Ruminal Yeast Strain with Probiotic Potential: Isolation and Characterization and Its Effect on Rumen Fermentation In Vitro by Pin Song, Xiaoran Yang, Manman Hou, Yue Chen, Liping Liu, Yuyan Feng, Yingdong Ni

“…Finally, <i>Candida rugosa</i> (NJ-5) with good probiotic characteristics was chosen to investigate its effects on ruminal fermentation in vitro. The batch culture technique was used to explore the effects of <i>Candida rugosa</i> (NJ-5) yeast culture on rumen fermentation parameters. …”
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Construction of the mathematical model of the strength of post-consumer wood made blockboard of different designs by Serhiy Gayda, Lyubomyr Medvid

“…Thirdly, this partially solves the problems related to the increase of wood residues and waste, the accumulation of used wood in landfills, as well as environmental problems. A batch of pine PCW-made blockboards was prepared by implementing a second-order B-plan, where the variables were the width of the strips of tangential and radial sawing. …”
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Acute Toxicity of Carbon Nanotubes, Carbon Nanodots, and Cell-Penetrating Peptides to Freshwater Cyanobacteria by Anna K. Antrim, Ilana N. Tseytlin, Emily G. Cooley, P. U. Ashvin Iresh Fernando, Natalie D. Barker, Erik M. Alberts, Johanna Jernberg, Gilbert K. Kosgei, Ping Gong

“…We prepared in-house three batches of CNDs using glucose (CND-G) or chloroform and methanol (CND-C/M) as the substrate and one batch of single-walled CNTs (SWCNTs). …”
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Evaluation of a New Automated Mono-Test for the Detection of <i>Aspergillus</i> Galactomannan: Comparison of <i>Aspergillus</i> Galactomannan Ag VirCLIA^® Mono-Test with... by Giuliana Lo Cascio, Valentina Lepera, Annarita Sorrentino, Domenico Caleca, Paolo Gigante, Gabriella Tocci, Alda Bazaj, Annalisa Mancini, Marina Bolzoni, Evelina Cattadori, Davide Gibellini, Chiara Gorrini, Claudio Farina, Roberta Schiavo, on behalf of the Medical Mycology Committee (CoSM)—Italian Association of Clinical Microbiology (AMCLI)

“…The single-sample, semi-automated test is user-friendly, allowing small laboratories to perform the test on demand without the need for batch evaluations, providing a useful solution for timely diagnostic support for clinicians.…”
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Molecular mechanistic insights towards aggregation of nano-biochar moderated by aromatic components in dissolved organic matter by Zheng Zhou, Meng Lu, Yu Huang, Changping Zhao, Yafeng Wang, Marc Pidou, Min Wu, Quan Chen, Paul Jeffrey, Bo Pan

“…This study integrated batch aggregation experiments, theoretical models, Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance-mass spectrometry (FTICR-MS), and density functional theory (DFT) calculations to explore the behaviors and mechanisms of NBC aggregation with coexisting ions and model DOM. …”
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Lyophilized human platelet lysate: manufacturing, quality control, and application by Kerstin Wendland, Kerstin Wendland, Lea Koblin, Lea Koblin, Dirk Stobbe, Anna Dahms, Anna Dahms, Debora Singer, Debora Singer, Sander Bekeschus, Sander Bekeschus, Jan Wesche, Janosch Schoon, Konstanze Aurich

“…However, HPL is subject to decisive disadvantages such as batch differences and lack of storage stability. …”
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Biosynthesis of irregular monoterpene lavandulol in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by Shengxin Nie, Ruiqi Chen, Mingyue Ge, Yue Qu, Xiaofeng Liu, Chaofeng Ruan, Xiaoguang Yan, Jianjun Qiao

“…Finally, the highest reported level of lavandulol production (308.92 mg/L) in S. cerevisiae was achieved by fed-batch fermentation in a 5 L bioreactor. To our knowledge, this is the first report of heterologous biosynthesis of lavandulol in S. cerevisiae.…”
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Extracellular DNA secreted in yeast cultures is metabolism-specific and inhibits cell proliferation by Elisabetta de Alteriis, Guido Incerti, Fabrizio Cartenì, Maria Luisa Chiusano, Chiara Colantuono, Emanuela Palomba, Pasquale Termolino, Francesco Monticolo, Alfonso Esposito, Giuliano Bonanomi, Rosanna Capparelli, Marco Iannaccone, Alessandro Foscari, Carmine Landi, Palma Parascandola, Massimo Sanchez, Valentina Tirelli, Bruna de Falco, Virginia Lanzotti, Stefano Mazzoleni

