Research Publications (Food Safety)

Author(s): Mengting Wang, Bin Peng, Yang Wang, Na Zhao, Zhili Xiong, Longshan Zhao

Author(s): Xue Hou, Xu Xu, Xiaoying Xu, Mei Han, Shiting Qiu

Author(s): Qianqian Xue, Zhuo Jiang, Xiang Wang, Danlin Song, Fengxia Huang, Yingze Tian, Yanqi Huang-fu, Yinchang Feng

Cooperation in transboundary river basins can make water resources systems more efficient and benefit riparian stakeholders. However, in a basin with upstream and downstream stakeholders that have different interests, non‐cooperative outcomes have often been observed. These can be described by a one‐shot prisoners’ dilemma game where non‐cooperation (defection) is a dominant equilibrium strategy.

Analysis of limnic sediments can serve as a tool to assess sedimentary pollution for both the status quo as well as changes over time. However, in environmental studies, often only a small number of established well-studied contaminants are considered. This study focused on a more comprehensive investigation of sedimentary pollution of Djerdap Reservoir. Therefore, complementary analytical approaches were applied covering lipophilic organic contaminants and heavy metals.

Author(s): Marisol Goni-Urriza, Christophe Klopp, Magali Ranchou-Peyruse, Anthony Ranchou-Peyruse, Mathilde Monperrus, Bahia Khalfaoui-Hassani, Rémy Guyoneaud

Author(s): Parzhak Zoufan, Zeynab Azad, Afrasyab Rahnama Ghahfarokhie, Maryam Kolahi

Author(s): Divya Pal, Subodh Kumar Maiti

Author(s): Can Feng, Yue Chen, Shirong Zhang, Guiyin Wang, Qinmei Zhong, Wei Zhou, Xiaoxun Xu, Ting Li

Author(s): Mohammad Hosein Sinkakarimi, Eisa Solgi, Abasalt Hosseinzadeh Colagar

Author(s): Woxiu Zhong, Chengcheng Xie, Dan Hu, Siyi Pu, Xi Xiong, Jun Ma, Lingxia Sun, Zhuo Huang, Mingyan Jiang, Xi Li

Transgenic tobacco (N. tabacum cv. Xanthi nc) expressing Capsicum chinense CchGLP gene that encodes an Mn-SOD, constitutively produces hydrogen peroxide that increase endogenous ROS levels. Previous studies using these plants against geminivirus infections as well as drought stress confirmed that CchGLP expression conferred resistance against biotic and abiotic stresses.

Streptococcus suis (S. suis) is one of the most common swine pathogens in the swine industry and leads to great harm to the normal progress of the swine industry. S. suis can also infect humans and cause a variety of fatal diseases, such as meningitis and streptococcal toxic shock syndrome, that pose a major threat to the safety of life and health of both humans and animals.

Lead is toxic to humans and wildlife. Most studies of lead exposure of raptors focus on the winter, non-breeding season when they scavenge heavily. We evaluated blood lead concentrations (BLCs) of red-shouldered hawks (Buteo lineatus) during the non-scavenging season in the eastern United States.

Phosphate metabolism was studied to determine whether polyphosphate (polyP) pools play a role in the enhanced resistance against Cd2+ and metal-removal capacity of Cd2+-preadapted (CdPA) Methanosarcina acetivorans. Polyphosphate kinase (PPK), exopolyphosphatase (PPX) and phosphate transporter transcript levels and their activities increased in CdPA cells compared to control (Cnt) cells. K+ inhibited recombinant Ma-PPK and activated Ma-PPX, whereas divalent cations activated both enzymes.

Horizontal transfer of plasmids encoding antimicrobial resistance and virulence determinants has been instrumental in Staphylococcus aureus evolution, including the emergence of community-associated methicillin-resistant S. aureus (CA-MRSA). In the early 1990s, the first CA-MRSA strain isolated in Western Australia (WA), WA-5, encoded cadmium, tetracycline, and penicillin resistance genes on plasmid pWBG753 (~30 kb).

New drugs with novel mechanisms of resistance are desperately needed to address both community and nosocomial infections due to Gram-negative bacteria. One such potential target is LpxC, an essential enzyme that catalyzes the first committed step of lipid A biosynthesis. Achaogen conducted an extensive research campaign to discover novel LpxC inhibitors with activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Author(s): Milton Cabral de Vasconcelos Neto, Thales Brendon Castano Silva, Vânia Eloísa de Araújo, Scheilla Vitorino Carvalho de Souza

Author(s): Ruth Vanderschueren, Vincent De Mesmaeker, Sandra Mounicou, Marie-Pierre Isaure, Emmanuel Doelsch, Daniela Montalvo, Jan A. Delcour, Eduardo Chavez, Erik Smolders

Author(s): Jing Zhang, Linfeng Chen, Yaxian Zhu, Yong Zhang

Author(s): Zonghao Yue, Yanjuan Chen, Yujuan Song, Jie Zhang, Xingdong Yang, Jian Wang, Lili Li, Zhongke Sun

Author(s): Shin-ichi Nakamura, Nobuo Suzui, Yong-Gen Yin, Satomi Ishii, Shu Fujimaki, Naoki Kawachi, Hiroki Rai, Takashi Matsumoto, Kanna Izawa-Sato, Naoko Ohkama-Ohtsu

Author(s): Huiru Chen, Yang Yang, Yafeng Ye, Liangzhi Tao, Xiangdong Fu, Binmei Liu, Yuejin Wu

Author(s): Ziwei Xu, Meiping Wang, Dongliang Xu, Zongliang Xia

Congenital Zika syndrome (CZS) is a cluster of malformation, and the mechanisms that lead it are still unclear. Using hypothesis-driven candidate genes and their function in viral infections, single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were genotyped by quantitative polymerase chain reaction in a sample population from Sergipe State, Brazil.