Encapsulation of dietary supplements into electrospun cyclodextrin (CD) inclusion complex (IC) nanofibers can pave the way for development novel delivery systems with orally fast-disintegrating properties. Here, resveratrol/CD-IC nanofibrous films were fabricated using electrospinning technique. Resveratrol is a well-known bioactive agent its antioxidant potential, and it commonly used in formu...

Colonization of apple leaves by the yeastlike fungus Aureobasidium pullulans was followed quantitatively and spatially at a microscale level throughout two growing seasons. Ten field leaves were sampled on 11 dates in 2003 and 15 dates in 2004. Using an A. pullulans-specific fluorescence in situ hybridization probe and epifluorescence microscopy, we enumerated total cells, swollen-cells and chl...

The biocontrol activity of Aureobasidium pullulans on decay of apple fruit caused by Botrytis cinerea and Penicillium expansum, and its ability to induce biochemical defense responses in apple tissue, were investigated. In apple wounds, A. pullulans multiplied rapidly and controlled decay caused by either B. cinerea or P. expansum. At the end of the storage period, A. pullulans reduced the inci...

Running title: α-glucoside-processing enzymes in Pyrococcus furiosus 20 ABSTRACT Bioinformatics analysis and transcriptional response information for Pyroccoccus furiosus grown on α-glucans led to identification of a novel isomaltase (PF0132) representing a new GH family, a novel GH57 β-amylase (PF0870), and an extracellular starch-binding protein (1,141 amino 5 acids) (PF1109-1110), in additio...

The techniques of confocal microscopy and optical tweezers have shown themselves to be powerful tools in biological and medical research. We combine these methods to develop a minimally invasive instrument that is capable of making hydrodynamic measurements more rapidly than is possible with other devices. This result leads to the possibility of making scanning images of the viscosity distribut...