Publications by authors named "Xingning Xiao"

Here, thermophilic bacteria (TB) with cellulose degradation functions were screened from composting panda feces and applied to cattle manure composting. TB (Aeribacillus pallidus G5 and Parageobacillus toebii G12) inoculation led to remarkable improvement of the compost temperature, prolonging of the thermophilic stage and shortening of the composting process, resulting in increased manure harmlessness (GI ≥ 70%), compost humification, and greenhouse gas emission reduction (14.19%-22.

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  • Sodium hypochlorite (NaClO), commonly used during the COVID-19 pandemic, can enter aquatic ecosystems through wastewater discharge and was studied for its effects on larval zebrafish.
  • Exposure to 300 μg/L NaClO for 7 days increased the expression of specific genes and caused significant changes in lipid profiles, decreasing levels of triglycerides, phosphatidylethanolamines, and diglycerides.
  • The study identified over 700 differentially expressed genes, mainly linked to lipid and glycometabolism, highlighting the potential toxic effects of chlorine disinfectants on aquatic life.
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The spoilage of refrigerated pork involves nutrient depletion and the production of spoilage metabolites by spoilage bacteria, yet the microbe-metabolite interactions during this process remain unclear. This study employed 16S rRNA high-throughput sequencing and non-targeted metabolomics based on ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (UHPLC-MS/MS) to reveal the core microbiota and metabolite profiles of pork during refrigeration. A total of 45 potential biomarkers were screened through random forest model analysis.

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  • - Chlorine and its derivatives are commonly used as disinfectants in China's pork supply chain, but their overuse might lead to the emergence of chlorine-tolerant bacteria and increased antibiotic resistance among pathogens.
  • - The study found significant changes in the bacterial composition of a pork wholesale market after disinfection with sodium hypochlorite, with persistent presence of harmful bacteria like Salmonella and E. coli despite disinfection efforts.
  • - Important correlations were identified between antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and disinfectant resistance genes, with Acinetobacter and Salmonella showing resistance mechanisms mainly through antibiotic deactivation and efflux, highlighting the limitations of current disinfection practices.
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Sodium hypochlorite (NaClO) and cadmium (Cd) are widely co-occurring in natural aquatic environment; however, no study has been conducted on effects of their combined exposure on aquatic organisms. To assess effects of exposure to NaClO and Cd in zebrafish larvae, we designed six treatment groups, as follows: control group, NaClO group (300 μg/L), 1/100 Cd group (48 μg/L), 1/30 Cd group (160 μg/L), NaClO+1/100 Cd group, and NaClO+1/30 Cd group analyzed behavior, neurological function and cardiac function. Results revealed that exposure to 1/30 Cd and NaClO+1/30 Cd caused abnormal embryonic development in larvae by altering body morphology and physiological indicators.

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Ready-to-eat (RTE) chicken products are prone to bacterial contamination, posing foodborne illness risks. High-throughput sequencing (HTS) has been widely used to study the distribution of pathogenic and spoilage bacteria in RTE chicken products but lacks quantitative data on taxa abundances. In this study, we employed a method combining HTS with absolute quantification, using Edwardsiella tarda as an internal standard strain, to achieve the relative and absolute abundances of microbiota in RTE chicken products stored at 4 and 25 °C.

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  • The study investigates the spread of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in swine from birth to market, highlighting its implications for human health and environmental safety.
  • Researchers identified 829 ARG subtypes across various growth stages, with tetracycline, aminoglycoside, and MLS being the most prevalent.
  • The findings reveal that Escherichia coli is the primary carrier of ARGs, and these resistance genes can be transmitted to offspring, raising concerns about the health risks associated with ARGs in swine farms.
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Pork is widely consumed globally, and pigs' microbiota can potentially harbor foodborne pathogens. Contaminated pork in retail markets poses significant implications for food quality and safety. However, limited studies have compared pork microbiomes in various marketing environments.

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Ready-to-eat (RTE) chicken is a popular food in China, but its lack of food safety due to bacterial contamination remains a concern, and the dynamic changes of microbial association networks during storage are not fully understood. This study investigated the impact of storage time and temperature on bacterial compositions and microbial association networks in RTE chicken using 16S rDNA high-throughput sequencing. The results show that the predominant phyla present in all samples were and , and the most abundant genera were , and Increased storage time and temperature decreased the richness and diversity of the microorganisms of the bacterial communities.

