The Unusual Aggregation and Fusion Activity of the Antimicrobial Peptide W-BP100 in Anionic Vesicles by Ana Rita Ferreira, Mariana Ferreira, Cláudia Nunes, Salette Reis, Cátia Teixeira, Paula Gomes, Paula Gameiro

“…Confocal microscopy studies confirmed that W-BP100 displays aggregation and detergent-like effects at a critical P/L ratio, above which it induces the formation of new lipid aggregates. …”
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Hypoxia-Responsive Class III Peroxidases in Maize Roots: Soluble and Membrane-Bound Isoenzymes by Anne Hofmann, Stefanie Wienkoop, Sönke Harder, Fabian Bartlog, Sabine Lüthje

“…Further peroxidases were identified in detergent-insoluble membranes. Co-regulation with a respiratory burst oxidase homolog (Rboh) and key enzymes of the phenylpropanoid pathway indicates a function of the peroxidases in membrane protection, aerenchyma formation, and cell wall remodeling under hypoxia. …”
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Spineless Cactus plus Urea and Tifton-85 Hay: Maximizing the Digestible Organic Matter Intake, Ruminal Fermentation and Nitrogen Utilization of Wethers in Semi-Arid Regions by Robert E. Mora-Luna, Ana M. Herrera-Angulo, Michelle C. B. Siqueira, Maria Gabriela da Conceição, Juana C. C. Chagas, Carolina C. F. Monteiro, Antonia S. C. Véras, Francisco F. R. Carvalho, Marcelo A. Ferreira

“…Tifton 85) with 0, 150, 300, 450 and 600 g/kg dry matter (DM) of spineless cactus (SC, <i>Nopalea cochenilifera</i> Salm-Dyck) plus urea and ammonium sulfate (UAS; 9:1) on DM, digestible organic matter (DOM) and indigestible neutral detergent fiber (iNDF) intakes, as well as ruminal fermentation, N-balance, and microbial protein supply (MPS). …”
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Selective Absorbing Surface Based on CrO₃: Evaluation of Substrates Treatment Influence on the Films Optical Properties by Gustavo Furtado Pereira, Aline da Silva Oliveira, Kelly Cristiane Gomes, José Félix Silva Neto, Thiago Araújo Simões, Antônio Farias Leal, Sandro Marden Torres, Marçal Rosas Florentino Lima Filho

“…The former was performed by detergent cleaning (DC), acid treatment (AT), and electropolishing (EP). …”
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<i>Miúda</i> (<i>Nopalea cochenillifera</i> (L.) Salm-Dyck)—The Best Forage Cactus Genotype for Feeding Lactating Dairy Cows in Semiarid Regions by Rubem R. Rocha Filho, Djalma C. Santos, Antonia S. C. Véras, Michelle C. B. Siqueira, Carolina C. F. Monteiro, Robert E. Mora-Luna, Lucas R. Farias, Viviany L. F. Santos, Juana C. Chagas, Marcelo A. Ferreira

“…The GC promoted lower DM and OM, and the apparent digestibility of neutral detergent fiber. The cows fed with OEMC showed lower MY and milk protein yield and content, and higher unsaturated over saturated fatty acid ratio in milk. …”
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The Effects of <i>HP0044</i> and <i>HP1275</i> Knockout Mutations on the Structure and Function of Lipopolysaccharide in <i>Helicobacter pylori</i> Strain 26695 by Ai-Ning Liu, Kai-Wen Teng, Yongyu Chew, Po-Chuan Wang, Tram Thi Hong Nguyen, Mou-Chieh Kao

“…In addition, these two gene knockout mutants exhibited retarded growth, increased surface hydrophobicity and autoaggregation as well as being more sensitive to the detergent SDS and the antibiotic novobiocin. Furthermore, the LPS-defective mutants also had significantly reduced bacterial infection, adhesion and internalization in the in vitro cell line model. …”
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Effects of dietary protein level on intake, digestibility, and energy expenditure in dairy heifers by Laylles Costa Araújo, Eriton Egidio Lisboa Valente, Valdir da Trindade Filipini, Silvana Teixeira Carvalho, Mariane Stahlhofer, Carla Heloisa Avelino Cabral, Matheus Leonardi Damasceno, Mariana Barbizan

