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Campolino ML, de Paula Lana UG, Gomes EA, Coelho AM, de Sousa SM. Phosphate fertilization affects rhizosphere microbiome of maize and sorghum genotypes. Braz J Microbiol 2022; 53:1371-1383. [PMID: 35391636 PMCID: PMC9433508 DOI: 10.1007/s42770-022-00747-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2021] [Accepted: 03/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Despite the lower reactivity of natural phosphates compared to soluble fertilizers, their P bioavailability can increase over the cultivation years, due to the physicochemical processes and the activity of soil microbiota. Therefore, this work aimed to evaluate the α and β diversity of the rhizosphere microbiota of maize and sorghum genotypes grown under different sources and doses of phosphate fertilizers. Four commercial maize and four sorghum genotypes were grown under field conditions with three levels of triple superphosphate (TSP) and two types of rock phosphate sources: phosphorite (RockP) and bayóvar (RP) during two seasons. Maize and sorghum presented a significant difference on the genetic β diversity of both rhizosferic bacterial and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Moreover, P doses within each phosphate source formed two distinct groups for maize and sorghum, and six bacterial phyla were identified in both crops with significant difference in the relative abundance of Firmicutes and Proteobacteria. It was observed that RockP fertilization increased Firmicutes population while Proteobacteria was the most abundant phylum after TSP fertilization in maize. In sorghum, a significant impact of fertilization was observed on the Acidobacteria and Proteobacteria phyla. TSP fertilization increased the Acidobacteria population compared to no fertilized (P0) and RockP while Proteobacteria abundance in RockP was reduced compared to P0 and TSP, indicating a shift toward a more copiotrophic community. Our results suggested that the reactivity of P source is the predominant factor in bacterial community' structures in the maize and sorghum rhizosphere from the evaluated genotypes, followed by P source.
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- Universidade Federal de São João del Rei, Sete Lagoas, MG, Brazil.
- Embrapa Milho e Sorgo, Sete Lagoas, MG, 35701-970, Brazil.
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Microbial Diversity and P Content Changes after the Application of Sewage Sludge and Glyphosate to Soil. MINERALS 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/min11121423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Pesticides, despite their side effects, are still being used in almost every agriculture, horticulture, maintaining municipal greenery in urban areas and even in home gardens. They influence human life and health and the functioning of entire ecosystems, including inanimate elements such as water and soil. The aim of the study was the evaluation of the suitability of sewage sludge in improving the quality of soil treated with a non-selective herbicide-glyphosate, applied as Roundup 360 SL. A pot experiment was conducted with the use of two arable soils (MS and OS), which were amended with sewage sludge (SS), glyphosate (GL) and sewage sludge with glyphosate (SS+GL). Soil samples were taken after 24 h, 144 h and 240 h and total phosphorus (TP) content (TP), total number of bacteria/fungi, activity of dehydrogenases (Dha), acidic phosphatase (Acp), alkaline phosphatase (Alp), genetic biodiversity of bacteria/fungi using the terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism method were determined. The application of SS and GL to OS caused an increase in Acp (approximately 35%) and a decrease in Alp activity (approximately 20%). Additionally, GL may influence on an increase in the number of fungi and the decrease in the number of bacteria. In soil with SS+GL increase in the fungal diversity in MS and OS was also observed. Moreover, a positive between TP and the number of bacteria and the activity of phosphatases correlation was reported. The obtained results indicate that analyzed sewage sludge could be potentially applied into soil in in situ scale and could constitute a valuable reclamation material.
