Glycogen is an essential nutritional component of the Pacific abalone (Haliotis discus hannai), and its content is a crucial factor in selecting and breeding high-quality abalone. Glycogen catabolism is facilitated by two key enzymes: glycogen debranching enzyme (GDE) and glycogen phosphorylase...

Biotic stresses adversely affect the leaf quality as well as the yield of mulberry (Morus spp.) which is used to feed mulberry silkworm (Bombyx mori L.). The different biotic stresses which are of economic importance in mulberry are tukra caused by mealybug insect, root knot disease by nematode,...

Lactococcosis is a globally prevalent infectious disease that has a significant economic and sanitary impact on the rainbow trout industry. Lactococcusgarvieae has traditionally been considered the only species implicated in the etiology of this disease, but Lactococcus petauri, a new species, has...

Tenacibaculum maritimum is a cosmopolitan bacterial pathogen with the potential to cause significant losses in a broad range of farmed and wild marine fish species. This study investigated the antigenic diversity of T. maritimum isolated in culture from farmed Chinook (king) salmon (Oncorhynchus...

Pogostemon oil (PO) is a volatile oil extracted from Pogostemon cablin., a traditional Chinese medicinal plants. Clinical studies have confirmed that PO has broad-spectrum antibacterial activity, but the resistance and protective mechanism of PO against Streptococcus agalactiae (SA) infection in...

Pearl gentian grouper (Epinephelus lanceolatus ♂ × Epinephelus fuscoguttatus ♀) is a hybrid fish with high commercial value and it has the highest yield among groupers farmed along the southeastern coast of China. However, hypoxia is not only a key factor to limit the healthy growth and survival of ...

Kimchi is produced through a low-temperature fermentation without pre-sterilization, resulting in a heterogeneous microbial community. As fermentation progresses, dominant lactic acid bacteria (LAB) species emerge and undergo a transition process. In this study, LAB were isolated from Mukeunji, a...

Ethnopharmacological relevance: Viola yedoensis Makino (VYM) is a traditional Chinese herbal medicine widely distributed in China. It has many pharmacological effects such as anti-inflammatory, immune regulation and anti-oxidation. However, the protective effect of VYM on the spleen and thymus of...

Biodegradable polymers, specifically polylactide, are an important part of food packaging and medical devices. Microbiological synthesis uses cheap renewable raw materials and industrial waste to produce a high yield of lactic acid, the monomer of polylactide. This method needs new effective lactic ...

One fundamental goal in biology is to understand genotype-environment-phenotype relationships. Transposable elements play important roles in phenotypic variations, particularly in species with recent expansions of these elements, by acting on their flanking genes via different mechanisms. Previous...