Cork is one of the most valuable non-wood forest products and plays an important role in Mediterranean economies. The production of high-quality cork is dependent on both genome and environment, posing constraints on the industry because an ever-growing amount of bad-quality cork (BQC) development has been observed. In order to identify genes responsible for production of cork of superior quali...

Transport properties of natural (noncompressed) cork were evaluated for water and ethanol in both vapor and liquid phases. The permeability for these permeants has been measured, as well as the sorption and diffusion coefficients. This paper focuses on the differences between the transport of gases' relevant vapors and their liquids (water and ethanol) through cork. A transport mechanism of vap...

The family of Fagaceae, comprises about 900 species, among them the best-known group of this family is the oaks, genus Quercus, that are commonly used as timber or for cork production. Cork is produced by Q. suber, an evergreen oak with major economic and environmental importance for Mediterranean region, in particular for Portugal that is the leading producer of this material. Besides, the eco...

The hydroxamate siderophore receptor FhuA is a TonB-dependent outer membrane protein of Escherichia coli composed of a C-terminal 22-stranded beta-barrel occluded by an N-terminal globular cork domain. During siderophore transport into the periplasm, the FhuA cork domain has been proposed to undergo conformational changes that allow transport through the barrel lumen; alternatively, the cork ma...

Xuan-Ha VU, Marius-Călin SILAGHI, Djamila SAM-HAROUD and Boi FALTINGS 1 Cork Constraint Computation Centre, University College Cork (UCC), 14 Washington Street West, Cork, Ireland, Email: [email protected]; 2 Department of Computer Science, Florida Institute of Technology (FIT), 150 West University Boulevard, Melbourne, FL-32901-6975, USA Email: [email protected]; 3 Artificial Intelligenc...

Chloroanisoles, namely 2,4,6-trichloroanisole, are pointed out as the primary responsible of the development of musty off-flavours in bottled wine, due to their migration from cork stoppers, which results in huge economical losses for wine industry. A prevention step is the detection of these compounds in cork planks before stoppers are produced. Mass spectrometry gas chromatography is the refe...

BACKGROUND Penicillium frequentans is considered to be the causal agent of suberosis, hypersensitivity pneumonitis due to cork dust inhalation. Nevertheless, other fungi can colonize cork during its storage period in humid conditions. The aims of the study were to assess the etiologic role of several fungi and cork itself in the genesis of suberosis, and to review the clinical characteristics o...

Xuan-Ha VU, Marius-Călin SILAGHI, Djamila SAM-HAROUD and Boi FALTINGS 1 Cork Constraint Computation Centre, University College Cork (UCC), 14 Washington Street West, Cork, Ireland, Email: [email protected]; 2 Department of Computer Science, Florida Institute of Technology (FIT), 150 West University Boulevard, Melbourne, FL-32901-6975, USA Email: [email protected]; 3 Artificial Intelligenc...

Early detection and excision is the only effective treatment for malignant melanoma. To assess the effect of a consultant-delivered, rapid-access pigmented lesion clinic (PLC) established at the South Infirmary-Victoria University Hospital (SIVUH), we analyzed melanoma tumour-stage prior to (1998-2002) and after (2003-2007) the advent of the PLC. Patients attending SIVUH had a greater proportio...