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Graphitic carbon nitride (GCN) has been demonstrated to be a potential visible-light-driven photocatalyst for eliminating organic pollutants. However, its practical application is limited by low photocatalytic efficiency originating from high recombination of photogenerated charges. In this work, the electronic structure of GCN was regulated by doping aminobenzaldehyde (ABA) into the skeleton through a solid-state Schiff base reaction.

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is a common opportunistic zoonotic pathogen, and its ongoing acquisition of antimicrobial resistance genes poses challenges to clinical treatments. Human-sourced whole genomic sequencing of human isolates has been reported, but pig-sourced isolates have not been thoroughly investigated even though these animals can serve as reservoirs for human infections. In the current study, we report a molecular epidemiological investigation to unravel the antimicrobial and virulence gene risk factors for contamination in 9 pig farms in 3 different cities in Zhejiang Province, China.

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serovars Enteritidis (. Enteritidis) can survive extreme food processing environments including bactericidal sodium hypochlorite (NaClO) treatments generally recognized as safe. In order to reveal the molecular regulatory mechanisms underlying the phenotypes, the overall regulation of genes at the transcription level in .

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  • Escherichia coli
  • from animals, but the prevalence of the mcr-1 gene in retail meat is still not well understood.
  • * In a study of 120 meat samples, researchers found 106 mcr-1-negative and 16 mcr-1-positive
  • E. coli
  • isolates, with the latter showing multidrug resistance and resistance to colistin.
  • * The study identified multiple antibiotic resistance genes and plasmid replicons in the mcr-1-positive isolates, highlighting retail meat as a significant reservoir for these resistant bacteria that need ongoing monitoring.
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Chlorine disinfectants have been widely used in the poultry supply chain but this exposure can also result in the development of bacterial tolerance to chlorine and this is often linked to antibiotic cross-resistance. The objectives of this study were to investigate sodium hypochlorite (NaClO) tolerance of isolated from poultry supply chains and evaluate cross-resistance. We collected 172 isolates from poultry farms, slaughter houses and retail markets in China during 2019-2020.

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A total of 1,400 samples of food animals (pigs, chickens, and ducks) were collected between July and September 2019 in China to uncover the prevalence of and its potential role in the evolution of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). An isolation of was performed and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) was used to uncover the genetic relationship. The AMR of isolates was comprehensively characterized using broth microdilution-based antimicrobial susceptibility testing, S1-PFGE, southern hybridization, whole-genome sequencing, and in-depth bioinformatics analysis.

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Disease caused by antibiotic-resistant is a serious clinical problem that poses a great threat to public health. The present study is aimed at assessing differences in bacterial kinetics with different antibiotic resistance profiles under environmental stress and at developing microbial tolerance models in lettuce during storage from 4 to 36°C. The drug-resistance phenotypes of 10 Typhimurium (.

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This study evaluated the effects of early intervention with () on shaping the intestinal microbiota of Muscovy ducklings. A total of 160 1-day-old male ducks were randomly divided into two groups: the CB group was administered with 1 mL of (2 × 10 CFU/mL), while the C group was given 1 mL of saline. The administration lasted for 3 days.

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The study was to establish a predictive model for reduction and cross-contamination of on chicken in chilling process. Reduction of on chicken was 0.75 ± 0.

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The objective of this study was to develop predictive models for describing the inoculated reductions on chicken during the scalding process in China. reductions on chicken breasts at a 100 s treatment were 1.12 ± 0.

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Fresh strawberries are one of the most popular fruits in China and are vulnerable to microbial contamination. In this study, the behavior of Typhimurium on fresh strawberries stored at refrigeration and room temperatures, as well as the effectiveness of mild heat wash treatments at 47, 50, and 53°C on bacterial survival was investigated. The modified Gompertz, Huang, log-linear, and Weibull models were used to fit bacterial growth and survival curves under different treatments.

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Unlabelled: This study aimed to qualify the transfer of Vibrio parahaemolyticus during the shrimp peeling process via gloves under 3 different scenarios. The 1st 2 scenarios provided quantitative information for the probability distribution of bacterial transfer rates from (i) contaminated shrimp (6 log CFU/g) to non-contaminated gloves (Scenario 1) and (ii) contaminated gloves (6 log CFU/per pair) to non-contaminated shrimp (Scenario 2). In Scenario 3, bacterial transfer from contaminated shrimp to non-contaminated shrimp in the shrimp peeling process via gloves was investigated to develop a predictive model for describing the successive bacterial transfer.

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