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- 2Ebadi, Maryam
- 2Haisan, Jennifer L
- 2Ho, Linda
- 2Kim, Yong Min
- 2Kubota, Hiroshi
- 10McMullen, Lynn (Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science)
- 7Gänzle, Michael (Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science)
- 7Oba, Masahito (Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science)
- 7Wu, Jianping (Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science)
- 6Bressler, David (Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Science)
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Metabolic Engineering of Arabidopsis for Production of Punicic Acid Using Different Promoters
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Fatty acids with conjugated double bonds play a special role in determining both the nutritional and industrial uses of plant oils. Punicic acid (18:3Δ9cis,11trans,13cis), a conjugated fatty acid naturally enriched in the pomegranate (Punica granatum) seeds, has gained increasing attention from...
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Metabolic status and reproduction in precision-fed broiler breeders: Impact of growth trajectories
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Broiler breeders are subjected to feed restriction programs to control excessive growth. However, current levels of feed restriction are becoming severe, raising welfare and suboptimal reproductive performance concerns in underfed breeders. To circumvent the issue, we studied new strategic growth...
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Fall 2011
Study on metabolism of lactic acid bacteria in wheat sourdough can improve bread quality such as bread flavour, texture and shelf life. This dissertation focused on several metabolic pathways in Lactobacillus strains on both biochemical and genetic level to fulfill three objectives. The first...
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Microbial Decontamination and Rapid Cooling of Fresh Food Products by Plasma Integrated Low-Pressure Cooling
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Fresh food products, including fruits, vegetables, raw meat and poultry have been associated with safety concerns and quality issues, owing to their susceptibility to rapid deterioration and microbial contamination. This research aimed to develop an integrated process to simultaneously cool and...
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Fall 2014
Microbiota are ubiquitous in nature. Similarities as well as differences are present between microbiota in animals and fermentation systems. The aim of the PhD project was to investigate factors affects microbial ecology in rodent and sourdough models. To determine how compromised health of the...
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Microbial lipid production using aqueous by-product stream from a lipid pyrolysis technology
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Currently, non-food carbon sources are making a valuable contribution to development of the next generation of hydrocarbon-based renewable fuels and value-added products. As non-food carbon feedstocks with low or negative value, yellow and brown greases, as well as biosolids, can potentially be...
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Microbiological and chemical characterisation of ting, a sorghum-based gluten-free fermented cereal product from Botswana
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Fermented cereal foods produced in Africa involve a wide range of raw materials, e.g. millets, sorghum and maize, which are fermented using various microorganisms. Fermentation of these foods progresses under the influence of microorganisms and their enzyme activities. Fermentation processes...
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Mid-infrared spectroscopy estimates nutrient digestibility in pigs to improve in vitro digestion models
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Co-products are increasingly used as alternative feedstuffs for pigs, but their nutritional quality varies largely. Rapid evaluation of energy digestibility of co-products is important for the feed industry and pork production. In vitro digestion (IVD) models have been used to evaluate...