“…The intake of dry matter (DM), organic matter (OM) and neutral detergent fiber (NDF) were similar between treatments (P > 0.05). …”
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Factors Affecting Sugar Accumulation and Fluxes in Warm- and Cool-Season Forages Grown in a Silvopastoral System by Valens Niyigena, Amanda J. Ashworth, Christine Nieman, Mohan Acharya, Kenneth P. Coffey, Dirk Philipp, Lillian Meadors, Thomas J. Sauer

“…A stepwise regression model indicated acid detergent fiber, ash, and forage P concentration were the best predictors (R₂ = 0.85, <i>p</i> ≤ 0.05) of forage WSC. …”
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In-vitro evaluation of the fermentation characters of maize stover and rice straw with different level from bacillus coagulans by Liang CHEN, Hongdong JIE, Ao REN, Chuanshe ZHOU, Zhiliang TAN, Bin LI, Mohamed E. ABD EL-HACK, Mervat ABDEL-LATIF, Dalia H. SAMAK

“…Additionally, in vitro dry matter disappearance; (IVDMD), in vitro neutral detergent fiber disappearance (IVNDFD), individual volatile fatty acids (VFAs) and total VFA (TVFA) of maize stover were significantly in related to the rice straw group. …”
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Synthesis of FAU-Type Zeolite Membranes with Antimicrobial Activity by T. Jean Daou, Thomas Dos Santos, Habiba Nouali, Ludovic Josien, Laure Michelin, Laurent Pieuchot, Patrick Dutournie

“…Before hydrothermal synthesis, a step of cleaning of the support by an anionic detergent was performed, a roughness surface is created, allowing the anchoring of the zeolite nuclei and then their growth, favoring in this sense the formation of a homogeneous zeolite layer. …”
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Influence of Laminin Coating on the Autologous In Vivo Recellularization of Decellularized Vascular Protheses by Mahfuza Toshmatova, Sentaro Nakanishi, Yukiharu Sugimura, Vera Schmidt, Artur Lichtenberg, Alexander Assmann, Payam Akhyari

“…Striving for in vivo repopulation of aortic prostheses with autologous cells, thereby improving the graft biocompatibility, we examined surface coating with laminin in a standardized rat implantation model. Detergent-decellularized aortic grafts from donor rats (n = 37) were coated with laminin and systemically implanted into Wistar rats. …”
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Structure Prediction of a Thermostable SR74 α-Amylase from <i>Geobacillus stearothermophilus</i> Expressed in CTG-Clade Yeast <i>Meyerozyma guilliermondii</i> Strain SO by Si Jie Lim, Noor Dina Muhd Noor, Abu Bakar Salleh, Siti Nurbaya Oslan

“…A thermostable SR74 α-amylase from <i>Geobacillus stearothermophilus</i> was found to have a huge potential in detergent industries due to its thermostability properties. …”
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In Vitro Evaluation of Potentially Edible Brazilian Trees and Shrubs in Ruminant Nutrition by Jozivaldo Prudêncio Gomes de Morais, Mariana Campana, Pablo Gregorini, Thainá Moreira Garcia, Júlia Franco de Aguiar Minussi, Stela Naetzold Pereira, Fabiellen Cristina Pereira, Tiago Antonio Del Valle

“…Edible trees (except CAN and JAT) had lower neutral detergent fiber content than Mombasa grass. In addition, SBT, BMU, WMU, and TIT had lower fiber content than the other evaluated edible trees. …”
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3-Amino-Substituted Analogues of Fusidic Acid as Membrane-Active Antibacterial Compounds by Elena V. Salimova, Oleg S. Mozgovoj, Svetlana S. Efimova, Olga S. Ostroumova, Lyudmila V. Parfenova

