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PublicaciónArtículo científico (article). 2018

LIMITED INTERACTIONS BETWEEN STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS AND HAEMOPHILUS PARASUIS IN IN VITRO CO-INFECTION STUDIES

  • Mathieu-Denoncourt, Annabelle
  • Letendre, Corinne
  • Auger, Jean-Philippe
  • Segura, Mariela
  • Aragon, Virginia
  • Lacouture, Sonia
  • Gottschalk, Marcelo
Streptococcus suis and Haemophilus parasuis are normal inhabitants of the porcine upper respiratory tract but are also among the most frequent causes of disease in weaned piglets worldwide, causing inflammatory diseases such as septicemia, meningitis and pneumonia. Using an in vitro model of infection with tracheal epithelial cells or primary alveolar macrophages (PAMs), it was possible to determine the interaction between S. suis serotype 2 and H. parasuis strains with different level of virulence. Within H. parasuis strains, the low-virulence F9 strain showed higher adhesion levels to respiratory epithelial cells and greater association levels to PAMs than the high-virulence Nagasaki strain. Accordingly, the low-virulence F9 strain induced, in general, higher levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines than the virulent Nagasaki strain from both cell types. In general, S. suis adhesion levels to respiratory epithelial cells were similar to H. parasuis Nagasaki strain. Yet, S. suis strains induced a significantly lower level of pro-inflammatory cytokine expression from epithelial cells and PAMs than those observed with both H. parasuis strains. Finally, this study has shown that, overall and under the conditions used in the present study, S. suis and H. parasuis have limited in vitro interactions between them and use probably different host receptors, regardless to their level of virulence., info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

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DOI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12327/101, https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens7010007
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PublicaciónArtículo científico (article). 2019

AN ASSOCIATION ANALYSIS FOR 14 CANDIDATE GENES MAPPING TO MEAT QUALITY QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI IN A DUROC PIG POPULATION REVEALS THAT THE ATP1A2 GENOTYPE IS HIGHLY ASSOCIATED WITH MUSCLE ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY

  • Mármol‐Sánchez, E.
  • Quintanilla, R.
  • Jordana, J.
  • Amills, M.
In previous GWAS carried out in a Duroc commercial line (Lipgen population), we detected on pig chromosomes 3, 4 and 14 several QTL for gluteus medius muscle redness (GM a*), electric conductivity in the longissimus dorsi muscle (LD CE) and vaccenic acid content in the LD muscle (LD C18:1 n − 7), respectively. We have genotyped, in the Lipgen population, 19 SNPs mapping to 14 genes located within these QTL. Subsequently, association analyses have been performed. After correction for multiple testing, two SNPs in the TGFBRAP1 (rs321173745) and SELENOI (rs330820437) genes were associated with GM a*, whereas ACADSB (rs81449951) and GPR26 (rs343087568) genotypes displayed significant associations with LD vaccenic content. Moreover, the polymorphisms located at the ATP1A2 (rs344748241), ATP8B2 (rs81382410) and CREB3L4 (rs321278469 and rs330133789) genes showed significant associations with LD CE. We made a second round of association analyses including the SNPs mentioned above as well as other SNPs located in the chromosomes to which they map. After performing a correction for multiple testing, the only association that remained significant at the chromosome‐wide level was that between the ATP1A2 genotype and LD CE. From a functional point of view, this association is meaningful because this locus encodes a subunit of the Na+/K+‐ATPase responsible for maintaining an electrochemical gradient across the plasma membrane., info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion

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DOI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12327/1079, https://doi.org/10.1111/age.12864
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PublicaciónArtículo científico (article). 2020

USE OF ALMOND SKINS TO IMPROVE NUTRITIONAL AND FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES OF BISCUITS: AN EXAMPLE OF UPCYCLING

  • Pasqualone, Antonella
  • Laddomada, Barbara
  • Boukid, Fatma
  • De Angelis, Davide
  • Summo, Carmine
Upcycling food industry by-products has become a topic of interest within the framework of the circular economy, to minimize environmental impact and the waste of resources. This research aimed at verifying the effectiveness of using almond skins, a by-product of the confectionery industry, in the preparation of functional biscuits with improved nutritional properties. Almond skins were added at 10 g/100 g (AS10) and 20 g/100 g (AS20) to a wheat flour basis. The protein content was not influenced, whereas lipids and dietary fiber significantly increased (p < 0.05), the latter meeting the requirements for applying “source of fiber” and “high in fiber” claims to AS10 and AS20 biscuits, respectively. The addition of almond skins altered biscuit color, lowering L* and b* and increasing a*, but improved friability. The biscuits showed sensory differences in color, odor and textural descriptors. The total sum of single phenolic compounds, determined by HPLC, was higher (p < 0.05) in AS10 (97.84 µg/g) and AS20 (132.18 µg/g) than in control (73.97 µg/g). The antioxidant activity showed the same trend as the phenolic. The p-hydroxy benzoic and protocatechuic acids showed the largest increase. The suggested strategy is a practical example of upcycling when preparing a health-oriented food product., info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

