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https://read.qxmd.com/read/38546218/unveiling-the-genomic-landscape-of-salmonella-enterica-serotypes-typhimurium-newport-and-infantis-in-latin-american-surface-waters-a-comparative-analysis
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Zhao Chen, Magaly Toro, Andrea I Moreno-Switt, Aiko D Adell, Enrique J Delgado-Suárez, Raquel R Bonelli, Celso J B Oliveira, Angélica Reyes-Jara, Xinyang Huang, Brett Albee, Christopher J Grim, Marc Allard, Sandra M Tallent, Eric W Brown, Rebecca L Bell, Jianghong Meng
Surface waters are considered ecological habitats where Salmonella enterica can persist and disseminate to fresh produce production systems. This study aimed to explore the genomic profiles of S. enterica serotypes Typhimurium, Newport, and Infantis from surface waters in Chile, Mexico, and Brazil collected between 2019 and 2022. We analyzed the whole genomes of 106 S . Typhimurium, 161 S . Newport, and 113 S . Infantis isolates. Our phylogenetic analysis exhibited distinct groupings of isolates by their respective countries except for a notable case involving a Chilean S ...
March 28, 2024: Microbiology Spectrum
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38545975/-reflections-on-the-safety-regulation-of-commercialization-of-synthetic-biology-products
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Xiaomei Zeng, Zexi Zhu, Jun Weng
With the rapid development of synthetic biology, lots of synthetic biology technology achievements in various application fields have been commercialized, generating broad market prospects. The commercialization of products employing synthetic biology technology (hereinafter referred as synthetic biology products) has brought benefits to human beings, but it has also produced potential safety risks. At present, relevant laws and standards for regulation of biotechnology or genetically modified organisms have been adopted to regulate the safety risks of commercialization of synthetic biology products (CSBP)...
March 25, 2024: Sheng Wu Gong Cheng Xue Bao, Chinese Journal of Biotechnology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38544956/causes-of-acquired-methemoglobinemia-a-retrospective-study-at-a-large-academic-hospital
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Alex Belzer, Matthew D Krasowski
Methemoglobinemia is a potentially life-threatening condition caused by the formation of methemoglobin, a form of hemoglobin that cannot bind oxygen. While there are some rare congenital causes of methemoglobinemia, most cases are acquired from the effects of specific drugs or environmental exposures. In this retrospective study, we analyzed a large data set of whole blood samples analyzed for methemoglobin at an academic medical center in Midwestern United States that provides both pediatric and adult services...
June 2024: Toxicology Reports
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38544318/prevalence-of-staphylococcus-argenteus-among-food-handlers-kitchen-utensils-and-food-samples-in-japan
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Yuki Wakabayashi, Yuko Kumeda, Shizue Yoshihara, Hayato Tokumoto, Kentaro Kawatsu, Masami Miyake
Staphylococcus argenteus has received increased attention from an aspect of food safety since several food poisoning outbreaks caused by the bacterium were reported in Japan. However, S. argenteus prevalence among food handlers and utensils has not yet been investigated. In this study, we investigated S. argenteus prevalence among a collection of coagulase-positive staphylococci (CPS) that were isolated during food sanitary inspections in Japan. Out of a total of 191 CPS isolates, 14 were identified as S. argenteus...
March 27, 2024: Letters in Applied Microbiology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38544076/artificial-intelligence-assisted-rfid-tag-integrated-multi-sensor-for-quality-assessment-and-sensing
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Chenyang Song, Zhipeng Wu
Radio frequency identification (RFID) is well known as an identification, track, and trace approach and is considered to be the key physical layer technology for the industrial internet of things (IIoT). However, IIoT systems have to introduce additional complex sensor networks for pervasive monitoring, and there are still challenges related to item-level sensing and data recording. To overcome the shortage, this work proposes an artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted RFID-based multi-sensing technology. Both passive and semi-passive RFID tag-integrated multi-sensors are developed...
