhrer, Senior Publisher, at barbara.zoehrer@springernature.com by 15 May 2024.


Candidates should include the following documents with their formal application:
•    Cover letter (max. 2 pages) summarizing their qualifications and motivation, including an explanation why they consider themselves suitable for the position. 
•    Curriculum vitae (max. 3 pages) including relevant publications and achievements.
•    Vision statement (max. 3 pages) addressing the following points:
-    Analysis of the current situation of AMB Express
-    Vision and strategy for further enhancing the journal through editorial aspects
-    Strategy on encouraging and building a supportive and inclusive culture based on the values of diversity, equity, and inclusion for the Editorial Board.