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Modified dietary fat intake for treatment of gallstone disease in people of any age
Madden, Angela M; Smeeton, Nigel; Culkin, Alison; Trivedi, Daksha (2024-02-06)Background The prevalenceof gallstones varies between less than 1% and 64% in different populations andis thought to be increasing in response to changes in nutritional intake andincreasing obesity. Some people with ... -
Molecular and biological characterization of a novel partitivirus from Talaromyces pinophilus
Hassan, Sidra; Syun-ichi, Urayama; Shabeer, Saba; Kiran, Tahseen Ali; Wu, Chien-Fu; Moriyama, Hiromitsu; Coutts, Robert H.A.; Kotta Loizou, Ioly; Jamal, Atif (2024-05)Talaromyces spp. have a worldwide distribution, are ecologically diverse and have been isolated from numerous different substrates. Talaromyces spp. are considered biotechnologically important due to their ability to produce ... -
Molecular and biological characterization of a partitivirus from Paecilomyces variotii.
Hassan, Sidra; Syun-Ichi, Urayama; Shabeer, Saba; Wu, Chien-Fu; Moriyama, Hiromitsu; Coutts, Robert H A; Kotta-Loizou, Ioly; Jamal, Atif (2023-11-28)Paeciliomyces variotii is a thermo-tolerant, ubiquitous fungus commonly found in food products, indoor environments, soil and clinical samples. It is a well-known biocontrol agent used against phytopathogenic fungi and its ... -
Molecular basis for DarT ADP-ribosylation of a DNA base
Schuller, Marion; Butler, Rachel; Ariza, Antonio; Tromans-Coia, Callum; Jankevicius, Gytis; Claridge, Tim; Kendall, Sharon; Goh, Shan; Stewart, Graham; Ahel, Ivan (2021-08-18)ADP-ribosyltransferases use NAD+ to catalyse substrate ADP-ribosylation1, and thereby regulate cellular pathways or contribute to toxin-mediated pathogenicity of bacteria2–4. Reversible ADP-ribosylation has traditionally ... -
Molecular data reveal a cryptic species within the Culex pipiens mosquito complex
Dumas, Emilie; Atyame, Célestine M.; Malcolm, Colin A.; Le Goff, Gilbert; Unal, Sandra; Makoundou, Patrick; Pasteur, Nicole; Weill, Mylène; Duron, Olivier (2016-12-01)The Culex pipiens mosquito complex is a group of evolutionarily closely related species including the common house mosquito, Cx. pipiens, and the southern house mosquito, Cx. quinquefasciatus, which both are infected by ... -
Nature of the evidence base and approaches to guide nutrition interventions for individuals: a position paper from the Academy of Nutrition Sciences
Hickson, Mary; Papoutsakis, Constantina; Madden, Angela; Smith, Mary Anne; Whelan, Kevin (2024-02-02)This Position Paper from the Academy of Nutrition Sciences is the third in a series which describe the nature of the scientific evidence and frameworks that underpin nutrition recommendations for health. This paper focuses ... -
Nematodes as multitrophic organisms: the good, the bad and the unexpected
Davies, Keith; Mohan, Sharad (2021-01-19)Nematodes are cosmopolitan metazoans that occupy all possible ecological niches from the equator to the poles and have even been sent into space. As a group they live a largely unobserved life feeding on fungi and bacteria, ... -
A new set of international Leptosphaeria maculans isolates as a resource for elucidation of the basis and evolution of blackleg disease on Brassica napus
Van de Wouw, Angela; Scanlan, Jack; Al-Mamun, Hawlader; Balesdent, Marie-Hélène; Bousset, Lydia; Burketová, Lenka; del Rio Mendoza, Luis; Fernando, Dilantha; Franke, Coreen; Howlett, Barbara; Huang, Yongju; Jones, Eirian; Koopmann, Birger; Lob, Suhaizan; Mirabadi, Ali; Nugent, Bridgit; Peng, Gary; Rossi, Franco; Schreuder, Huibrecht; Tabone, Annie; Van Coller, Gert; Batley, Jacqueline; Idnurm, Alexander (2023-09-22)A collection of isolates of the fungi Leptosphaeria maculans and L. biglobosa, which cause blackleg disease on Brassica napus (canola/oilseed rape) and other Brassicaceae species, was assembled to represent the global ... -
Novel gene loci associated with susceptibility or cryptic quantitative resistance to Pyrenopeziza brassicae in Brassica napus
Fell, Heather; Muthayil Ali, Ajisa; Wells, Rachel; Mitrousia, Georgia K.; Woolfenden, Hugh; Schoonbeek, Henk-jan; Fitt, Bruce D. L.; Ridout, Christopher J.; Stotz, Henrik U. (2023-03-23)Key message Quantitative disease resistance (QDR) controls the association of the light leaf spot pathogen with Brassica napus; four QDR loci that were in linkage disequilibrium and eight gene expression markers were ... -
Novel integrated agricultural land management approach provides sustainable biomass feedstocks for bioplastics and supports the UK’s “net-zero” target