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DOI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12327/1085, https://doi.org/10.3390/foods9111705
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PublicaciónArtículo científico (article). 2020

WATER UV-C TREATMENT ALONE OR IN COMBINATION WITH PERACETIC ACID: A TECHNOLOGY TO MAINTAIN SAFETY AND QUALITY OF STRAWBERRIES

  • Nicolau-Lapeña, Iolanda
  • Abadias, Maribel
  • Viñas, Immaculada
  • Bobo, Gloria
  • Lafarga, Tomás
  • Ribas-Agustí, Albert
  • Aguiló Aguayo, Ingrid
Disinfection of fruits is one of the most important steps since they are going to be eaten fresh-or minimally-processed. This step affects quality, safety, and shelf-life of the product. Despite being a common sanitizer in the fruit industry, chlorine may react with organic matter leading to the formation of toxic by-products. Alternative sustainable disinfection strategies to chlorine are under study to minimize environmental and human health impact. Water-assisted UV-C light (WUV-C) is proposed here as an alternative sanitizing method for strawberries. In this study, strawberries were washed for 1 or 5 min in a tank with 2 or 4 lamps on, each emitting UV-C light at 17.2 W/cm2, or in a chlorine solution (200 ppm, pH 6.5). Moreover, trials with 4 lamps on, together with a washing solution consisting on peracetic acid at 40 or 80 ppm, were carried out. Overall, quality and nutritional parameters of strawberries after treatments were maintained. Changes in color were not noticeable and fruits did not lose firmness. No major changes were observed in antioxidant activity, organic acid, anthocyanin, vitamin C, and total phenolic content. Yeasts and molds were not affected by the WUV-C treatment, and 5 min were needed to significantly reduce total aerobic mesophylls population. However, reductions of artificially inoculated Listeria innocua and Salmonella Typhimurium after WUV-C treatments were comparable to those obtained with chlorine-wash, which were 3.0 log CFU / g. Moreover, WUV-C light was effective to minimize microorganisms remaining in washing water, avoiding cross-contamination and thus, allowing water recirculation. This effect was improved when combining the action of UV-C light with peracetic acid, showing the suitability of this combined treatment, understood as an alternative to chlorine sanitation, for sanitizing strawberries and keeping the populations of pathogenic bacteria in washing water lower than 0.6 ± 0.1 log CFU / mL., info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion

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DOI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12327/1129, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2020.108887
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PublicaciónArtículo científico (article). 2021

FIRST IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ROTAVIRUS H IN SWINE IN SPAIN

  • Puente, Héctor
  • Cortey, Marti
  • de Novoa, Pedro J.G.
  • Mencía‐Ares, Óscar
  • Gómez‐García, Manuel
  • Díaz, Ivan
  • Arguello, Héctor
  • Martín, Margarita
  • Rubio, Pedro
  • Carvajal, Ana
Rotaviruses (RVs) are classified into nine species or groups (RVA-RVD and RVF-RVJ). RVA, RVB and RVC are well-recognized as etiological agents of enteric disease on swine farms and have been identified in all countries with a relevant pork production. Contrarily, RVH has only been identified on swine farms from Japan and more recently from Brazil, USA, South Africa and Vietnam but not yet in Europe. The occurrence of RVH was investigated in 103 Spanish pig herds. Nine farms were positive and we achieved a complete nucleotide sequences in three isolates while another RVH isolate was partially sequenced. Mean nucleotide identities with the RVH sequences available in GenBank ranged between 69.4 and 93.7 %. Phylogenetically, all genomic segments of Spanish RVH isolates clustered closely with other porcine RVH strains but were distantly related to human RVH as well as bat RVH strain. To the best of our knowledge this is the first report of RVH on swine farms in Europe including its characterization by means of complete genome sequencing., info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion

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DOI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12327/1139, https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.13992
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PublicaciónArtículo científico (article). 2020

BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES HIGHLIGHTED IN SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE DURING THE SPARKLING WINES ELABORATION

  • González-Jiménez, María del Carmen
  • García-Martínez, Teresa
  • Puig-Pujol, Anna
  • Capdevila, Fina
  • Moreno-García, Jaime
  • Moreno, Juan
  • Mauricio, Juan Carlos
Sparkling wines elaboration has been studied by several research groups, but this is the first report on analysis of biological processes according to the Gene Ontology terms (GO terms) and related to proteins expressed by yeast cells during the second fermentation of sparkling wines. This work provides a comprehensive study of the most relevant biological processes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae P29, a sparkling wine strain, during the second fermentation under two conditions (without and with endogenous CO2 overpressure) in the middle and the end of second fermentation. Consequently, a proteomic analysis with the OFFGEL fractionator and protein identification with LTQ Orbitrap XL coupled to HPLC were performed. The classification of biological processes was carried out using the tools provided by the Saccharomyces Genome Database. Results indicate that a greater number of biological processes were identified under condition without CO2 overpressure and in the middle of the fermentation versus the end of the second fermentation. The biological processes highlighted under condition without CO2 overpressure in the middle of the fermentation were involved in the carbohydrate and lipid metabolic processes and catabolic and biosynthetic processes. However, under CO2 overpressure, specific protein expression in response to stress, transport, translation, and chromosome organization and specific processes were not found. At the end of fermentation, there were higher specific processes under condition without CO2 overpressure; most were related to cell division, growth, biosynthetic process, and gene transcription resulting in increased cell viability in this condition. Under CO2 overpressure condition, the most representative processes were related to translation as tRNA metabolic process, chromosome organization, mRNA processing, ribosome biogenesis, and ribonucleoprotein complex assembly, probably in response to the stress caused by the hard fermentation conditions. Therefore, a broader knowledge of the adaptation of the yeast, and its behavior under typical conditions to produce sparkling wine, might improve and favor the wine industry and the selection of yeast for obtaining a high-quality wine., info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

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DOI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12327/1157, https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8081216
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PublicaciónArtículo científico (article). 2021

THE DIGESTIVE FUNCTION OF PSEUDOPLATYSTOMA PUNCTIFER EARLY JUVENILES IS DIFFERENTIALLY MODULATED BY DIETARY PROTEIN, LIPID AND CARBOHYDRATE CONTENT AND THEIR RATIOS

  • Castro-Ruiz, Diana
  • Andree, Karl B.
  • Solovyev, Mikhail M.
  • Fernández-Méndez, Christian
  • García-Dávila, Carmen
  • Cahu, Chantal
  • Gisbert, Enric
  • Darias, Maria J.
Pseudoplatystoma punctifer is an Amazonian catfish highly appreciated for its high flesh quality, size, and commercial value. Its aquaculture is pursued to satisfy the demands of an increasing population in the region. However, knowledge of the nutritional needs during the early life stages is necessary for improving growth and reducing the incidence of cannibalism, factors that limit the success of its commercial farming. This study aimed at evaluating the influence of four diets containing different protein and lipid levels (30:15, 30:10, 45:15, or 45:10 in %) in the digestive physiology and performance of early juveniles. The results showed that the dietary protein:lipid as well as carbohydrate levels and ratios influenced differently the whole-body proximate composition, the digestive physiology and development, and hence growth and survival. The 45:15 diet promoted the best growth, survival, and the most rapid development of the digestive system, as shown at histological (higher number of hepatocytes, goblet cells in the anterior intestine and enterocytes in all intestinal portions, and longer folds in the posterior intestine), molecular (highest amylase, lipoprotein lipase, phospholipase, trypsinogen, and pepsinogen gene expression), and biochemical (highest lipase and pepsin activities and higher alkaline phosphatase:leucine alanine peptidase activity ratio) levels. Lipids were favored over carbohydrates as source of energy, with lipids promoting a protein-sparing effect at adequate energy:protein ratio. Carbohydrate content higher than 25% was excessive for this species, leading to unbalanced lipid metabolism and fat deposition in the liver., info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

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DOI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12327/1176, https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11020369
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PublicaciónArtículo científico (article). 2018

VERTICAL PRICE TRANSMISSION IN THE EGYPTIAN TOMATO SECTOR AFTER THE ARAB SPRING

  • Osama, Ahmed
This study assesses price transmission along the Egyptian tomato food marketing chain in the period that followed the Arab Spring, which accentuated economic precariousness in Egypt. Static and time-varying copula methods are used for this purpose. Results suggest a positive link between producer, wholesaler and retailer tomato prices. Such positive dependence is characterized by asymmetries during extreme market events that lead price increases to be transferred more completely along the supply chain than price declines., info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

