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A rapid and simple protocol for the isolation of bacteriophages from coastal organisms
Echeverría-Vega, Alex; Morales-Vicencio, Pablo; Saez-Saavedra, Camila; Gordillo-Fuenzalida, Felipe; Araya, Rubén (2019)This work details a protocol for recovering bacteriophages from intertidal sessile mussels and testing their lytic activity against pathogenic bacteria. Although bacteriophages were highly abundant in coastal filter-feeding ...
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Anti-inflammatory chilean endemic plants
Otero, Carolina; Klagges, Carolina; Morales, Bernardo; Sotomayor, Paula; Escobar, Jorge; Fuentes, Juan A.; Moreno, Adrian; Llancalahuen, Felipe; Arratia-Perez, Ramiro; Gordillo-Fuenzalida, Felipe; Herrera, Michelle; Martinez, José L.; Rodríguez-Díaz, Maite (2023)Medicinal plants have been used since prehistoric times and continue to treat several diseases as a fundamental part of the healing process. Inflammation is a condition characterized by redness, pain, and swelling. This ...
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Antimicrobial, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory properties of monofloral honeys from Chile
Poulsen-Silva, Erick; Gordillo-Fuenzalida, Felipe; Velásquez, Patricia; Llancalahuen, Felipe; Carvajal, Rodrigo; Cabaña-Brunod, Mauricio; Otero, María Carolina (2023)Honey is a mixture of compounds produced by bees that has been appreciated by humanity since the creation of the oldest civilizations. It has multiple uses and can be a highly nutritional and healing substance. It has been ...
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Bioactive lichen secondary metabolites and their presence in species from Chile
Poulsen-Silva, Erick; Gordillo-Fuenzalida, Felipe; Atala, Cristian; Moreno, Adrián A.; Carolina Otero, María (2023)Lichens are symbiotic organisms composed of at least one fungal and one algal species. They are found in different environments around the world, even in the poles and deserts. Some species can withstand extreme abiotic ...
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Biological properties of exopolysaccharides produced by Bacillus spp.
Díaz-Cornejo, Sofía; Otero, María Carolina; Banerjee, Aparna; Gordillo-Fuenzalida, Felipe (2023)There is currently a constant search for ecofriendly bioproducts, which could contribute to various biomedical applications. Among bioproducts, exopolysaccharides are prominent contemporary extracellular biopolymers that ...
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Cellulases production by a trichoderma sp. using food manufacturing wastes
Gordillo-Fuenzalida, Felipe; Echeverría-Vega, Alex; Cuadros-Orellana, Sara ; Faúndez, Claudia; Kähne, Thilo; Morales-Vera, Rodrigo (2019)The cost of cellulase enzymes is a main contributor to the operational cost of a biorefinery producing ethanol from lignocellulosic material. Therefore, onsite production of enzymes using low-value substrates might be an ...
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Characterization of the bacteriophage vB_VorS-PVo5 infection on vibrio ordalii. A model for phage-bacteria adsorption in aquatic environments
Echeverría-Vega, Alex; Morales-Vicencio, Pablo; Saez-Saavedra, Camila; Alvarez, María Alejandra; Gordillo-Fuenzalida, Felipe; Del Valle-Salamanca, Rodrigo; SOLIS, MARIA-EUGENIA ; Araya, Rubén (2020)A mathematical first-order difference equation was designed to predict the dynamics of the phage-bacterium adsorption process in aquatic environments, under laboratory conditions. Our model requires knowledge of bacteria ...
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Degradation of food manufacturing wastes by a fungal isolate
Gordillo-Fuenzalida, Felipe; Candia, Oscar; Gonzalez, Alex R.; Pradel, Paulina; Cordero, Cecilia; Diaz, Rodrigo; García-González, Rolando (2017)Food manufacturing wastes, such as olive mill solid waste, tomato pomace and grape pomace are three wastes produced by food industries in the Region of Maule. One of the simplest strategies for the proper disposal of these ...
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Editorial: Endemic plants: experimental and theoretical insights into properties of bioactive metabolites with therapeutic potential
Otero, C.; Martínez-Araya, Jorge I.; del Campo, Jorge M.; Gordillo-Fuenzalida, Felipe (2021) -
Isolation and molecular characterization of Thraustochytrium strain isolated from Antarctic peninsula and its biotechnological potential in the production of fatty acids
Gordillo-Fuenzalida, Felipe; Caamaño, Esteban; Loperena, Lyliam; Hinzpeter, Ivonne; Pradel, Paulina; Corsini, Gino; Tello, Mario; Lavín, Paris; Gonzalez, Alex R. (2017)Thraustochytrids are unicellular protists belonging to the Labyrinthulomycetes class, which are characterized by the presence of a high lipid content that could replace conventional fatty acids. They show a wide geographic ...
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Penicillium spp. mycotoxins found in food and feed and their health effects
Otero, C.; Arredondo, C.; Echeverría-Vega, Alex; Gordillo-Fuenzalida, Felipe (2020)Mycotoxins are toxic secondary metabolites produced by fungi. These compounds have different structures and target different organs, acting at different steps of biological processes inside the cell. Around 32 mycotoxins ...