Enhanced Fermentation of Pu-Erh Tea with : Quality and Microbial Community Analysis.

Post-fermented Pu-erh tea (PFPT) is a microbial fermented tea characterized by unique sensory attributes and multiple health benefits. is the dominant fungus involved in the fermentation process and plays a significant role in imparting the distinct characteristics of PFPT. To investigate the role of in the fermentation of Pu-erh tea, this study inoculated unsterilized sun-dried green tea with isolated from Pu-erh tea to enhance the fermentation process.

Study of Laurie tea processor black tea mixing fermentation using the simplex centroid design method.

Background: Broken black tea (BBT) is the most consumed black tea in the world. Laurie tea processor black tea (LTP-BT) is one of the most important categories of BBT. In this study, the fresh leaves of three tea plant cultivars including Golden Peony tea, Yunnandaye, and Fuding Dabai were blended to process LTP-BT using the simplex centroid design.

Synergistic Integration of Local and Global Information for Critical Edge Identification.

Identifying critical edges in complex networks is a fundamental challenge in the study of complex networks. Traditional approaches tend to rely solely on either global information or local information. However, this dependence on a single information source fails to capture the multi-layered complexity of critical edges, often resulting in incomplete or inaccurate identification.

A new strategy based on multi-source remote sensing data for improving the accuracy of land use/cover change classification.

Land Use/Cover Change (LUCC) plays a crucial role in sustainable land management and regional planning. However, contemporary feature extraction approaches often prove inefficient at capturing critical data features, thereby complicating land cover categorization. In this research, we introduce a new feature extraction algorithm alongside a Segmented and Stratified Principal Component Analysis (SS-PCA) dimensionality reduction method based on correlation grouping.

CRISPR/Cas9 targeted editing of UDP-rhamnose: Rhamnosyltransferase gene decreases its functions in acteoside biosynthesis and pest resistance in Rehmarmia glutinosa.

UDP-rhamnose: rhamnosyltransferases (URTs)in Rehmarmia glutinosa (RgURT1-RgURT4)may catalyze two key downstream steps of acteoside biosynthesis. Moreover, they were identified from Rehmarmia glutinosa and preliminarily characterized, but their bioinformatics analysis and functions remain to be further explored. The present study mainly focused on investigating their bioinformatics function prediction, genotype-dependent expression, and roles for acteoside biosynthesis and pest resistance with CRISPR/Cas9 technology.

Elementomics of 32 elements in cord serum depicts the risk of orofacial clefts: A case-control study in Shanxi, China.

Maternal exposure to various metallic and non-metallic elements has been linked to the occurrence of orofacial clefts (OFCs), yet there remains a dearth of comprehensive research on the potential ramifications of simultaneous exposure to multiple elements. In this study, we investigated the individual and combined effects of element exposure on OFCs in a cohort of 168 pregnant women (49 cases and 119 controls) in the Shanxi province of northern China from 2010 to 2015. Cord serum samples were obtained from all participants to analyze the levels of 32 elements using inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry.

Insights into the Metabolite Profiles of Two (Theaceae) Species in Yunnan Province through Metabolomic and Transcriptomic Analysis.

Tea () falls into the family Theaceae, is a valuable commercial crop, and tea products made from its buds and young leaves are favored by consumers all over the world. The more common plant is (), but its most important relative, (), is also utilized by locals in the area of cultivation to manufacture tea. In this investigation, (DL) and (QJZ) were characterized in terms of their agronomic traits, physicochemical indices, metabolomics, and transcriptomics.

Analysis of Metabolite Differences in Different Tea Liquors Based on Broadly Targeted Metabolomics.

To expand the development of characteristic extension products of Yunnan tea and improve the utilization rate of Yunnan tea resources, in this study, we compared the metabolite composition among raw Pu-erh tea, ripe Pu-erh tea prepared with glutinous rice (according to tea to glutinous rice ratio of 1:3), and ripe Pu-erh tea prepared with a mixture of sorghum, rice, glutinous rice, wheat, and corn as raw materials (according to a tea to glutinous rice ratio of 1:3). Rice flavor liquor prepared with 100% glutinous rice served as a control. The raw Pu-erh tea liquor (RAWJ), ripe Pu-erh tea liquor (RIPEJ), ripe Pu-erh tea mixed grain liquor (HHLSJ), and rice-flavor liquor (MJ) were all brewed by semi-solid fermentation.

Methylmercury in commercial fish species from the Erhai Lake Basin, Southwest China: concentrations, health risk assessment, and implications for future monitoring.

Erhai Lake, a highland lake situated in Southwest China, provides critical aquatic protein sources for the local community, and its preservation is vital due to the sensitivity of alpine freshwater ecosystems to disturbance. However, there is a lack of research on the contamination status of methylmercury (MeHg) in aquatic organisms of the Erhai Lake Basin. MeHg concentrations in important commercial fish species from the Erhai Lake were examined, and the potential health risks associated with human consumption were assessed.

