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Food biotechnology (2020)
Journal Article
Foster, T., Adams, G., di Bari, V., Connerton, I., Gould, J., Gouseti, O., …Yakubov, G. (2020). Food biotechnology. Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering, 30, 53-59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coche.2020.08.006

We investigate recent advances in the Chemical Engineering aspects of food structuring agents and macronutrients: carbohydrates, proteins and lipids, and also the fate of food upon ingestion. Prebiotic effects on host-microbe interactions enable impr... Read More about Food biotechnology.

Characterisation of aerotolerant forms of a robust chicken colonizing Campylobacter coli (2017)
Journal Article
O'Kane, P. M., & Connerton, I. F. (in press). Characterisation of aerotolerant forms of a robust chicken colonizing Campylobacter coli. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.00513

Campylobacter contaminated poultry meat is a major source of human foodborne illness. Campylobacter coli strain OR12 is a robust colonizer of chickens that was previously shown to outcompete and displace other Campylobacter strains from the chicken’s... Read More about Characterisation of aerotolerant forms of a robust chicken colonizing Campylobacter coli.

The minor flagellin of Campylobacter jejuni (FlaB) confers defensive properties against bacteriophage infection (2016)
Journal Article
Lis, L., & Connerton, I. F. (in press). The minor flagellin of Campylobacter jejuni (FlaB) confers defensive properties against bacteriophage infection. Frontiers in Microbiology, 7, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01908

A screen of bacteriophages infecting a panel of Campylobacter jejuni PT14 gene knock-out mutants identified a role for the minor flagellin encoded by the flaB gene, in the defense of the host against CP8unalikevirus bacteriophage CP_F1 infection. Ina... Read More about The minor flagellin of Campylobacter jejuni (FlaB) confers defensive properties against bacteriophage infection.

Xylan degrading enzymes from fungal sources (2015)
Journal Article
Kirikyali, N., & Connerton, I. F. (2015). Xylan degrading enzymes from fungal sources. Journal of Biocatalysis and Biotransformation, 4(1), Article 118. https://doi.org/10.4172/10.4172/jpe.1000118

Fungi have the ability to degrade xylan as the major component of plant cell wall hemicellulose. Fungi have evolved batteries of xylanolytic enzymes that concertedly act to depolymerise xylan backbones decorated with variable carbohydrate branches. A... Read More about Xylan degrading enzymes from fungal sources.

Characterisation of a recombinant β-xylosidase (xylA) from Aspergillus oryzae expressed in Pichia pastoris (2014)
Journal Article
Kirikyali, N., Wood, J., & Connerton, I. F. (2014). Characterisation of a recombinant β-xylosidase (xylA) from Aspergillus oryzae expressed in Pichia pastoris. AMB Express, 4(68), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13568-014-0068-1

β-xylosidases catalyse the hydrolysis of short chain xylooligosaccharides from their non-reducing ends into xylose. In this study we report the heterologous expression of Aspergillus oryzae β-xylosidase (XylA) in Pichia pastoris under the control of... Read More about Characterisation of a recombinant β-xylosidase (xylA) from Aspergillus oryzae expressed in Pichia pastoris.