Review
Plant Sciences
Marco Antonio Bosse, Mariana Bocchi da Silva, Natalia Gabriela Ros Marques de Oliveira, Maycon Anderson de Araujo, Cleverson Rodrigues, Jaquelyne Poliszuk de Azevedo, Andre Rodrigues dos Reis
Summary: Legume plants from the Fabaceae family have the ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia through a symbiotic relationship with rhizobia bacteria. Flavonoids, especially isoflavonoids, induce nod genes in rhizobia bacteria and play a crucial role in nodulation and ureide production. Ureides are the main nitrogen transport form in tropical legumes, catabolized in leaves to produce amino acids and proteins essential for plant growth and yield.
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Nouran T. Bahgat, Philipp Wilfert, Leon Korving, Mark van Loosdrecht
Summary: The study assessed the recovery of phosphorus, nitrogen, methane, and extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) from aerobic granular sludge (AGS) wastewater treatment plants. About 30% of sludge organics are recovered as EPS and 25-30% as methane via alkaline anaerobic digestion (AD). It was found that a significant portion of phosphorus and nitrogen are present in EPS and can be recovered through chemical precipitation. Ammonium recovery is feasible from the AD centrate due to its high concentration.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Judit Martin Juarez, Sonia Martinez-Paramo, Maria Mate-Gonzalez, Pedro A. Garcia Encina, Raul Munoz Torre, Silvia Bolado Rodriguez
Summary: This study evaluated the effect of different pretreatments on the solubilisation of components in microalgae-bacteria biomass, with acid pretreatment showing the highest carbohydrate solubilisation (98%) and monosaccharide recovery (81%). Physical pretreatments, especially bead milling, also increased the solubilisation of the biomass components during enzymatic hydrolysis.
Article
Agricultural Engineering
Yuwen Luo, Luo Luo, Xuejiao Huang, Daihua Jiang, Xiaogang Wu, Zhenlun Li
Summary: The ammonium and nitrate removal performance and metabolic pathways of Pseudomonas fluorescens 2P24 were investigated. Strain 2P24 was able to completely remove 100 mg/L of ammonium and nitrate with removal rates of 8.27 mg/L/h and 4.29 mg/L/h, respectively. The study revealed that most of the ammonium and nitrate were converted to biological nitrogen via assimilation, and only small amounts of nitrous oxide were released.
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
W. M. L. K. Abeyratne, H. Bayat, S. P. Munasinghe-Arachchige, Y. Zhang, C. E. Brewer, N. Nirmalakhandan
Summary: This study evaluated two pathways for recovering nitrogen from wastewater sludge for use as fertilizer. The results showed that both hydrothermal liquefaction followed by gas permeable membrane separation and anaerobic digestion followed by gas permeable membrane separation achieved high nitrogen recovery rates.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Soil Science
Andrew Dopheide, Carina Davis, Steve A. Wakelin, David Whitehead, Gwen-Aelle Grelet
Summary: Inputs of carbon to soil can stimulate microbial growth and immobilize excess nitrogen from sources such as livestock urine. However, the effects of carbon inputs on microbial communities under conditions of excess soil nitrogen are still not well understood.
BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Henoc Perez-Aguilar, Mayra Lacruz-Asaro, Carlos Ruzafa-Silvestre, Francisca Aran-Ais
Summary: This paper presents the results of using enzymatic hydrolysis as a bioprocess to recover valuable proteins from category 3 wastewater of a poultry rendering plant. Optimal conditions were determined, resulting in protein recovery rates between 87% and 97%, with 60% of total amino acids in the hydrolyzed product and free amino acid content in solution higher than 5%. The prepared biostimulant dosage was found to enhance the germination rate of Chinese cabbage by 17% and lettuce seeds by 20%. This research demonstrates the potential for improving protein application in agriculture and reducing wastewater management costs for industries.
SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY AND PHARMACY
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Multidisciplinary
Hauwa M. Mustafa, Gasim Hayder
Summary: The release of pollutants in treated domestic wastewater from sewage treatment plants stimulates the growth of Salvinia molesta plants, which show high efficiency in pollutant removal. Larger Salvinia molesta plants are more effective in removing excess nutrients from influent samples.