Genomic analyses of agronomic traits in tea plants and related species.

The genus contains three types of domesticates that meet various needs of ancient humans: the ornamental , the edible oil-producing , and the beverage-purposed tea plant . The genomic drivers of the functional diversification of domesticates remain unknown. Here, we present the genomic variations of 625 accessions based on a new genome assembly of var.

A visual pollination mechanism of a new specialized pollinating weevil-plant reciprocity system.

Introduction: Pollinating flower-consuming mutualisms are considered exemplary models for studying coevolution due to their rarity. Visual cues are considered to have a major role in facilitating the evolution of floral patterns in these systems. We present a new specialized pollinating flower-consuming mutualism from the plant , which is a traditional Chinese herbal medicine, by a pollinating weevil, sp.

Morphological and Phylogenetic Analyses Reveal Three Novel Species of () from Yunnan Province, China.

() is recognized as a valuable medicinal resource in Taiwan, China. Additionally, it serves as a traditional folk medicine for treating neurotic epilepsy in Malaysia. This study involved the collection of six specimens of from Yunnan Province, China.

GNN-DDAS: Drug discovery for identifying anti-schistosome small molecules based on graph neural network.

Schistosomiasis is a tropical disease that poses a significant risk to hundreds of millions of people, yet often goes unnoticed. While praziquantel, a widely used anti-schistosome drug, has a low cost and a high cure rate, it has several drawbacks. These include ineffectiveness against schistosome larvae, reduced efficacy in young children, and emerging drug resistance.

MvGraphDTA: multi-view-based graph deep model for drug-target affinity prediction by introducing the graphs and line graphs.

Background: Accurately identifying drug-target affinity (DTA) plays a pivotal role in drug screening, design, and repurposing in pharmaceutical industry. It not only reduces the time, labor, and economic costs associated with biological experiments but also expedites drug development process. However, achieving the desired level of computational accuracy for DTA identification methods remains a significant challenge.

New species and new records of (Agaricales, Basidiomycota) from Northern Thailand.

Two new species and are described and illustrated, based on morphological characteristics and molecular phylogenetic analysis. Two new records, and from Thailand, are also reported. is characterized by small basidiomata, stipe equal with an enlarged base, and nearly subclavate, pale pink to light orange.

Building microcracked structure fibrous cathode coated by Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrene sulfonate) for ultra-stable fiber-shaped aqueous zinc ions batteries.

Attributing to the advantages of intrinsic safety, high energy density, and good omnidirectional flexibility, fiber-shaped aqueous zinc ions batteries (FAZIBs), serving as energy supply devices, have multitude applications in flexible and wearable electronic devices. However, the detachment of active materials caused by bending stress generated during flexing process limits their practical application severely. To address the above issue, an effective integrated strategy employing microcracked activated cobalt hydroxide [A-Co(OH)] cathode with protective coating of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) was proposed in this work to enhance the cyclic and bending performances of FAZIBs.

Vegetation increases global climate vulnerability risk by shifting climate zones in response to rising atmospheric CO.

Global climate zones are experiencing widespread shifts with ongoing rise in atmospheric CO, influencing vegetation growth and shifting its distributions to challenge ecosystem structure and function, posing threats on ecological and societal safety. However, how rising atmospheric CO affects the pace of global climate zone shifts is highly uncertain. More attentions are urgently required to understand the underlying mechanisms and quantifications of regional climate vulnerability in response to rising CO.

[Xiaojiang River Basin Ecological Environmental Quality Spatiotemporal Pattern and Evolutionary Trend Analysis Using GEE from 1990 to 2022].

Assessment and monitoring of the quality of the ecological environment in the area is a very important fundamental task in the development of ecological civilization in the Xiaojiang River Basin in Yunnan Province, which serves as a demonstration area for ecological restoration in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. The Landsat remote sensing images from 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2014, 2018, and 2022 were chosen, and the four indexes of greenness （NDMVI）, humidity （WET）, dryness （NDBSI）, and heat （LST） were extracted. The remote sensing ecological index （RSEI） was created using the principal component analysis method, then the spatial and temporal patterns and trends of ecological quality in the Xiaojiang River Basin between 1990 and 2022 were examined using the GEE platform, ArcGIS 10.

Two new species of (Ganodermataceae, Basidiomycota) from Southwest China.

is a large and diverse genus containing fungi that cause white rot to infect a number of plant families. This study describes and as new species from Southwest China, based on morphological and molecular evidence. is characterized by dark brown to purplish black pileus surface with dense concentric furrows, pale yellow margin, irregular pileipellis cells, small pores (5-7 per mm) and ellipsoid to sub-globose basidiospores (8.