Articles - Science and Technology

Brans from hull-less barley, emmer and pigmented wheat varieties: from by-products to bread nutritional improvers using selected lactic acid bacteria and xylanase

Pontonio E; Dingeo C; Di Cagno R; Blandino M; Gobbetti M; Rizzello CG (2020)

Aiming at meeting the recommendations of the World Health Organization regarding the total fiber daily intake, an integrate biotechnological approach, combining xylanase treatment and lactic acid bacteria fermentation of ...

Intraspecific functional differences of subalpine plant species growing in low-altitude microrefugia and high-altitude habitats

Tonin R; Gerdol R; Wellstein C (2020)

Mountain ice holes are microrefugia at low altitudes characterized by colder temperatures compared to the surrounding areas. Ice holes harbor extra-zonal plant communities composed of plant species that generally grow at ...

The food-gut human axis: the effects of diet on gut microbiota and metabolome

De Angelis M; Garruti G; Minervini F; Bonfrate L; Portincasa P; Gobbetti M (2019)

Gut microbiota, the largest symbiont community hosted in human organism, is emerging as a pivotal player in the relationship between dietary habits and health. Oral and, especially, intestinal microbes metabolize dietary ...

Time in quantum mechanics and the local non-conservation of the probability current

Modanese G (2018)

In relativistic quantum field theory with local interactions, charge is locally conserved. This implies local conservation of probability for the Dirac and Klein–Gordon wavefunctions, as special cases; and in turn for ...

Not a melting pot: Plant species aggregate in their non-native range

Stotz GC; Cahill JF; Bennett JA; Carlyle CN; Bork EW; Askarizadeh D; Bartha S; Beierkuhnlein C; Boldgiv B; Brown L; Cabido M; Campetella G; Chelli S; Cohen O; Díaz S; Enrico L; Ensing D; Erdenetsetseg B; Fidelis A; Garris HW; Henry HAL; Jentsch A; Jouri MH; Koorem K; Manning P; Mitchell R; Moora M; Overbeck GE; Pither J; Reinhart KO; Sternberg M; Tungalag R; Undrakhbold S; van Rooyen M; Wellstein C; Zobel M; Fraser LH (2020)

Aim: Plant species continue to be moved outside of their native range by human activities. Here, we aim to determine whether, once introduced, plants assimilate into native communities or whether they aggregate, thus forming ...

Determination of the surface-mat effect of grassland slopes as a measure for shallow slope stability

Löbmann MT; Tonin R; Wellstein C; Zerbe S (2020)

Herbaceous vegetation is an important factor for control of shallow slope failure. While roots of herbaceous vegetation rarely cross potential shear planes, they increase soil cohesion in the top soil and create a surface-mat ...

The cellulose synthase 3 (CesA3) gene of oomycetes: structure, phylogeny and influence on sensitivity to carboxylic acid amide (CAA) fungicides

Blum M; Gamper HA; Waldner M; Sierotzki H; Gisi U (ELSEVIER SCI LTD, 2012)

Proper disease control is very important to minimize yield losses caused by oomycetes in many crops. Today, oomycete control is partially achieved by breeding for resistance, but mainly by application of single-site mode ...

Use of autochthonous lactobacilli to increase the safety of Zgougou

Minervini F; Missaoui J; Celano G; Calasso M; Achour L; Saidane D; Gobbetti M; De Angelis M (2020)

Seeds of Pinus halepensis are used for preparing zgougou, a spontaneously fermented matrix giving juice and seeds debris, consumed in many Arabian countries, including Tunisia. In the same way as all the food processes ...

Generalized Maxwell equations and charge conservation censorship

Modanese G (2017)

The Aharonov-Bohm electrodynamics is a generalization of Maxwell theory with reduced gauge invariance. It allows to couple the electromagnetic field to a charge which is not locally conserved, and has an additional degree ...

Nutritional therapy modulates intestinal microbiota and reduces serum levels of total and free indoxyl sulfate and p-cresyl sulfate in chronic kidney disease (Medika study)

Di Iorio BR; Rocchetti MT; De Angelis M; Cosola C; Marzocco S; Di Micco L; di Bari I; Accetturo M; Vacca M; Gobbetti M; Di Iorio M; Bellasi A; Gesualdo L (2019)

In chronic kidney disease (CKD), the gut-microbiota metabolites indoxyl sulfate (IS) and p-cresyl sulfate (PCS) progressively accumulate due to their high albumin-binding capacity, leading to clinical complications. In a ...

Soil and plant factors driving the community of soil-borne microorganisms across chronosequences of secondary succession of chalk grasslands with a neutral pH

Kuramae E; Gamper HA; van Veen J; Kowalchuk G (OXFORD UNIV PRESS, 2011)

Although soil pH has been shown to be an important factor driving microbial communities, relatively little is known about the other potentially important factors that shape soil-borne microbial community structure. This ...

Nutritional and functional effects of the lactic acid bacteria fermentation on gelatinized legume flours

De Pasquale I; Pontonio E; Gobbetti M; Rizzello CG (2020)

Aiming at meeting recent consumers requirements in terms of high nutritional value and functional foods, the cereal food industry has proposed the use of legumes as wheat substitutes due to the high contents of proteins ...

TRY plant trait database - enhanced coverage and open access

Kattge J; Bönisch G; Díaz S; Lavorel S; Prentice IC; Leadley P; Tautenhahn S; Werner G; Wellstein C; Wirth C (2020)

Plant traits—the morphological, anatomical, physiological, biochemical and phenological characteristics of plants—determine how plants respond to environmental factors, affect other trophic levels, and influence ecosystem ...

Sourdough fermented breads are more digestible than those started with baker’s yeast alone: An in vivo challenge dissecting distinct gastrointestinal responses

Rizzello CG; Portincasa P; Montemurro M; Di Palo DM; Lorusso MP; De Angelis M; Bonfrate L; Genot B; Gobbetti M (2019)

As a staple food, bread digestibility deserves a marked nutritional interest. Combining wide-spectrum characterization of breads, in vitro nutritional indices, and in vivo postprandial markers of gastrointestinal function, ...