Keiichi Goto

TL;DR: It is suggested that the galloyl moiety attached to flavan-3-ol at 3 position has a strong scavenging ability on the DPPH radical as well as the ortho-trihydroxyl group in the B ring, which elevates the radical scavenging efficiency above that of the orthosylated group; as has been recognized in other flavonoids such as flavones.

TL;DR: A comparison of 16S rRNA gene sequences was made among type strains of 69 Bacillus species approved in the International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology until 1998 and revealed that this region was highly conserved within the species.

TL;DR: Examination of the scavenging effects of tea catechins and their glucosides on superoxide anion showed that the presence of at least an ortho-dihydroxyl group in the B ring and a galloyl moiety at the 3 position was important in maintaining the effectiveness of the radical scavenging ability.

TL;DR: A novel thermo-acidophilic bacterium isolated from an acidic beverage that had the odour of guaiacol represents a new species of the genus Alicyclobacillus, for which the name Alicy CLOBacillus acidiphilus is proposed.

TL;DR: Phylogenetic analyses based on both 16S rRNA and gyrB (DNA gyrase B subunit gene) gene sequences showed that strain 3A(T) falls into the Alicyclobacillus cluster, validated by significant bootstrap values and DNA-DNA hybridization values were under 13 %, indicating that strain3A (T) represents a distinct species.