Identification of strain LXX12
Morphological observation
When cultured on LB agar at 28 °C for 24 h, colonies of strain LXX12 appeared circular with entire margins, flat and smooth surfaces, and a white coloration (Fig. 1).
Growth of…
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Comprehensive evaluation on nutritional characteristics and anti-hyperglycemic active ingredients of different varieties of Yam
Nutrient content
As shown in Table 1, there were highly significant differences (P < 0.01) in the content of total carbohydrates, crude polysaccharides, proteins, ash, energy, moisture, lipid, total amino acids, and individual amino acids,…
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ITGB2 and ICAM3 predict increased survival of sepsis with decreased intercellular communication in cytotoxic CD8+ T cells
Single-cell transcriptome profiling of PBMCs
he scRNA-seq data for PBMCs were acquired from the GSE167363 database in the GEO database. A total of 13566, 4573 and 5547 cells were obtained from Hcs and survivors and nonsurvivors of sepsis,…
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Age-related changes in the cytoplasmic ultrastructure of feline oocytes
Kirillova, A., Smitz, J. E. J., Sukhikh, G. T. & Mazunin, I. The role of mitochondria in oocyte maturation. Cells 10, 2484 (2021).
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UVB-Induced necroptosis of the skin cells via RIPK3-MLKL activation independent of RIPK1 kinase activity
Cell culture and UVB irradiation
The HaCaT keratinocyte cell line, sourced from the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC, Manassas, VA, USA), was cultured under standard conditions in Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium (DMEM; Gibco)…
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Comprehensive bioinformatics and immunohistochemical analyses identify phosphoinositide metabolism and PNPLA7 as potential biomarkers in urological cancers
Clustering of pan-urological tumors based on PI metabolic pathway
The clustering analysis of urological cancers based on PI metabolism identified two distinct groups (Fig. 1A). The consensus matrix for k = 2 demonstrated a clear dichotomy,…
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Public health threat of antimicrobial resistance and virulence genes in Escherichia coli from human-chicken transmission in Egypt
Messaï, C. R. et al. Serogroups and antibiotic susceptibility pattern of avian pathogenic Escherichia coli strains responsible for colibacillosis in broiler breeding farms in the East of Algeria. Afr. J. Microbiol. Res. 9 (49), 2358–2363…
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Key mechanism to obtain brown algae-derived compounds with biotech applications
Every year, thousands of tonnes of brown algae are extracted from the seabed to obtain compounds such as alginates, a polymer composed of sugars that has high density and strength, offering potential biotechnological applications. An…
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Bats wearing tiny mics reveal how the fliers avoid rush hour collisions
The first bat-wearable microphone is helping biologists study the bats’ good safety record at avoiding collisions in rush hour air.
On summer evenings, in around a minute, some 2,000 greater mouse-tailed bats can crowd out of a…
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Snakes are often the villains. A new book gives them a fair shake
Slither
Stephen S. Hall
Grand Central Publishing, $30Snakes don’t often get to be the protagonists. From the biblical tempter in the Garden of Eden to the eponymous snakes on a plane, your stereotypical serpent often gets cast…
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