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BACKGROUNDBarley contains a relatively high concentration of the mixed‐linkage (1 → 3) (1 → 4) β‐glucan, which has been reported to be a functional food with prebiotic potential. In the current study we compared the properties of two neutral barley β‐glucans, obtained from raw barley: raw barley β‐glucan (RBG) and Lactobacillus plantarum dy‐1‐fermented barley (FBG).RESULTSMolecular characteristics revealed that the molecular weight of barley β‐glucan decreased from 1.13 × 105 D to 6.35 × 104 D after fermentation. Fermentation also improved the water / oil holding capacity, solubility, and swelling capacity of barley β‐glucan. Both RBG and FBG significantly improved the locomotive behavior of nematodes, thereby increasing their energy consumption and reducing fat deposition – the effect was more significant with FBG. These effects could potentially depend on nhr‐49, TGF‐daf‐7 mediated pathways and so on, in which nhr‐49 factor is particularly required.CONCLUSIONThese results suggested that fermentation may enhance in vitro physiological activities of barley β‐glucan, thereby altering the effects on the lipid metabolism in vivo. © 2020 Society of Chemical Industry

Halophilic archaeal strain XD48(T) was isolated from a Chinese marine solar saltern. Cells were pleomorphic, stained Gram-negative and formed red-pigmented colonies on solid media. Strain XD48(T) was found to be able to grow at 25-50 °C (optimum 37 °C), at 0.9-4.8 M NaCl (optimum 3.1 M NaCl), at 0-1.0 M MgCl2 (optimum 0.3 MgCl2) and at pH 5.0-9.5 (optimum pH 6.5). The cells lysed in distilled water, and the minimal NaCl concentration to prevent cell lysis was found to be 5% (w/v). The major polar lipids of the strain were phosphatidic acid (PA), phosphatidylglycerol (PG), phosphatidylglycerol phosphate methyl ester (PGP-Me), phosphatidylglycerol sulfate (PGS), sulfated galactosyl mannosyl glucosyl diether (S-TGD-1), sulfated mannosyl glucosyl diether (S-DGD-1) and six unknown glycolipids. The 16S rRNA gene and rpoB' gene of strain XD48(T) were phylogenetically related to the corresponding genes of Haloarchaeobius members (92.4-93.9 and 89.6-90.5% similarities, respectively). The DNA G + C content of strain XD48(T) was determined to be 65.3 mol%. The phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic properties suggested that strain XD48(T) (=CGMCC 1.12230(T) = JCM 18642(T)) represents a new species of Haloarchaeobius, for which the name Haloarchaeobius amylolyticus sp. nov. is proposed.

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