March 12, 2024: Sensors
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38543599/mining-biosynthetic-gene-clusters-of-pseudomonas-vancouverensis-utilizing-whole-genome-sequencing
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Prabin Tamang, Arjun Upadhaya, Pradeep Paudel, Kumudini Meepagala, Charles L Cantrell
Natural product (NP)-based pesticides have emerged as a compelling alternative to traditional chemical fungicides, attracting substantial attention within the agrochemical industry as the world is pushing toward sustainable and environmentally friendly approaches to safeguard crops. Microbes, both bacteria and fungi, are a huge source of diverse secondary metabolites with versatile applications across pharmaceuticals, agriculture, and the food industry. Microbial genome mining has been accelerated for pesticide/drug discovery and development in recent years, driven by advancements in genome sequencing, bioinformatics, metabolomics/metabologenomics, and synthetic biology...
March 9, 2024: Microorganisms
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38542806/inter-individual-responses-to-a-blueberry-intervention-across-multiple-endpoints
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Yueyue Wang, Crystal Haskell-Ramsay, Jose Lara Gallegos, John K Lodge
Inter-individual variation exists in response to diet and in the endpoints related to vascular diseases and cognitive impairment. Therefore, the evaluation and characterisation of responses to a dietary intervention targeting these endpoints is important. A dietary intervention with 37 participants has been performed comparing two forms of blueberry, either whole fresh blueberry (160 g), freeze-dried blueberry powder (20 g) or a placebo control (microcrystalline cellulose), in a 1-week single-blinded cross-over randomised controlled trial (RCT) in a healthy population...
March 20, 2024: Nutrients
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38542706/associations-of-dietary-intake-with-cardiovascular-risk-in-long-term-plant-based-eaters-a-secondary-analysis-of-a-cross-sectional-study
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Boštjan Jakše, Uroš Godnov, Zlatko Fras, Nataša Fidler Mis
A plant-based diet rich in whole foods and fiber is beneficial for cardiovascular (CV) health. This impact is often linked to specific food groups and their preparation methods, reflecting the overall dietary pattern. However, research on the long-term effects of a carefully designed plant-based diet on adults transitioning from a typical Western lifestyle is limited. Notably, studies on people managing CV risk factors effectively are scarce. As part of a cross-sectional study, we examined 151 individuals committed to a long-term, well-designed plant-based diet and active lifestyle...
March 11, 2024: Nutrients
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38542687/healthy-and-unhealthy-dietary-patterns-of-depressive-symptoms-in-middle-aged-women
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Ji-Young Choi, Seon-Joo Park, Hae-Jeung Lee
Depressive symptoms are a common menopausal feature in middle-aged women and are associated with dietary factors. This study aimed to determine the association between dietary patterns and depressive symptoms in 2190 Korean women aged 45-69 years. Depressive symptoms were screened using the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II), and food intake was examined using a food frequency questionnaire. Dietary patterns were derived from principal components analysis and identified two dietary patterns: a "healthy" dietary pattern (high intake of whole-grain rice, legumes, vegetables, fruits, and fish) and an "unhealthy" dietary pattern (high intake of noodles, dumplings, sweets, red meat, soda, and coffee)...
March 8, 2024: Nutrients
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38542492/electrophilic-compounds-in-the-human-diet-and-their-role-in-the-induction-of-the-transcription-factor-nrf2
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REVIEW
Celia María Curieses Andrés, José Manuel Pérez de la Lastra, Elena Bustamante Munguira, Celia Andrés Juan, Francisco J Plou, Eduardo Pérez Lebeña
The phrase "Let food be thy medicine…" means that food can be a form of medicine and medicine can be a form of food; in other words, that the diet we eat can have a significant impact on our health and well-being. Today, this phrase is gaining prominence as more and more scientific evidence suggests that one's diet can help prevent and treat disease. A diet rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and lean protein can help reduce the risk of heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and other health problems and, on the other hand, a diet rich in processed foods, added sugars, and saturated fats can increase the risk of the same diseases...