“…Here, we demonstrate by different experimental evidence, including 1H-NMR metabolomic fingerprint, that the growth rate decline in Saccharomyces cere-visiae fed-batch cultures is determined by the accumulation of exDNA in the medium. …”
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Blueberry malvidin-3-galactoside modulated gut microbial dysbiosis and microbial TCA cycle KEGG pathway disrupted in a liver cancer model induced by HepG2 cells by Zhen Cheng, Jie Lin, Ningxuan Gao, Xiyun Sun, Xianjun Meng, Ruihai Liu, Yunen Liu, Weisheng Wang, Bin Li, Yuehua Wang

“…In this study, feces samples from the same batch of mice were collected to explore the regulatory mechanism of M3G on intestinal microbiota and microbial TCA cycle metabolism KEGG pathway in HCC mice based on 16S rRNA sequencing and metagenomics. …”
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Biogenic activated carbons from conservation grassland biomass for organic micropollutants removal in municipal wastewater by Korbinian Kaetzl, Marcel Riegel, Ben Joseph, Ronja Ossenbrink, Helmut Gerber, Willis Gwenzi, Tobias Morck, David Laner, Thomas Heinrich, Volker Kromrey, Kevin Friedrich, Michael Wachendorf, Kathrin Stenchly

“…Using a pretreatment to enrich carbon content and reduce minerals, we generated biogenic ACs from wet meadow (WET) and orchard meadow residues and compared them to Norit SAE Super and PULSORB WP 235 in batch adsorption tests. Despite its higher mineral and ash contents and lower specific surface area than conventional ACs, 100 %-activated WET (WET100) combined balanced micro- and mesoporosity—yielding heterogeneous adsorption sites that conform to Freundlich isotherms—and achieved 50 % OMP removal at a dosage of ∼13 mg L−1, on par with Norit SAE Super (∼12 mg L−1). …”
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METTL3-mediated m6A modification promotes intervertebral disc degeneration by Qinghua Yang, Feihong Huang, Congyang Wang, Xiao Liang, Longao Huang, Hongyuan Xu, Jianwei Liu, Qingjun Wei, Hua Jiang

“…In light of this, this study aimed to explore the intricate functions and mechanisms of METTL3-mediated m6A modification in IDD.Methods Our previous batch of RNA sequencing data (GSE167199) and public single-cell data (GSE165722) were utilized to probe the relationship between m6A-related genes and IDD. m6A quantification, RNA m6A immunoblotting, quantitative real-time PCR, western blot and immunofluorescent staining were used to validate the levels of m6A modification and expression of m6A-related genes in nucleus pulposus (NP) tissues and cells. …”
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Establishment and validation of a combined diagnostic model for aldosterone-producing adenoma of the adrenal gland based on CT radiomics and clinical features by ZHANG Mingquan, LIU Jingjing, LIN Xin, FU Min, FENG Ying, CHEN Jingjing

“…Methods This study was conducted among 229 patients with a unilateral solitary adrenal mass who were admitted to The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University from January 2018 to December 2023 and 50 patients with a unilateral solitary adrenal mass who were admitted to Qilu Hospital of Shandong University from January 2016 to March 2024, and according to whether they were diagnosed with APA, each batch of patients was divided into APA group and non-APA group. …”
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Differential alteration of rumen microbial composition in response to 3-nitrooxypropanol supplementation in dairy cattle fed high-grain and high-forage diets by Y. Choi, M. Zhou, Y. Ban, M. Oba, S. Duval, L.L. Guan

