Publications by authors named "S T Soukup"

The brown marmorated stink bug () poses a significant threat to hazelnut crops by affecting kernel development and causing quality defects, reducing the market value. While previous studies have identified bitter-tasting compounds in affected kernels, the impact of stink bug feeding on the hazelnut metabolome, particularly concerning aroma precursors, remains underexplored. This study aims to map the nonvolatile metabolome and volatilome of hazelnut samples obtained by caging on different cultivars in two locations to identify markers for diagnosing stink bug damage.

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  • Aflatoxins, produced by fungi like Aspergillus flavus and A. parasiticus, are highly dangerous for food safety, with A. minisclerotigenes being a significant but understudied contributor to severe aflatoxicosis outbreaks in Kenya.
  • Comparative genomic analysis shows that these Aspergillus species have distinct genetic traits, including varying numbers of carbohydrate-active enzymes related to their environments and specific differences in aflatoxin biosynthesis gene clusters.
  • Notably, mutations in the aflL and deletions in aflF and aflU genes affect the production of certain aflatoxins, revealing both genetic similarities and critical differences that impact food safety assessments.
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Two factors influencing female reproduction have been repeatedly studied in different animal species and humans, namely, 1. secondary plant compounds, especially phytoestrogens (mainly isoflavones (IFs)), and 2. the physical constitution/metabolic phenotype (e.

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Introduction: Untargeted metabolomics is a powerful tool that provides strategies for gaining a systematic understanding of quantitative changes in the levels of metabolites, especially when combining different metabolomic platforms. Vanilla is one of the world's most popular flavors originating from cured pods of the orchid Vanilla planifolia. However, only a few studies have investigated the metabolome of V.

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was initially isolated from an asymptomatic black howler monkey () in a routine fecal culture examination. Fecal cultures from other individuals in this group and an adjacently housed black-headed spider monkey () group recovered from all but one of the individuals sampled (1.1 spider monkeys and 2.

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