Ni, Yuanzhi; Richter, Goetz; Mwabonje, Onesmus N.; Qi, Aiming; Patel, Martin K.; Woods, Jeremy (2020-12-28)We investigate the potential in producing biodegradable bio-plastics to support the emergent 'net-zero' greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions targets in the UK. A 'cradle to grave' life cycle assessment was developed to evaluate ... -
The Novel Phages phiCD5763 and phiCD2955 Represent Two Groups of Big Plasmidial Siphoviridae Phages of Clostridium difficile
Ramírez-Vargas, Gabriel; Goh, Shan; Rodríguez, César (2018-01-22)Until recently, Clostridium difficile phages were limited to Myoviruses and Siphoviruses of medium genome length (32–57 kb). Here we report the finding of phiCD5763, a Siphovirus with a large extrachromosomal circular ... -
Novel Viroid‐Like RNAs Naturally Infect a Filamentous Fungus
Dong, Kaili; Xu, Chuan; Kotta‐Loizou, Ioly; Jiang, Jingjing; Lv, Ruiying; Kong, Linghong; Li, Shifang; Hong, Ni; Wang, Guoping; Coutts, Robert H. A.; Xu, Wenxing (2022-12-14)To date, viroids have been found to naturally infect only plants, resulting in substantial losses for some crops. Whether viroids or viroid‐like RNAs naturally infect non‐plant hosts remains unknown. Here the existence of ... -
Nutritional adequacy and content of Food Bank parcels in Oxfordshire, UK: a comparative analysis of independent and organisational provision
Fallaize, Rosalind; Newlove, Jessica; White, Amelia; Lovegrove, Julie A (2020-07-09)Background: Food bank use has increased significantly in the UK. With the rise in demand, it is imperative that users are receiving food parcels that meet their requirements. The present study aimed to explore whether ... -
Nutritional and performance comparisons between British and American football players
Clemo, Matthew; Kass, Lindsy; Jacobson, Bert (2012-10)To date there are no published studies which have researched British American football athletes, nor are there any studies comparing them against National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) football athletes. PURPOSE: ... -
Nutritional Intake after Liver Transplant: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Spillman, Lynsey N.; Madden, Angela M.; Richardson, Holly; Imamura, Fumiaki; Jones, Danielle; Nash, Marilyn; Lim, Hong Kai; Hellawell, Holly N.; Rennie, Kirsten L.; Oude Griep, Linda M.; Allison, Michael; Griffin, Simon J. (2023-05-26)Cardiovascular disease and its concurrent risk factors are prevalent after liver transplant (LT). Most of these risk factors are modifiable by diet. We aimed to synthesise the literature reporting the nutritional intake ... -
Organizing for thoughtful food: A meshwork approach
Pavlovich, Kathryn; Henderson, Alison; Barling, David (2020-08-08)This paper provides an alternative narrative for organizing food systems. It introduces meshwork as a novel theoretical lens to examine the ontological assumptions underlying the shadow and informal dynamics of organizing ... -
Oxacillin sensitization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius by antisense peptide nucleic acids in vitro
Goh, Shan; Loeffler, Anette; Lloyd, David H; Nair, Sean P; Good, Liam (2015-11-11)BACKGROUND: Antibiotic resistance genes can be targeted by antisense agents, which can reduce their expression and thus restore cellular susceptibility to existing antibiotics. Antisense inhibitors can be gene and pathogen ... -
Parallel Microbial Ecology of Pasteuria and Nematode Species in Scottish soils
Orr, Jamie; Neilson, Roy; Freitag, Thomas; Roberts, David; Davies, Keith; Blok, Vivian; Cock, Peter (2020-01-28)Pasteuria spp. are endospore forming bacteria which act as natural antagonists to many of the most economically significant plant parasitic nematodes (PPNs). Highly species-specific nematode suppression may be observed in ... -
Pathogen lifestyle determines host genetic signature of quantitative disease resistance loci in oilseed rape ( Brassica napus )
Jacott, Catherine N.; Schoonbeek, Henk-jan; Sidhu, Gurpinder Singh; Steuernagel, Burkhard; Kirby, Rachel; Zheng, Xiaorong; von Tiedermann, Andreas; Macioszek, Violetta K.; Kononowicz, Andrzej K.; Fell, Heather; Fitt, Bruce D. L.; Mitrousia, Georgia K.; Stotz, Henrik U.; Ridout, Christopher J.; Wells, Rachel (2024-03-02)Using associative transcriptomics, our study identifies genes conferring resistance to four diverse fungal pathogens in crops, emphasizing key genetic determinants of multi-pathogen resistance. Crops are affected by several ... -
Penicillium pinophilum has the potential to reduce damping-off caused by Rhizoctonia solani in sugar beet
Haque, Ehsanul; K. Lakshman, Dilip; Qi, Aiming; F. R. Khan, Mohamed (2021-02-26)Rhizoctonia solani is an economically important pathogen of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) causing seedling damping-off, and root and crown rot. Cultural practices, partially resistant cultivars, and fungicides are among ...