Project description:Columbia Arabidopsis ecotype were grown hydroponically on 1 mM NH4NO3 as sole nitrogen source during 35 days under short days. Plants leaves were then sprayed with a seaweed extract or with water (control). Root and shoot samples were harvested separately 1 hour and 7 days after this spraying.
Project description:Purpose: Examining the transcriptome of human gut bacteria that grow on seaweed polysaccharides as a sole carbon source Methods: Strains were grown on 5 mg/ml seaweed polysaccharides (carrageenan, agarose and/or poprhyran respective to strain) or galactose as a sole carbon source in vitro. Fold change was calculated as seaweed polysaccharide over galactose with n=2 biological replicates. Once cells reached an optical density corresponding to mid-log phase growth, RNA was isolated and rRNA depleted. Samples were multiplexed for sequencing on the Illumina HiSeq platform at the University of Michigan Sequencing Core. Data was analyzed using Arraystar software (DNASTAR, Inc.) Genes with significant up- or down-regulation were determined by the following criteria: genes with an average fold-change >10-fold and with both biological replicates with a normalized expression level >1% of the overall average RPKM expression level. READS WERE ANALYZED .......GABRIEL FILL IN Results: We identified novel polysaccharide utiilization loci in 5 strains of human gut bacteria
Project description:The effects of the administration of maple syrup extract (MSX) on hepatic gene expression were investigated in mice fed high-fat diet.
Project description:The imbalance of intestinal flora can affect the immune function and structural integrity of the intestinal barrier, leading to the colonization and reproduction of opportunistic pathogenic bacteria in the intestine to become the dominant flora, eventually inducing enteritis. This study aimed to investigate whether fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) could improve the gut barrier in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). The experiment involved administering normal saline (NS group) and fecal microbiota (FMT group) (from the negative control group (C group)) to tilapia that had been treated with oxytetracycline hydrochloride (OTC) (M group) by gavage. A total of 300 male tilapia (mean body weight 596.65 ± 47.18 g) were used, with 180 of them being fed OTC (120 mg/kg body weight/day) for 7 days to induce intestinal oxidative stress, while the rest served as the control group. After confirmation of mild chronic enteritis, the tilapia were treated in different ways.
Project description:The effects of the administration of maple syrup extract (MSXH) on hepatic gene expression were investigated in mice fed high-fat diet.
Project description:The effects of the administration of maple syrup extract (MSXH) on hepatic gene expression were investigated in mice fed high-fat diet.
Project description:The effects of the administration of maple syrup extract (MSXH) on hepatic gene expression were investigated in mice fed high-fat diet.