Drylands occupy approximately 41% of the Earth's terrestrial surface. Climate change and
land use practices are expected to affect biogeochemical cycling by the soil microbiome in …

Acetic acid bacteria (AAB) are valuable biocatalysts for which there is growing interest in
understanding their basics including physiology and biochemistry. This is accompanied by …

The yeasts belonging to the Wickerhamiella and Starmerella genera (W/S clade) share a
distinctive evolutionary history marked by loss and subsequent reinstatement of alcoholic …

Chinese cordyceps was one of most valuable traditional Chinese medicine fungi. To
elucidate the molecular mechanisms related to energy supply mechanism involved in the …

Sweeteners improve the dietary properties of many foods. A candidate for a new natural
sweetener is 5-ketofructose. In this study a fed-batch process for the production of 5 …

Mannitol is the major compatible solute, next to glutamate, synthesized by the opportunistic
human pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii under low water activities. The key enzyme for …

Several plants, fungi, algae, and certain bacteria produce mannitol, a polyol derived from
fructose. Mannitol has multiple industrial applications in the food, pharmaceutical, and …

Background The global market for sweeteners is increasing, and the food industry is
constantly looking for new low-caloric sweeteners. The natural sweetener 5-keto-d-fructose …

It is known that the bacterial microbiota in beehives is essential for keeping bees healthy.
Acetic acid bacteria of the genus Bombella colonize several niches in beehives and are …

Six Leuconostoc mesenteroides strains isolated from camel (3) and sheep (1) milk, silage
(1) and honey (1) have been investigated. All showed probiotic properties due to their …