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Mącik M, Gryta A, Sas-Paszt L, Frąc M. The Status of Soil Microbiome as Affected by the Application of Phosphorus Biofertilizer: Fertilizer Enriched with Beneficial Bacterial Strains. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:E8003. [PMID: 33121206 PMCID: PMC7663420 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21218003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2020] [Revised: 10/21/2020] [Accepted: 10/23/2020] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Regarding the unfavourable changes in agroecosystems resulting from the excessive application of mineral fertilizers, biopreparations containing live microorganisms are gaining increasing attention. We assumed that the application of phosphorus mineral fertilizer enriched with strains of beneficial microorganisms contribute to favourable changes in enzymatic activity and in the genetic and functional diversity of microbial populations inhabiting degraded soils. Therefore, in field experiments conditions, the effects of phosphorus fertilizer enriched with bacterial strains on the status of soil microbiome in two chemically degraded soil types (Brunic Arenosol - BA and Abruptic Luvisol - AL) were investigated. The field experiments included treatments with an optimal dose of phosphorus fertilizer (without microorganisms - FC), optimal dose of phosphorus fertilizer enriched with microorganisms including Paenibacillus polymyxa strain CHT114AB, Bacillus amyloliquefaciens strain AF75BB and Bacillus sp. strain CZP4/4 (FA100) and a dose of phosphorus fertilizer reduced by 40% and enriched with the above-mentioned bacteria (FA60). The analyzes performed included: the determination of the activity of the soil enzymes (protease, urease, acid phosphomonoesterase, β-glucosidase), the assessment of the functional diversity of microorganisms with the application of BIOLOGTM plates and the characterization of the genetic diversity of bacteria, archaea and fungi with multiplex terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism and next generation sequencing. The obtained results indicated that the application of phosphorus fertilizer enriched with microorganisms improved enzymatic activity, and the genetic and functional diversity of the soil microbial communities, however these effects were dependent on the soil type.
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- Mateusz Mącik
- Institute of Agrophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Doświadczalna 4, 20-290 Lublin, Poland; (M.M.); (A.G.)
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- Institute of Agrophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Doświadczalna 4, 20-290 Lublin, Poland; (M.M.); (A.G.)
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- Institute of Horticulture in Skierniewice, Pomologiczna 18, 96-100 Skierniewice, Poland;
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- Institute of Agrophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Doświadczalna 4, 20-290 Lublin, Poland; (M.M.); (A.G.)
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Fredriksson NJ, Hermansson M, Wilén BM. Long-term dynamics of the bacterial community in a Swedish full-scale wastewater treatment plant. ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY 2019; 40:912-928. [PMID: 29187074 DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2017.1411396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2017] [Accepted: 09/07/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The operational efficiency of activated sludge wastewater treatment plants depends to a large extent on the microbial community structure of the activated sludge. The aims of this paper are to describe the composition of the bacterial community in a Swedish full-scale activated sludge wastewater treatment plant, to describe the dynamics of the community and to elucidate possible causes for bacterial community composition changes. The bacterial community composition in the activated sludge was described using 16S rRNA gene libraries and monitored for 15 months by a terminal restriction fragment (T-RF) length polymorphism (T-RFLP) analysis of the 16S rRNA gene. Despite variable environmental conditions, a large fraction of the observed T-RFs were present at all times, making up at least 50% in all samples, possibly representing a relatively stable core fraction of the bacterial community. However, the proportions of the different T-RFs in this fraction as well as the T-RFs in the more variable fraction showed a significant variation over time and temperature. The difference in community composition between summer and winter coincided with observed differences in floc structure. These observations suggest a relationship between floc properties and bacterial community composition, although additional experiments are required to determine causality.
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- Nils Johan Fredriksson
- a Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Water Environment Technology , Chalmers University of Technology , Gothenburg , Sweden
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- b Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, Microbiology , University of Gothenburg , Gothenburg , Sweden
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- a Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Water Environment Technology , Chalmers University of Technology , Gothenburg , Sweden
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Tsatsakis A, Tsoukalas D, Fragkiadaki P, Vakonaki E, Tzatzarakis M, Sarandi E, Nikitovic D, Tsilimidos G, Alegakis AK. Developing BIOTEL: A Semi-Automated Spreadsheet for Estimating Telomere Length and Biological Age. Front Genet 2019; 10:84. [PMID: 30838025 PMCID: PMC6389611 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2019.00084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2018] [Accepted: 01/28/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Introduction: Telomere length (TL) is causally related to aging and several age-related diseases. Specifically, the abundance of short telomeres and the rate of telomere shortening are strong determinants of cell homeostasis. Thus, tools for analyzing and manipulating TL data can vastly improve research focused on aging. Aim: In this study, we developed a semi-automated worksheet, BIOTEL, to generate individual and group TL statistics and provide a crude estimation of biological age. Results: Data from the Telomere Length Database Project (TLDP) were implemented to the spreadsheet to produce TL statistics. 150 participants were included, and their age was from 21 to 82 years, and the sex distribution ratio was 52.3%: 47.7% (male: female). Initially, we analyzed the fluorescence intensities of telomeres that were measured on metaphase spread leukocytes using three-dimensional (3D) quantitative-fluorescent in situ hybridization (Q-FISH) procedures (3D DNA FISH) with a (C3TA2)3 peptide nucleic acid (PNA) probe. Raw data of fluorescence intensities, demographic data and medical records from the participants were imported into the worksheet. Basic statistical analyses of TL data were provided through BIOTEL, including TL percentiles, specialized charts for TL distribution including the percentage of critically short telomeres (< 3,000 kilobases), individual telomere profiles, and graphs of biological age vs. chronological age. Conclusion: BIOTEL ver. 2.4 is a functional semi-automated worksheet that calculates a wide range of TL statistics, thus a useful tool with applications in research of telomeres and biological age estimation.
