Search results for "Bacterium"

OATS AND FAT-FREE MILK BASED FUNCTIONAL FOOD PRODUCT

2001

The present study addresses problems and solutions related to new functional bio-active food product creation. Commercial rolled oats and fat-free milk were used as raw materials. Limited enzymatic hydrolysis of oat starch was carried out by α-amylase. The lactic acid bacteria strains Lactobacillus acidophilus, Bifidobacterium sp., and commercial starter cultures ABT-1 were cultivated in enzymatically hydrolysed oat mash. Lactobacillus acidophilus was a more active producer of lactic acid, while Bifidobacterium sp. improved the taste properties. A fat-free milk additive was applied to stabilise the texture of the oat mash, and increase the protein content of the final product. All procedure…

Cooperation between Different CRISPR-Cas Types Enables Adaptation in an RNA-Targeting System

2021

CRISPR-Cas systems are immune systems that protect bacteria and archaea against their viruses, bacteriophages. Immunity is achieved through the acquisition of short DNA fragments from the viral invader’s genome.

Characterization of the ligands for the human umami taste receptor

2017

National audience; Among our basics senses, taste and our gustatory system allow us to perceive and recognize essential chemical nutrients present in food. Human can detect and discriminate five basics taste (sweet, bitter, sour, salty and umami) and recent studies proposed a sixth taste for fat. The umami taste is described as a « savory » sensation elicited mainly by L-amino acids and is thought to serve as an indicator of protein rich foods and promote feeding.The umami taste receptor is a heterodimeric receptor composed of the T1R1 and T1R3 subunits. These subunits belong to the family class C G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) and are constituted by a large N-terminal domain (NTD) lin…

Diversité des communautés microbiennes telluriques à l'échelle du territoire national

2009

Communication orale - résumé Session 5 : sols, biodiversité, écologie fontionnelleCommunication orale - résumé Session 5 : sols, biodiversité, écologie fontionnelle; absent

L'origine de toutes les altérations superficielles du tubercule de pomme de terre est-elle vraiment infectieuse?

2009

SPE communication orale, résumé; Deux essais en sol stérile testant le pouvoir pathogène des souches le plus fréquemment isolées et inoculées seules, et un essai en hydroponie testant l'effet de co-inoculations de 2 souches sur l'apparition des altérations ont été mis en place.

The influence of infective dose, nutrient availability and coinfection on virulence of Flavobacterium columnare : implications of intensive aquacultu…

2016

Ecological factors are known to affect disease dynamics and even lead to disease emergence. Especially in opportunistic, environmentally transmitted pathogens, the environment may significantly contribute to pathogen virulence. Intensive farming, including aquaculture, has been suggested to create conditions favouring development of highly virulent pathogens. At Finnish fish farms, epidemics caused by opportunistic Flavobacterium columnare have been constantly increasing in their prevalence and severity since the 1980’s. Yet, factors behind the increased virulence of the pathogen and their mechanisms of action have largely remained unsolved. In this thesis, I explore the effects of infectio…

Exploring evolutionary responses to increasing temperature in an environmental opportunistic pathogen

2017

Genetic and environmental factors associated with the virulence of fish pathogen Flavobacterium columnare

2016

The efficacy of two immunostimulants against Flavobacterium columnare infection in juvenile rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss).

2009

Abstract Bacterium Flavobacterium columnare is the causative agent of columnaris disease in many wild and farmed fish species. Immunostimulants are used with success in aquaculture against many pathogens, but the ability to improve innate resistance to columnaris disease has not been studied. Fingerling rainbow trout were treated with two immunostimulants, yeast β-glucan and β-hydroxy-β-methylbutyrate (HMB). Selected innate immune function parameters, the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) by whole blood and by isolated head kidney leukocytes, plasma lysozyme activity and complement bacteriolytic activity, were determined to assess the immune status of fish. The fish were then bath…

Deoxycholic Acid Methyl Ester — a Novel Bacterial Metabolite of Cholic Acid

1985

Summary Methyl deoxycholate was identified as a novel bacterial metabolite of cholate, produced anaerobically by strains of most saccharolytic Bacteroides species ( B. distasonis, B. eggerthii, B. fragilis, B. incommunis, B. thetaiotaomicron, B. uniformis, B. variabilis, B. vulgatus , and unnamed species). It was also detected with a few strains of Eubacterium and Lactobacillus species. Among 2476 freshly isolated human fecal cultures the frequency of carboxyl group esterification was comparable with that of 7α-dehydroxylation (92 versus 102 cultures). Both activities were, however, lost for unknown reasons after serial transfers. Two of ten mixed fecal cultures tested esterified 3α,7α- or …