Is lactic acidosis after cardiac surgery associated with adverse outcome?
This study has demonstrated that elevated blood lactate level is associated with adverse outcome, and monitoring the blood lactate level during and after cardiac surgery is a valuable tool in identifying the patients who have the potential to deteriorate.
A genetically engineered strain of C. bescii (JWCB044) has been constructed that shows both an improved tolerance to furan aldehydes and an improved ability to eliminate furfural and 5-HMF from the culture medium. The work presented here represents the first example of engineering furan aldehyde resistance into a CBP-relevant thermophile and further validates C. bescii as being a genetically tractable microbe of importance for lignocellulosic biofuel production.