March 20, 2024: International Journal of Molecular Sciences
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38541308/transformative-insights-break-up-with-salt-buws-program-s-short-term-influence-on-hypertension-risk-factors
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Jean Pierre Enriquez, Helena Salgado, Christopher Kuetsinya, Li-Hsiang Lin, Elizabeth Gollub
Break Up with Salt (BUWS) is a four-session community-based nutrition education program aimed at reducing key controllable hypertension risk factors. This pilot study utilized a pre-post survey design to assess short-term outcomes on food behaviors (including DASH diet eating patterns), physical activity, and overall well-being, in two groups of participants. The first "pilot" group (n = 25) completed a comprehensive, 16-item survey; the second "abbreviated" group (n = 27) completed a 5-item survey. The pilot group experienced improvements in whole grain ( p = 0...
March 7, 2024: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38541047/personalizing-nutrition-strategies-bridging-research-and-public-health
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REVIEW
Vicente Javier Clemente-Suárez, Helia Carmen Peris-Ramos, Laura Redondo-Flórez, Ana Isabel Beltrán-Velasco, Alexandra Martín-Rodríguez, Susana David-Fernandez, Rodrigo Yáñez-Sepúlveda, José Francisco Tornero-Aguilera
In recent years, although life expectancy has increased significantly, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) continue to pose a significant threat to the health of the global population. Therefore, eating habits have been recognized as key modifiable factors that influence people's health and well-being. For this reason, it is interesting to study dietary patterns, since the human diet is a complex mixture of macronutrients, micronutrients, and bioactive compounds, and can modulate multiple physiological processes, including immune function, the metabolism, and inflammation...
March 13, 2024: Journal of Personalized Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38540917/processing-of-whole-kernel-tapioca-pearl-and-milk-tea-boba-of-fresh-highland-barley-optimization-of-processing-parameters-and-quality-evaluation
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Jiawen Zhu, Jiayao Li, Huajun Wu, Yingying Zhu, Jilin Dong, Rongjie Huang, Ruiling Shen
Fresh highland barley is difficult to store, leading to a lack of commercial products. To address these problems, the research investigated the effect of different heat treatments (steaming <SFB>, microwaving <MFB>, baking <BFB>, and cooking <CFB>) on the quality of fresh highland barley, and used pretreated fresh highland barley as material, combined with the milk tea market, to design and optimize the preparation process of fresh highland barley tapioca pearl and milk tea BOBA. The results showed that the different heat treatments reduced the content of ash and starch significantly, and SFB and MFB decreased the digestibility of fresh highland barley (P < 0...
March 19, 2024: Foods (Basel, Switzerland)
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38540876/mass-spectrometry-characterization-of-the-sds-page-protein-profile-of-legumins-and-vicilins-from-chickpea-seed
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Antonella Di Francesco, Michele Andrea De Santis, Aldo Lanzoni, Maria Gaetana Giovanna Pittalà, Rosaria Saletti, Zina Flagella, Vincenzo Cunsolo
Chickpea ( Cicer arietinum L.) seed proteins show a lot of functional properties leading this legume to be an interesting component for the development of protein-enriched foods. However, both the in-depth proteomic investigation and structural characterization of chickpea seed proteins are still lacking. In this paper a detailed characterization of chickpea seed protein fraction by means of SDS-PAGE, in-gel protein digestion, high-resolution mass spectrometry, and database searching is reported. Through this approach, twenty SDS gel bands were cut and analyzed...
March 14, 2024: Foods (Basel, Switzerland)
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38540861/diverse-genotypes-of-cronobacter-spp-associated-with-dairy-farm-systems-in-jiangsu-and-shandong-provinces-in-china
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Hui Liu, Xing Ji, Haichang Sun, Craig Billington, Xiang Hou, Abbas Soleimani-Delfan, Ran Wang, Heye Wang, Lili Zhang
Cronobacter spp. are the most concerning foodborne pathogen in infant formula milk powder. Currently, there are many reports on the prevalence of Cronobacter spp. in infant formula milk and its processing environment, but there are few studies on the prevalence of Cronobacter spp. on dairy farms. We have, therefore, undertaken this study to investigate and track genomic epidemiology of Cronobacter spp. isolates from Chinese dairy farms in the provinces of Jiangsu and Shandong. In this study, forty Cronobacter spp...