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DOI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12327/118, https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2018.1472739
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PublicaciónArtículo científico (article). 2021

METADATA STANDARDS AND PRACTICAL GUIDELINES FOR SPECIMEN AND DNA CURATION WHEN BUILDING BARCODE REFERENCE LIBRARIES FOR AQUATIC LIFE

  • Rimet, Frédéric
  • Aylagas, Eva
  • Borja, Angel
  • Bouchez, Agnès
  • Canino, Alexis
  • Chauvin, Christian
  • Chonova, Teofana
  • Ciampor Jr, Fedor
  • Costa, Filipe O.
  • Ferrari, Benoit J.D.
  • Gastineau, Romain
  • Goulon, Chloé
  • Gugger, Muriel
  • Holzmann, Maria
  • Jahn, Regine
  • Kahlert, Maria
  • Kusbert, Wolf-Henning
  • Laplace-Treyture, Christophe
  • Leese, Florian
  • Leliaert, Frederik
  • Mann, David G.
  • Marchand, Frédéric
  • Méléder, Vona
  • Pawlowski, Jan
  • Rasconi, Serena
  • Rivera, Sinziana
  • Rougerie, Rodolphe
  • Schweizer, Magali
  • Trobajo, Rosa
  • Vasselon, Valentin
  • Vivien, Régis
  • Weigand, Alexander
  • Witkowski, Andrzej
  • Zimmermann, Jonas
  • Ekrem, Torbjørn
DNA barcoding and metabarcoding is increasingly used to effectively and precisely assess and monitor biodiversity in aquatic ecosystems. As these methods rely on data availability and quality of barcode reference libraries, it is important to develop and follow best practices to ensure optimal quality and traceability of the metadata associated with the reference barcodes used for identification. Sufficient metadata, as well as vouchers, corresponding to each reference barcode must be available to ensure reliable barcode library curation and, thereby, provide trustworthy baselines for downstream molecular species identification. This document (1) specifies the data and metadata required to ensure the relevance, the accessibility and traceability of DNA barcodes and (2) specifies the recommendations for DNA harvesting and for the storage of both voucher specimens/samples and barcode data., info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

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PublicaciónArtículo científico (article). 2017

PROMOTING BIODIVERSITY VALUES OF SMALL FOREST PATCHES IN AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES: ECOLOGICAL DRIVERS AND SOCIAL DEMAND

  • Varela, Elsa
  • Verheyen, Kris
  • Vicialdés, Alicia
  • Soliño, Mario
  • Jacobsen, Jette B.
  • De Smedt, Pallieter
  • Ehrmann, Steffen
  • Gärtner, Stefanie
  • Górriz, Elena
  • Decocq, Guillaume
Small forest patches embedded in agricultural (and peri-urban) landscapes in Western Europe play a key role for biodiversity conservation with a recognized capacity of delivering a wide suite of ecosystem services. Measures aimed to preserve these patches should be both socially desirable and ecologically effective. This study presents a joint ecologic and economic assessment conducted on small forest patches in Flanders (Belgium) and Picardie (N France). In each study region, two contrasted types of agricultural landscapes were selected. Open field (OF) and Bocage (B) landscapes are distinguished by the intensity of their usage and higher connectivity in the B landscapes. The social demand for enhancing biodiversity and forest structure diversity as well as for increasing the forest area at the expenses of agricultural land is estimated through an economic valuation survey. These results are compared with the outcomes of an ecological survey where the influence of structural features of the forest patches on the associated herbaceous diversity is assessed. The ecological and economic surveys show contrasting results; increasing tree species richness is ecologically more important for herbaceous diversity in the patch, but both tree species richness and herbaceous diversity obtain insignificant willingness to pay estimates. Furthermore, although respondents prefer the proposed changes to take place in the region where they live, we find out that social preferences and ecological effectiveness do differ between landscapes that represent different intensities of land use. Dwellers where the landscape is perceived as more “degraded” attach more value to diversity enhancement, suggesting a prioritization of initiatives in these area. In contrast, the ecological analyses show that prioritizing the protection and enhancement of the relatively better-off areas is more ecologically effective. Our study calls for a balance between ecological effectiveness and welfare benefits, suggesting that cost effectiveness studies should consider these approaches jointly., info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion

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