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Recent Advances in Bioelectrochemical Systems for Nitrogen and Phosphorus Recovery Using Membranes

Cerrillo, Míriam; Riau, Victor; Bonmati, August (MDPI, 2023-02-02)

Bioelectrochemical systems (BESs) have emerged as a technology that is able to recover resources from different kinds of substrates, especially wastewater. Nutrient recovery, mostly based on membrane ...

A meta-analysis for assessing the contributions of trypsin and chymotrypsin as the two major endoproteases in protein hydrolysis in fish intestine

Solovyev, Mikhail; Kashinskaya, Elena; Gisbert, Enric (Elsevier, 2023-01-20)

For the majority of fish species, regardless of being gastric or agastric, trypsin and chymotrypsin are known as the two main alkaline proteases responsible for the initial stage of protein hydrolysis ...

Adventitious regeneration from haploid melon (Cucumis melo L.) leaves as an approach to increase the frequency of diploid plants

MAHDAD, Moustafa Yassine; Menéndez Álvarez, Eduardo de Jesús; Claveria, Elisabet; Dolcet-Sanjuan, Ramon (Springer, 2023-02-16)

An efficient process of adventitious regeneration from haploid plant leaves to increase the proportion of diploid plants of six elite melon lines ‘Védrantais’ French cultivar, ‘Piel de Sapo’ Spanish ...

Welfare of laying hens on farm

EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Animal Welfare (AHAW); Nielsen, Søren Saxmose; Alvarez, Julio; Bicout, Dominique Joseph; Calistri, Paolo; Canali, Elisabetta; Drewe, Julian Ashley; Garin-Bastuji, Bruno; Gonzales Rojas, Jose Luis; Gortázar Schmidt, Christian; Herskin, Mette; Miranda Chueca, Miguel Ángel; Padalino, Barbara; Pasquali, Paolo; Roberts, Helen Clare; Spoolder, Hans; Stahl, Karl; Velarde, Antonio; Viltrop, Arvo; Winckler, Christoph; Estevez, Inmaculada; Guinebretière, Maryse; Rodenburg, Bas; Schrader, Lars; Tiemann, Inga; Van Niekerk, Thea; Ardizzone, Michele; Ashe, Sean; Hempen, Michaela; Mosbach-Schulz, Olaf; Rojo Gimeno, Cristina; Van der Stede, Yves; Vitali, Marika; Michel, Virginie (Wiley Open Access, 2023-02-21)

This scientific opinion focuses on the welfare of laying hens, pullets and layer breeders on farm. The most relevant husbandry systems used in Europe are described. For each system, highly relevant ...

Evaluating the repetitive mucus extraction effects on mucus biomarkers, mucous cells, and the skin-barrier status in a marine fish model

Sanahuja, Ignasi; Guerreiro, Pedro M.; Girons, Albert; Fernandez-Alacid, Laura; Ibarz, Antoni (Frontiers, 2023-01-18)

Among all the mucosal barriers, the skin and its surrounding mucus are possibly the main defensive tool against changes in the environment that can be harmful for fish. Due to the extraction of this ...

A chromosome-level genome assembly enables the identification of the follicule stimulating hormone receptor as the master sex determining gene in the flatfish Solea senegalensis

de la Herrán, Roberto; Hermida, Miguel; Rubiolo, Juan Andres; Gómez-Garrido, Jèssica; Cruz, Fernando; Robles, Francisca; Navajas-Pérez, Rafael; Blanco, Andres; Rodriguez Villamayor, Paula; Torres, Dorinda; Sánchez-Quinteiro, Pablo; Ramirez, Daniel; Rodríguez, Maria Esther; Arias-Pérez, Alberto; Cross, Ismael; Duncan, Neil; Martínez-Peña, Teresa; Riaza, Ana; Millán, Adrian; De Rosa, M.Cristina; Pirolli, Davide; Gut, Marta; Bouza, Carmen; Robledo, Diego; Rebordinos, Laureana; Alioto, Tyler; Ruíz-Rejón, Carmelo; Martínez, Paulino (Wiley, 2023-01-01)

Sex determination (SD) shows huge variation among fish and a high evolutionary rate, as illustrated by the Pleuronectiformes (flatfishes). This order is characterized by its adaptation to demersal life, ...

Assessing the Impact of Different Technological Strategies on the Fate of Salmonella in Chicken Dry-Fermented Sausages by Means of Challenge Testing and Predictive Models

Austrich i Comas, Anna; Jofré, Anna; Gou, Pere; Bover-Cid, Sara (MDPI, 2023-02-08)

Salmonella is the main relevant pathogen in chicken dry-fermented sausages (DFS). The safety of shelf-stable DFS must rely on the production process, which should not only prevent growth but promote ...

Influence of ultrasonic application on the enzymatic formation of zinc protoporphyrin

Abril, B.; Contreras, M.; Bou, Ricard; Llauger, M.; García-Pérez, J.V.; Benedito, J. (Elsevier, 2023-02-03)

Ferrochelatase (FeCH), present in pork liver, catalyses the formation of zinc-protoporphyrin (ZnPP), a stable purple-red pigment found in Parma ham. Kinetics of ZnPP formation is especially slow. Thus, ...

Inheritance of Fruit Red-Flesh Patterns in Peach

Zaracho Echagüe, Nathalia Helena; Reig Córdoba, Gemma; Kalluri, Naveen; Arús, Pere; Eduardo, Iban (MDPI, 2023-01-14)

Fruit color is an important trait in peach from the point of view of consumer preference, nutritional content, and diversification of fruit typologies. Several genes and phenotypes have been described ...

Update of the list of qualified presumption of safety (QPS) recommended microorganisms intentionally added to food or feed as notified to EFSA

EFSA Panel on Biological Hazards (BIOHAZ); Koutsoumanis, Konstantinos; Allende, Ana; Álvarez-Ordóñez, Avelino; Bolton, Declan; Bover-Cid, Sara; Chemaly, Marianne; de Cesare, Alessandra; Hilbert, Friederike; Lindqvist, Roland; Nauta, Maarten; Peixe, Luísa; Ru, Giuseppe; Simmons, Marion; Skandamis, Panagiotis; Suffredini, Elisabetta; Cocconcelli, Pier Sandro; Fernández Escámez, Pablo Salvador; Prieto Maradona, Miguel; Querol, Amparo; Sijtsma, Lolke; Suarez, Juan Evaristo; Sundh, Ingvar; Vlak, Just; Barizzone, Fulvio; Hempen, Michaela; Correia, Sandra; Herman, Lieve (Wiley Open Access, 2023-01-25)

The qualified presumption of safety (QPS) provides a generic pre-assessment of the safety of microorganisms intended for use in the food or feed chains, to support the work of EFSA’s Scientific Panels. ...