March 13, 2024: Foods (Basel, Switzerland)
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38540823/pre-treatment-extraction-solvent-and-color-stability-of-anthocyanins-from-purple-sweetpotato
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Zhuo Chen, Jian Wang, Yang Lu, Qiang Wu, Yi Liu, Yonghua Liu, Sunjeet Kumar, Guopeng Zhu, Zhixin Zhu
Purple sweetpotato anthocyanins (PSPA) exhibit significant potential as food colorants with associated health benefits. However, challenges related to browning and instability have hindered the application of PSPA. In this study, various pre-treatments and solvents for PSPA extraction were evaluated based on color, anthocyanin yields, antioxidant capabilities, and brown index. Browning markedly influenced the color and reduced the antioxidant capacity. Optimal results were obtained with the pre-treatment of "steaming of unpeeled whole sweetpotato" and the solvent "1% citric acid-ddH2 O"...
March 8, 2024: Foods (Basel, Switzerland)
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38540819/detection-of-escherichia-coli-o157-h7-in-ground-beef-using-long-read-sequencing
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Katrina L Counihan, Siddhartha Kanrar, Shannon Tilman, Joseph Capobianco, Cheryl M Armstrong, Andrew Gehring
Foodborne pathogens are a significant cause of illness, and infection with Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) may lead to life-threatening complications. The current methods to identify STEC in meat involve culture-based, molecular, and proteomic assays and take at least four days to complete. This time could be reduced by using long-read whole-genome sequencing to identify foodborne pathogens. Therefore, the goal of this project was to evaluate the use of long-read sequencing to detect STEC in ground beef...
March 8, 2024: Foods (Basel, Switzerland)
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38540816/micro-and-macroalgae-in-meat-products
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REVIEW
Caba Siladji, Vesna Djordjevic, Jelena Babic Milijasevic, Volker Heinz, Nino Terjung, Weizheng Sun, Igor Tomasevic
Technology in the meat industry is advancing to create healthier and more sustainable food. Incorporating micro- and macroalgae into meat products presents an exciting possibility for the meat sector to develop functional food, given that they serve as excellent natural sources of nutrients and bioactive compounds. This review aims to systematically outline the impact of incorporating whole algae and their extracts into various meat products, examining their effects on quality, physicochemical and functional properties, sensory characteristics, and potential for enhancing shelf life...
March 7, 2024: Foods (Basel, Switzerland)
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38540637/low-diet-quality-and-nutritional-knowledge-in-women-with-endometriosis-a-pilot-study
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Angelika Bogusz, Magdalena Górnicka
Endometriosis is a chronic gynecological disease characterized by ectopic endometrial tissue outside the uterus that can cause chronic pain, dysmenorrhea, fatigue, and infertility. The aim of this study was to assess diet quality and nutritional knowledge of women with endometriosis. A questionnaire was used to collect data on lifestyle, dietary habits and nutritional knowledge from 90 women. More than 80% of women with endometriosis (82.2%) confirmed that diet and lifestyle are related to the progression of endometriosis...
March 17, 2024: Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38539229/phenology-and-ecological-role-of-aerobic-anoxygenic-phototrophs-in-freshwaters
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Cristian Villena-Alemany, Izabela Mujakić, Livia K Fecskeová, Jason Woodhouse, Adrià Auladell, Jason Dean, Martina Hanusová, Magdalena Socha, Carlota R Gazulla, Hans-Joachim Ruscheweyh, Shinichi Sunagawa, Vinicius Silva Kavagutti, Adrian-Ştefan Andrei, Hans-Peter Grossart, Rohit Ghai, Michal Koblížek, Kasia Piwosz
BACKGROUND: Aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic (AAP) bacteria are heterotrophic bacteria that supply their metabolism with light energy harvested by bacteriochlorophyll-a-containing reaction centers. Despite their substantial contribution to bacterial biomass, microbial food webs, and carbon cycle, their phenology in freshwater lakes remains unknown. Hence, we investigated seasonal variations of AAP abundance and community composition biweekly across 3 years in a temperate, meso-oligotrophic freshwater lake...
March 27, 2024: Microbiome
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