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- Aristidis Tsatsakis
- Laboratory of Toxicology, Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
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- Laboratory of Toxicology, Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece.,Metabolomic Medicine, Health Clinics for Autoimmune and Chronic Diseases, Athens, Greece
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- Laboratory of Toxicology, Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
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- Laboratory of Toxicology, Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
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- Laboratory of Toxicology, Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece.,Metabolomic Medicine, Health Clinics for Autoimmune and Chronic Diseases, Athens, Greece
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- Laboratory of Anatomy-Histology-Embryology, Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
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- Metabolomic Medicine, Health Clinics for Autoimmune and Chronic Diseases, Athens, Greece
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Handke J, Procopio N, Buckley M, van der Meer D, Williams G, Carr M, Williams A. Successive bacterial colonisation of pork and its implications for forensic investigations. Forensic Sci Int 2017; 281:1-8. [PMID: 29080415 DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2017.10.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2017] [Revised: 09/01/2017] [Accepted: 10/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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AIMS Bacteria are considered one of the major driving forces of the mammalian decomposition process and have only recently been recognised as forensic tools. At this point, little is known about their potential use as 'post-mortem clocks'. This study aimed to establish the proof of concept for using bacterial identification as post-mortem interval (PMI) indicators, using a multi-omics approach. METHODS AND RESULTS Pieces of pork were placed in the University's outdoor facility and surface swabs were taken at regular intervals up to 60 days. Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) of the 16S rDNA was used to identify bacterial taxa. It succeeded in detecting two out of three key contributors involved in decomposition and represents the first study to reveal Vibrionaceae as abundant on decomposing pork. However, a high fraction of present bacterial taxa could not be identified by T-RFLP. Proteomic analyses were also performed at selected time points, and they partially succeeded in the identification of precise strains, subspecies and species of bacteria that colonized the body after different PMIs. CONCLUSION T-RFLP is incapable of reliably and fully identifying bacterial taxa, whereas proteomics could help in the identification of specific strains of bacteria. Nevertheless, microbial identification by next generation sequencing might be used as PMI clock in future investigations and in conjunction with information provided by forensic entomologists. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY To the best of our knowledge, this work represents the first attempt to find a cheaper and easily accessible, culture-independent alternative to high-throughput techniques to establish a 'microbial clock', in combination with proteomic strategies to address this issue.
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- Jessica Handke
- School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield HD1 3DH, UK; Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Amsterdam, P.O. Box 19268, 1000 GG Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, 131 Princess Street, University of Manchester, Manchester M1 7DN, UK.
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, 131 Princess Street, University of Manchester, Manchester M1 7DN, UK.
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- School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield HD1 3DH, UK.
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- School of Law, Forensics and Policing, Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire ST4 2DE, UK.
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- School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield HD1 3DH, UK.
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- School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield HD1 3DH, UK.
