Environmental temperature is a major factor affecting animal performance in South China. With global warming, heat stress will become more and more serious. This paper reviewed the effects of heat stress on metabolism...Environmental temperature is a major factor affecting animal performance in South China. With global warming, heat stress will become more and more serious. This paper reviewed the effects of heat stress on metabolism of proteins, glucose, fat and energy in skeletal muscle and related mechanisms so as to provide theoretical guidance for alleviating heat stress and improving production performance of animal suffering from heat stress.展开更多
Extracellular polymeric substances（EPS） produced by microorganisms represent biological macromolecules with unfathomable potentials and they are required to be explored further for their potential application as a b...Extracellular polymeric substances（EPS） produced by microorganisms represent biological macromolecules with unfathomable potentials and they are required to be explored further for their potential application as a bioflocculant in various wastewater sludge treatment. Although several studies already exist on biosynthetic pathways of different classical biopolymers like alginate and xanthan, no dedicated studies are available for EPS in sludge. This review highlights the EPS composition, functionality, and biodegradability for its potential use as a carbon source for production of other metabolites. Furthermore, the effect of various extraction methods（physical and chemical） on compositional, structural, physical and functional properties of microbial EPS has been addressed. The vital knowledge of the effect of extraction method on various important attributes of EPS can help to choose the suitable extraction method depending upon the intended use of EPS. The possible use of different molecular biological techniques for enhanced production of desired EPS was summarized.展开更多
基金Supported by Key Project of Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province(2013CFA100)National Natural Science Foundation of China(31472117)
文摘Environmental temperature is a major factor affecting animal performance in South China. With global warming, heat stress will become more and more serious. This paper reviewed the effects of heat stress on metabolism of proteins, glucose, fat and energy in skeletal muscle and related mechanisms so as to provide theoretical guidance for alleviating heat stress and improving production performance of animal suffering from heat stress.
文摘Extracellular polymeric substances（EPS） produced by microorganisms represent biological macromolecules with unfathomable potentials and they are required to be explored further for their potential application as a bioflocculant in various wastewater sludge treatment. Although several studies already exist on biosynthetic pathways of different classical biopolymers like alginate and xanthan, no dedicated studies are available for EPS in sludge. This review highlights the EPS composition, functionality, and biodegradability for its potential use as a carbon source for production of other metabolites. Furthermore, the effect of various extraction methods（physical and chemical） on compositional, structural, physical and functional properties of microbial EPS has been addressed. The vital knowledge of the effect of extraction method on various important attributes of EPS can help to choose the suitable extraction method depending upon the intended use of EPS. The possible use of different molecular biological techniques for enhanced production of desired EPS was summarized.