“…The study of the membrane activity demonstrated that the spermidine- and spermine-containing compounds are able to immerse into membranes and disorder the lipidsleading to a detergent effect. Moreover, spermine-based compounds are also able to form ion-permeable pores in the lipid bilayers mimicking the bacterial membranes. …”
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Characterization and Optimization of Multiomic Single-Cell Epigenomic Profiling by Leticia Sandoval, Wazim Mohammed Ismail, Amelia Mazzone, Mihai Dumbrava, Jenna Fernandez, Amik Munankarmy, Terra Lasho, Moritz Binder, Vernadette Simon, Kwan Hyun Kim, Nicholas Chia, Jeong-Heon Lee, S. John Weroha, Mrinal Patnaik, Alexandre Gaspar-Maia

“…Our results show that NP-40 detergent-based nuclei isolation yields better sequencing results than collagenase tissue dissociation for OC, significantly impacting cell type identification and analysis. …”
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Characterization of a C-Type Lectin Domain-Containing Protein with Antibacterial Activity from Pacific Abalone (<i>Haliotis discus hannai</i>) by Mi-Jin Choi, Yeo Reum Kim, Nam Gyu Park, Cheorl-Ho Kim, Young Dae Oh, Han Kyu Lim, Jong-Myoung Kim

“…We also performed bacterial agglutination assays in the presence of Ca²⁺, as well as bacterial binding assays in the presence of the detergent dodecyl maltoside. Incubation with <i>E</i>. …”
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Dwarf and Tall Elephantgrass Genotypes under Irrigation as Forage Sources for Ruminants: Herbage Accumulation and Nutritive Value by Rayanne Thalita de Almeida Souza, Mércia Virginia Ferreira dos Santos, Márcio Vieira da Cunha, Geane Dias Gonçalves, Valdson José da Silva, Alexandre Carneiro Leão de Mello, James Pierre Muir, Robson Elpídio Pereira Ribeiro, José Carlos Batista Dubeux

“…Mott leaf had less neutral detergent fiber (NDF) (589 g/kg DM) than Taiwan A-146 2.37 (598 g/kg DM), and tall genotypes had generally greater NDF (668 g/kg DM) than the dwarf genotypes. …”
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Mechanism of Action and Therapeutic Potential of the β-Hairpin Antimicrobial Peptide Capitellacin from the Marine Polychaeta <i>Capitella teleta</i> by Victoria N. Safronova, Pavel V. Panteleev, Stanislav V. Sukhanov, Ilia Y. Toropygin, Ilia A. Bolosov, Tatiana V. Ovchinnikova

“…Electrochemical measurements in planar lipid bilayers mimicking the <i>E. coli</i> membrane were consistent with the detergent-like mechanism of action rather than with binding to a specific molecular target in the cell. …”
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Bacterial Communities in Alkaline Saline Soils Amended with Young Maize Plants or Its (Hemi)Cellulose Fraction by Valentín Pérez-Hernández, Mario Hernández-Guzmán, Marco Luna-Guido, Yendi E. Navarro-Noya, Elda M. Romero-Tepal, Luc Dendooven

“…We studied three soils of the former lake Texcoco with different electrolytic conductivity (1.9 dS m⁻¹, 17.3 dS m⁻¹, and 33.4 dS m⁻¹) and pH (9.3, 10.4, and 10.3) amended with young maize plants and their neutral detergent fibre (NDF) fraction and aerobically incubated in the laboratory for 14 days while the soil bacterial community structure was monitored by means of 454-pyrosequencing of their 16S rRNA marker gene. …”
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Babassu Byproducts in Total Mixed Ration Silage Based on Sugarcane for Small Ruminants Diets by Anderson Zanine, Ygor Portela, Daniele Ferreira, Michelle Parente, Henrique Parente, Edson Santos, Juliana Oliveira, Alexandre Perazzo, Thiago Nascimento, Ivo Alexandre da Cunha, Cledson de Sà, Nítalo Machado, Francisco Naysson Santos, Francisca Claudia Sousa, Renata Costa

“…The largest degradations of DM, CP, and neutral detergent fiber in each treatment occurred at 72 h, in which the SSCS treatments presented the highest degradations in comparison to the others (80.59, 87.89, and 55.68, respectively). …”
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