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ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2026

Reduction of ferulic acid as an electron acceptor under anaerobic conditions by the heterofermentative lactic acid bacterium

Ryoji Mitsui, Hikaru Maruko, Riyo Awa, Fusako Kawamoto, Daigo Iwasaki, Yosuke Nishitani, Hiroshige Kuwahara, Takanori Yano

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Article in Applied and environmental microbiology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Ryoji MitsuiDepartment of Bioscience, Faculty of Life Science, Okayama University of Science, Ridai-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-5741-8203
Hikaru MarukoDepartment of Bioscience, Faculty of Life Science, Okayama University of Science, Ridai-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama, Japan.
Riyo AwaResearch Center, Maruzen Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd., Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan.
Fusako KawamotoResearch Center, Maruzen Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd., Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan.
Daigo IwasakiResearch Center, Maruzen Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd., Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan.
Yosuke NishitaniResearch Center, Maruzen Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd., Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan.
Hiroshige KuwaharaResearch Center, Maruzen Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd., Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan.
Takanori YanoDepartment of Bioscience, Faculty of Life Science, Okayama University of Science, Ridai-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama, Japan.

Funding

METI R&D Support Program for Growth-oriented Technology SMEs JPJ005698
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

When the heterofermentative lactic acid bacterium

Indexed as

Coumaric AcidsWeissellaAnaerobiosisBacterial ProteinsEscherichia coliFermentationLactic AcidOxidation-ReductionBacterial ProteinsCoumaric Acidsferulic acidLactic AcidFarAFarBferulic acidheterolactic fermentationHMPAlactic acid bacteriaredox balanceWeissella cibaria

Identifiers

PMID41910240
PMCPMC13101492

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