“…Further analysis of combined 2 studies with a batch effect correction approach revealed increases in Lachnospiraceae NK3A20 group, Saccharofermentans, Mbb. ruminantium, and Methanosphaera sp. group 5 and ISO3-F5, and decreases in Mbb. gottschalkii and Methanomassiliicoccaceae group 4 sp. …”
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Leaching risk of sulfadiazine in soil: Regulatory role of low-molecular-weight organic acids associated with root exudates by Fuxiang Zhang, Jiaxuan Hong, Qiang Fu, Hongliang Jia, Yi-Fan Li, Yongzhen Ding, Xiaoyan Wang, Song Cui, Guorui Liu

“…Importantly, SDZ leaching results from soil column experiments deviate from model predictions based on parameters obtained from batch adsorption studies, as the model tends to underestimate the leaching potential of SDZ. …”
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Development of a blocking ELISA employing a VP1-specific monoclonal antibody for the detection of DHAV3 antibodies by Cuiping Song, Tianyuan Li, Jing Wang, Peidong Guo, Wenjing Yang, Ning Tang, Yang Qu, Siyu Li, Xusheng Qiu, Lei Tan, Yingjie Sun, Ying Liao, Chan Ding

“…The assay's cutoff value was determined to be 38.21 %, with intra- and inter-batch coefficients of variation below 5 %, indicating excellent reproducibility. …”
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A scRNA-seq reference contrasting living and early post-mortem human retina across diverse donor states by Luning Yang, Yiwen Tao, Qi Pan, Tengda Cai, Yunyan Ye, Jianhui Liu, Yang Zhou, Yongqing Shao, Quanyong Yi, Zen Huat Lu, Lie Chen, Gareth McKay, Richard Rankin, Weihua Meng

“…After standardized dissociation, single-cell transcriptomes were generated using 10x Genomics 3’ RNA-seq and applied scVI to generate batch-corrected integrated atlas. Major cell types and subtypes were annotated through iterative Leiden clustering, canonical markers. …”
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Investigation on Separation Behavior of Mo(Ⅵ)/Tc(Ⅶ) by TK202 Resin by Bin-liang LI, Yuan-kun LIU, Juan TONG, Yao-wen ZHANG, Ke-liang SHI, Jun-qiang YANG

“…In this work, the separation of Mo(Ⅵ)/Tc(Ⅶ) by TK202 resin was overall studied by batch experiments, the effects of different factors, including alkali concentration, equilibrium time, interfering ions and high-temperature roasting, on the adsorption of Tc(Ⅶ) (Re(Ⅶ) as an analog) by TK202 resin were investigated. …”
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Influence of Yeast Interactions on the Fermentation Process and Aroma Production in Synthetic Cocoa Pulp vs. Real Mucilage Media by Lydie Besançon, Da Lorn, Christelle Kouamé, Joël Grabulos, Marc Lebrun, Angélique Fontana, Sabine Schorr-Galindo, Renaud Boulanger, Caroline Strub, Alexandre Colas de la Noue

“…The co-cultures of <i>P. kudriavzevii</i> and <i>S. cerevisiae</i> strains isolated from the premium chocolate batch had a positive impact on the fermented pulp aroma profile. …”
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Atomically precise Ni clusters inducing active NiN2 sites with uniform-large vacancies towards efficient CO2-to-CO conversion by Guangyuan Xu, Xingjie Peng, Chuanqiang Wu, Shibo Xi, Huixin Xiang, Lei Feng, Zhendong Liu, Yi Duan, Lijin Gan, Si Chen, Yuan Kong, Yanzhe Ma, Fujing Nie, Jie Zhao, Xiao Hai, Wei Wei, Meng Zhou, Tianfu Wang, Chuanhao Yao, Wu Zhou, Huan Yan

“…Here, we show a general synthetic protocol to fabricate a batch of highly pure and active NiN2 catalysts with precise engineering of the uniform-large (UL) vacancy around the active sites, which is accomplished through the ‘pre-deposition + pyrolysis’ of various atomically precise Ni clusters (Nin) and in-situ etching of the support by the ‘nano bomb’ (sulfur-ligand in the clusters). …”
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Alte und neue Wege in der Rheometrie der Polymer-Schmelzen by Joachim Meissner

“…Elongational tests of very different modes were performed with always the same polyisobutylene batch at room temperature. Planar tests are especially interesting because of two different viscosities resulting, one measured in the direction of elongation, the second measured in the perpendicular direction in which the acting stress keeps the sample dimension constant. …”
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