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Full-Text Articles in Life Sciences
Use Of Micellar Delivery Systems To Enhance Curcumin’S Stability And Microbial Photoinactivation Capacity, Victor Ryu, Silvette Ruiz-Ramirez, Piyanan Chuesiang, Lynne A. Mclandsborough, David Julian Mcclements, Maria G. Corradini
Use Of Micellar Delivery Systems To Enhance Curcumin’S Stability And Microbial Photoinactivation Capacity, Victor Ryu, Silvette Ruiz-Ramirez, Piyanan Chuesiang, Lynne A. Mclandsborough, David Julian Mcclements, Maria G. Corradini
Food Science Department Faculty Publication Series
Microbial photoinactivation using ultraviolet (UV) or visible light can be enhanced by photosensitizers. This study assessed the efficacy of encapsulating a food-grade photosensitizer (curcumin) in surfactant micelles on its water dispersibility, chemical stability, and antimicrobial activity. Stock curcumin-surfactant solutions were prepared with Surfynol 465 (S465) or Tween 80 (T80) (5 mM sodium citrate buffer). The antimicrobial activity of curcumin-loaded surfactant solutions was determined by monitoring the inactivation of Escherichia coli O157: H7 and Listeria innocua after 5-min irradiation with UV-A light (λ = 365 nm). The solutions mixed with the bacterial suspensions contained 1 µM curcumin and each surfactant below, …
Metagenomes Of Tropical Soil-Derived Anaerobic Switchgrass-Adapted Consortia With And Without Iron, Kristen Deangelis, Patrick D'Haeseleer, Dylan Chivian, Blake Simmons, Adam P. Arkin, Konstantinos Mavromatis, Stephanie Malfatti, Susannah Tringe, Terry C. Hazen
Metagenomes Of Tropical Soil-Derived Anaerobic Switchgrass-Adapted Consortia With And Without Iron, Kristen Deangelis, Patrick D'Haeseleer, Dylan Chivian, Blake Simmons, Adam P. Arkin, Konstantinos Mavromatis, Stephanie Malfatti, Susannah Tringe, Terry C. Hazen
Microbiology Department Faculty Publication Series
Tropical forest soils decompose litter rapidly with frequent episodes of anoxia, making it likely that bacteria using alternate terminal electron acceptors (TEAs) such as iron play a large role in supporting decomposition under these conditions. The prevalence of many types of metabolism in litter deconstruction makes these soils useful templates for improving biofuel production. To investigate how iron availability affects decomposition, we cultivated feedstock-adapted consortia (FACs) derived from iron-rich tropical forest soils accustomed to experiencing frequent episodes of anaerobic conditions and frequently fluctuating redox. One consortium was propagated under fermenting conditions, with switchgrass as the sole carbon source in minimal …
A Multidisciplinary Approach To Food Safety Evaluation: Hummus Spoilage And Microbial Analysis Of Kitchen Surfaces In Residential Child Care Institutions (Rcci) In Massachusetts, U.S.A., Elsina E. Hagan
Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014
Food borne illnesses continues to be a public health challenge in the United States (U.S.); an estimated 9.4 million incident cases occurred in 2011. In view of this challenge we conducted two food safety studies; 1) related to product formulation (hummus spoilage challenge study) and 2) evaluating the microbial safety of domestic kitchen surfaces in Residential Child Care Institutions (RCCI pilot study).
Hummus is of Mediterranean origin but is currently eaten globally. This challenge study evaluates a variety of industrial hummus formulations (four in total, differing in pH and/or addition of a preservative (natamycin). Two batches were setup: batch 1; …
The Distribution, Composition, And Formation Of Sahara Desert Microbialites From The Base Of The Meski Plateau, Outside Erfoud, Morocco, Sean Faulkner
The Distribution, Composition, And Formation Of Sahara Desert Microbialites From The Base Of The Meski Plateau, Outside Erfoud, Morocco, Sean Faulkner
Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014
Seven distinctly different museum-quality concretionary morphotypes of elongate, spheroidal, banded, botryoidal, columnar, rosette, and speleothem in regolith at two small sites at the base of the Meski Plateau near Erfoud, Morocco are described. Although most are isolated hand samples, the largest concretions are meter-sized blocks. Not one sample resembles any surrounding outcrop or bedrock. The barite rosettes formed first via periodic mixing of Ba2+/SO42- saturated solutions. They provided nuclei for cyclical precipitation-based concentric concretion development. The speleothem formed via precipitation from a carbonate-saturated solution in a large void within porous sandstone. The sand concretions formed when calcite precipitated around grains …