AIN SHAMS ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Sivamoke Dissook, Tomohisa Kuzuyama, Yuri Nishimoto, Shigeru Kitani, Sastia Putri, Eiichiro Fukusaki
Summary: The study found that the oleaginous yeast Yarrowia lipolytica may utilize the MEP pathway for isoprenoid biosynthesis, which has not been reported in other yeasts. Experimental results showed that nitrogen limiting conditions trigger the utilization of the MEP pathway in Y. lipolytica.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jia Lin Wang, Xue Qiang Zhao, Hao Qing Zhang, Ren Fang Shen
Summary: Maize plants prefer NO3-, which enhances the nitrogen recovery efficiency in acid soil by alleviating aluminum toxicity through increasing soil pH. Lime application further improves maize biomass and nitrogen recovery efficiency by reducing soil exchangeable aluminum concentration.
JOURNAL OF SOILS AND SEDIMENTS
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Jiating Liu, Peizeng Yang, Yuefei Ji, Junhe Lu
Summary: Sulfate radical-based advanced oxidation processes (SR-AOPs) have the potential to effectively degrade emerging contaminant tetrabromobisphenol S (TBBPS). However, this study found that sulfate radicals also react with ammonium, leading to the suppression of TBBPS degradation. The presence of ammonium changes the pathways and products of TBBPS degradation in SR-AOPs.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Microbiology
Ye Li, Shaonan Lei, Zhiqiang Cheng, Lingyue Jin, Ting Zhang, Lian-Ming Liang, Linjie Cheng, Qinyi Zhang, Xiaohong Xu, Canhua Lan, Chaojun Lu, Minghe Mo, Ke-Qin Zhang, Jianping Xu, Baoyu Tian
Summary: This study investigated the interactions between root-knot nematodes (RKN) and root bacteria and their impact on plant parasitism and health. The analysis of the microbiota in the rhizosphere and root endosphere showed significant changes in the bacterial communities in nematode-parasitized roots. Functional associations were found between endophytic nitrogen-fixing bacteria and nematode parasitism. Additionally, nitrogen fertilizers were found to affect the occurrence of RKN.
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Ken Tasaki
Summary: Protein is an important resource for commercial applications, but a large amount is currently wasted. Extracting and converting protein from livestock manure into value-added products is crucial. A novel thermal hydrolysis process has been developed to extract crude protein with antioxidant activity and high nutritional value.
BIORESOURCES AND BIOPROCESSING
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Yi Zhang, Jun Di, Xingwang Zhu, Mengxia Ji, Chao Chen, Yanan Liu, Lina Li, Tiange Wei, Huaming Li, Jiexiang Xia
Summary: This study designs oxygen-vacancy-rich Bi2Sn2O7 (BSO) and Bi-O vacancy pairs on ultrathin BiOBr (BOB) to construct a chemical bonding interface, forming a Bi2Sn2O7/BiOBr (BSOB) S-scheme heterojunction. BSOB exhibits efficient photocatalytic nitrogen reduction performance.
APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Chemical
Yong Zhang, Tiancheng Chu, Ling Yu, Kuiling Li, Zhiyong Wang, Hongxin Liu, Dan Qu, Jun Wang
Summary: In this study, a low-chemical consumption hybrid DD-MS process was developed by combining energy-efficient Donnan dialysis (DD) as a pretreatment process with membrane stripping (MS). The process effectively recovered NH4+-N from wastewater while reducing chemical consumption.
SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Luca Ronda, Marialaura Marchetti, Riccardo Piano, Anastasia Liuzzi, Romina Corsini, Riccardo Percudani, Stefano Bettati
PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH
(2017)
Review
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Ileana Ramazzina, Benedetta Bernazzoli, Cosimo Costantino
CLINICAL INTERVENTIONS IN AGING
(2017)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Juntaek Oh, Anastasia Liuzzi, Luca Ronda, Marialaura Marchetti, Romina Corsini, Claudia Folli, Stefano Bettati, Sangkee Rhee, Riccardo Percudani
ACS CHEMICAL BIOLOGY
(2018)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Andrea V. Canosa, Serena Faggiano, Marialaura Marchetti, Stefano Armao, Stefano Bettati, Stefano Bruno, Riccardo Percudani, Barbara Campanini, Andrea Mozzarelli
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2018)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Silvia Tappi, Ileana Ramazzina, Federica Rizzi, Giampiero Sacchetti, Luigi Ragni, Pietro Rocculi
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2018)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Rosa Maria Cavaliere, Lucia Silvotti, Riccardo Percudani, Roberto Tirindelli
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2020)
Article
Ecology
Marco Malatesta, Giulia Mori, Domenico Acquotti, Barbara Campanini, Alessio Peracchi, Parker B. Antin, Riccardo Percudani
NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
(2020)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Danila Delfino, Giulia Mori, Claudio Rivetti, Antonella Grigoletto, Gloria Bizzotto, Cristian Cavozzi, Marco Malatesta, Davide Cavazzini, Gianfranco Pasut, Riccardo Percudani
Summary: DNase1L2 is a promising alternative to DNase1 for the treatment of CF lung disease, with higher enzymatic activity and the ability to inhibit actin. Research has shown that using DNase1L2 can significantly reduce CF mucus viscosity, providing assistance in airway clearance.
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Ileana Ramazzina, Veronica Lolli, Karen Lacey, Silvia Tappi, Pietro Rocculi, Massimiliano Rinaldi
Summary: This study investigates the impact of treatment with Plasma Activated Water (PAW) on the health-promoting properties of fresh-cut rocket salad. The results suggest that PAW has a positive effect on the nutritional properties of the salad, without causing cytotoxic effects or imbalance in the redox status.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Elena Dembech, Marco Malatesta, Carlo De Rito, Giulia Mori, Davide Cavazzini, Andrea Secchi, Francesco Morandin, Riccardo Percudani
Summary: Coevolution at the gene level can be revealed by analyzing correlated events of gene loss or gain through phylogenetic profile analysis. We describe a suitable procedure for large-scale analysis that assesses the statistical significance of correlated presence/absence transitions between gene pairs to reveal coevolution. Using this method, we identified coevolutionary modules linking known and unknown genes in protein complexes and biological pathways. Furthermore, we demonstrated the ability of the method to predict hidden gene associations through experimental validation.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Steven D. Kelly, Olga G. Ovchinnikova, Fabian Mueller, Michael Steffen, Martin Braun, Ryan P. Sweeney, Michael Kowarik, Rainer Follador, Todd L. Lowary, Fabio Serventi, Chris Whitfield
Summary: Carbapenemase and extended beta-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates are a major health threat, and immunotherapeutic approaches are being explored to combat Klebsiella infections. This study focuses on the O antigen polysaccharides as potential targets for immunotherapeutic development. The authors describe the presence of a previously unknown glycoform and provide mechanistic understanding of antigenic diversity in bacteria.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2023)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Ileana Ramazzina, Valentina Macchioni, Katya Carbone
Summary: This study investigated the relationships between different green extracts from hop cones and their effects on human cultured colonocytes. The extracts were obtained using ultrasound and microwave assisted extraction, and their chemical fingerprinting revealed the presence of various bioactive compounds. The extracts showed dose-dependent cytotoxic effects, with the highest concentrations displaying pro-oxidant or antioxidant activity. Chemometric analysis identified the compounds most correlated with cellular toxicity and ROS production.
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Neil Ravenscroft, Aneesa Omar, Jason Hlozek, Cesarina Edmonds-Smith, Rainer Follador, Fabio Serventi, Gerd Lipowsky, Michelle M. Kuttel, Paola Cescutti, Amirreza Faridmoayer
CARBOHYDRATE RESEARCH
(2017)
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Valeria Naponelli, Ileana Ramazzina, Chiara Lenzi, Saverio Bettuzzi, Federica Rizzi
Correction
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Rosa Maria Cavaliere, Lucia Silvotti, Riccardo Percudani, Roberto Tirindelli
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2020)