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2013-08-01
Hu, Y., Ketabi, A., Buchko, A., Gänzle, Michael G.
Commercial isomalto‐oligosaccharides (IMO) are functional food ingredients. They are composed of α(1→6)‐ and α(1→4)‐linked oligosaccharides. IMO are partially indigestible, and dietary IMO stimulate beneficial members of intestinal microbiota, including lactobacilli and bifidobacteria. However,...
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2012
Follador, Rainer, Gänzle, Michael G.
Oligosaccharides, compounds that are composed of 2–10 monosaccharide residues, are major carbohydrate sources in habitats populated by lactobacilli. Moreover, oligosaccharide metabolism is essential for ecological fitness of lactobacilli. Disaccharide metabolism by lactobacilli is well...
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2019-01-01
Ripari, Valery, Bai, Yunpeng, Gänzle, Michael G.
This work aimed to study the phenolic acid metabolism of sourdough lactic acid bacteria (LAB) in laboratory media, and in sourdough fermentation with single cultures and in co-fermentations. Lactobacilli were selected from isolates obtained from 35 sourdough samples. Isolates (114 strains) were...
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Metabolism of phenolic compounds by Lactobacillus spp. during fermentation of cherry juice and broccoli puree
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Filannino, Pasquale, Bai, Yunpeng, Di Cagno, Raffaela, Gobbetti, Marco, Gänzle, Michael G.
This study aimed to investigate the metabolism of phenolic acids and flavonoids during lactic acid fermentation of cherry juice and broccoli puree for potential food and pharmaceutical purposes. When fermenting cherry juice and broccoli puree, Lactobacillus spp. exhibited strain-specific...
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Microbial ecology of sorghum sourdoughs: Effect of substrate supply and phenolic compounds on composition of fermentation microbiota
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Sekwati-Monang, Bonno, Valcheva, Rosica, Gänzle, Michael G.
The choice of the cereal substrate determines sourdough microbiota, however, the substrate-associated ecological factors for this phenomenon have not been elucidated. This study investigated the competitiveness of Lactobacillus sanfranciscensis LTH 2590, a wheat sourdough isolate, and four...
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2011-01-01
Xue, Hongyu, Field, Catherine J.
New role of glutamate as an immunoregulator via glutamate receptors and transporters.
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Novel two-component regulatory systems play a role in biofilm formation of Lactobacillus reuteri rodent isolate 100-23
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Su, Marcia Shu-Wei, Gänzle, Michael G.
his study characterized the two-component regulatory systems encoded by bfrKRT and cemAKR, and assessed their influence on biofilm formation by Lactobacillus reuteri 100-23. A method for deletion of multiple genes was employed to disrupt the genetic loci of two-component systems. The operons...
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Prebiotics, FODMAPs and dietary fiber - conflicting concepts in development of functional food products?
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Yan, Ya Lu, Hu, Ying, Gänzle, Michael G.
The term prebiotic relates to beneficial modulation of intestinal microbiota by dietary carbohydrates, however, uncertainties of the differentiation of the term 'prebiotics' from dietary fiber as well as FODMAPs impede development of functional foods containing prebiotics. This communication...
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2016-01-01
Lv, Mengyuan, Hu, Ying, Gänzle, Michael G., Lin, Jianguo, Wang, Changgao, Cai, Jun
This study aimed to develop an enzymatic method for conversion of chitin from fungal waste mycelia to chitooligosaccharides. The recombinant chitinase LlChi18A from Lactococcus lactis was over-expressed by Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3) and purified by affinity chromatography. The enzymatic...
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Prophylactic ciprofloxacin treatment prevented high mortality, and modified systemic and intestinal immune function in tumour-bearing rats receiving dose-intensive CPT-11 chemotherapy
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Baracos, Vickie E., Xue, Hongyu, Sawyer, Michael B., Field, Catherine J
Infectious complications are a major cause of morbidity and mortality from dose-intensive cancer chemotherapy. In spite of the importance of intestinal bacteria translocation in these infections, information about the effect of high-dose chemotherapy on gut mucosal immunity is minimal. We studied...