Sentence examples for are capable of digesting from inspiring English sources

In a manner similar to other undefined mixed cultures, such as sewage sludge or aquatic sediments, the mixed ruminal bacteria are capable of digesting a wide range of substrates (Weimer 2011).

Fledging takes place in about 11 15 days, before the squabs are fully grown but after they are capable of digesting adult food.

MMPs are capable of digesting various components of the ECM and play an important role by removing physical barriers to invasion [ 12].

It has been reported that matrix metalloproteinases-2 (MMP-2), MMP-3 and MMP-9, which are capable of digesting basal lamina and extracellular matrix components and lead to subsequent blood brain barrier breakdown and hemorrhagic transformation, were abnormally upregulated in the ischemic region and peri-infarct area [ 18– 20].

The collagen degradation assay showed that these TMJ synovial fibroblasts at passage 3 to 8 were capable of digesting the collagen underneath them on collagen-coated plates.

NE is capable of digesting virtually every type of matrix protein, including elastin [ 10].

Unlike other cutaneous fungal pathogens of endothermic animals, which cause superficial infections, G. destructans is capable of digesting, eroding and invading the skin of hibernating bats [ 7].

Therefore, in this roaming phase the animal must be capable of digesting solid food and storing excess energy as fat, thus shifting their metabolic mode from lipolytic to lipogenic (Herrera and Amusquivar, 2000).

Similarly, falcipain-2 was demonstrated to be capable of digesting ankyrin and protein 4.1 at neutral pH (Dua et al., 2001; Hanspal et al., 2002), and a peptide based on the cleavage site in ankyrin inhibited the activity of recombinant falcipain-2 and also inhibited parasite maturation and egress when delivered into schizonts (Dhawan et al., 2003).

MMP-13 is capable of digesting various ECM macromolecules including collagen types I, II, III, IV, IX, X, XIV and XVIII, proteoglycans, fibronectin, tenascin, laminin and perlecan and also non-ECM substrates such as SDF-1 α (CXCL12) (McQuibban et al, 2001; Ala-aho and Kahari, 2005; Heljasvaara et al, 2005).

Residual levels of introduced proteins are present at very low levels in food products and are capable of being digested so that the potential for systemic absorption of the intact protein would likely be negligible.