Does anyone have experience with attractants in fish?

I wonder if someone has experience about working with kinds of Active Biomolecules which could serve as palatability enhancers in fish food.

10 November 2014 5,753 8 View

How does the gut microbiome affect the fibrotic process within the liver?

and Can the gut microbe be used for the treatment or diagnosis of liver fibrosis?

02 March 2021 557 2 View

What is the best statistical method for analysis of pooled fecal samples?

Hello We performed a study on the intestinal microbiota of rats in six intervention groups (8 rats in each group). It is suggested that since the rats in each group were the same in terms of...

10 January 2021 2,507 4 View

Can Fecal Microbiota Transplantation from young heathy person to elderly persons improve health conditions?

06 January 2021 7,353 10 View

Fish gut microbiota extraction and identification protocol?

Hi, I need a protocol to extract and identify microbiota from fish gut. Any suggestions? Thank you. (P.s. Something low tech as I am technologically limited, guess no funds and big high tech...

01 January 2021 808 1 View

How to functionalize mineral surfaces with silanes?

I would like a method to modify mineral surfaces using silanes. The purpose is to alter the hydrophobicity of the minerals so as to test them in a flotation exercise. Is there a way to effectively...

29 November 2020 8,243 7 View

Does anyone know the neutrophil marker for qPCR in human gut (duodenum, ileum, colon) biopsies?

Hello everyone. I have collected intestinal biopsies from stem cell transplanted patients in RNAlater and wish to quantify neutrophils only via qPCR. As we know that the mucosa of gut is filled...

25 November 2020 2,680 3 View

What is singletons in microbiota data?

I have seen in papers that many papers remove singletons from their microbiota data. I am not sure what is actually singletons and why the authors remove the singletons sequences. I would be happy...

23 November 2020 4,649 6 View

What can we infer from different microbial communities in fish gut from two different locations?

Recently I have been interested in microbial communities from gut & intestine of the same fish species popular in Indonesia marine aquaculture, Grouper (Epinephelus sp.), but are raised in...

18 November 2020 510 5 View

Does Arsenophonus replace the other gut bacteria in insects?

02 November 2020 4,628 4 View

Can anyone tell why SF11 glass turns black sometimes during cleaning with Piranha solution?

I have experienced that SF11 glass (coated with some metal) turns transparent black/grey once metal gets removed with piranha solution. Please state the reason and prevention. Thanks in advance :)

20 October 2020 5,129 3 View