Among the best-known examples of mutualistic symbioses is that between lower termites and the cellulolytic flagellate protists in their hindguts. Although the symbiosis in worker termites has ...

Polysaccharides are carbohydrate polymers in which monosaccharide ((CH2O)n) units are covalently joined by an O-glycosidic bond in either a branched or linear configuration. Polysaccharides serve ...

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Background: Selective antimicrobial effects have been found for α1,4-linked N-acetylglucosamine residues at the terminus of O-glycans attached to a core protein of gastric gland mucin. A4gnt encodes ...

Key Laboratory of Bio-based Material Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, P.R. China Heilongjiang International Joint Lab of Advanced Biomass ...

Haylage, like conventional silage, is a way to preserve forages and ensure a constant supply in both amount and quality for animals, which helps maintain the efficiency of production systems, however, ...