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Furze JR, Martin AR, Nasielski J, Thevathasan NV, Gordon AM, Isaac ME. Resistance and resilience of root fungal communities to water limitation in a temperate agroecosystem. Ecol Evol 2017; 7:3443-3454. [PMID: 28515880 PMCID: PMC5433968 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.2900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2016] [Revised: 02/07/2017] [Accepted: 02/21/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Understanding crop resilience to environmental stress is critical in predicting the consequences of global climate change for agricultural systems worldwide, but to date studies addressing crop resiliency have focused primarily on plant physiological and molecular responses. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) form mutualisms with many crop species, and these relationships are key in mitigating the effects of abiotic stress in many agricultural systems. However, to date there is little research examining whether (1) fungal community structure in agroecosystems is resistant to changing environmental conditions, specifically water limitation and (2) resilience of fungal community structure is moderated by agricultural management systems, namely the integration of trees into cropping systems. Here, we address these uncertainties through a rainfall reduction field experiment that manipulated short-term water availability in a soybean-based (Glycine max L. Merr.) agroforest in Southern Ontario, Canada. We employed terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis to determine the molecular diversity of both general fungal and AMF communities in soybean roots under no stress, stress (rainfall shelters added), and poststress (rainfall shelters removed). We found that general fungal and AMF communities sampled from soybean roots were resistant to rainfall reduction in a monoculture, but not in an agroforest. While AMF communities were unchanged after stress removal, general fungal communities were significantly different poststress in the agroforest, indicating a capacity for resiliency. Our study indicates that generalist fungi and AMF are responsive to changes in environmental conditions and that agroecosystem management plays a key role in the resistance and resilience of fungal communities to water limitation.
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- Jessie R. Furze
- Department of Physical and Environmental SciencesUniversity of Toronto ScarboroughTorontoOntarioCanada
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- Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences and the Centre for Critical Development StudiesUniversity of Toronto ScarboroughTorontoOntarioCanada
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- Department of GeographyUniversity of TorontoTorontoOntarioCanada
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- School of Environmental SciencesUniversity of GuelphGuelphOntarioCanada
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- Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences and the Centre for Critical Development StudiesUniversity of Toronto ScarboroughTorontoOntarioCanada
- Department of GeographyUniversity of TorontoTorontoOntarioCanada
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Effects of Wash-Out Dynamics on Nitrifying Bacteria in Aerobic Granular Sludge During Start-Up at Gradually Decreased Settling Time. WATER 2016. [DOI: 10.3390/w8050172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Wang P, Li Y, Xiao H, Shi Y, Le GW, Sun J. Isolation of lactobacillus reuteri from Peyer's patches and their effects on sIgA production and gut microbiota diversity. Mol Nutr Food Res 2016; 60:2020-30. [PMID: 27030202 DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.201501065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2015] [Revised: 02/27/2016] [Accepted: 03/16/2016] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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SCOPE We previously reported that specific Lactobacillus reuteri colonized within mouse Peyer's patches (PP) effectively prevented high fat diet induced obesity and low-grade chronic inflammation. We further investigated the role of PP Lactobacillus reuteri on sIgA production in rats in this study. METHODS AND RESULTS Lactobacilli were isolated from rat PP. All isolates were L. reuteri and belonged to three phenotypes according to amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis. Typical strains of two main clusters, PP1 and PP2, were used to treat control and vitamin A deficient (VAD) rats, respectively. The feeding of PP1 and PP2 affected sIgA and Lactobacillus diversity by strain-specific manner. Free sIgA was significantly increased by PP1 (p = 0.069) and PP2 (p < 0.05) in the control rats but not in the VAD rats. Only PP1 significantly changed PP Lactobacillus diversity in the control rats (p < 0.05). However, PP2 specifically changed ileal Lactobacillus diversity in both control and VAD rats. Fecal sIgA was correlated with PP Lactobacillus diversity (R(2) = 0.7958, p = 0.011). CONCLUSION Modulation of sIgA production by PP L. reuteri of rat is dependent on vitamin A and change of Lactobacillus diversity in PP.
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- Panpan Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, PR China.,Food Nutrition and Functional Factors Research Center, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, PR China
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- Food Nutrition and Functional Factors Research Center, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, PR China
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- Department of Food Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, PR China.,Food Nutrition and Functional Factors Research Center, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, PR China.,Food Nutrition and Functional Factors Research Center, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, PR China. .,Food Nutrition and Functional Factors Research Center, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, PR China.
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