Production of xylitol from Candida tropicalis by using an oxidation-reduction potential-stat controlled fermentation.

abstract：PURPOSE OF WORK:To increase the bioproduction of L-phenylacetylcarbinol (PAC), a precursor molecule in the synthesis of the decongestants ephedrine and pseudoephedrine and which suffers from substrate, product, and by-product inhibition, by ensuring that the delivery of the substrate, benzaldehyde, is maintained within...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Khan TR,Daugulis AJ

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of the article is to establish a quick enrichment and detection method using immunomagnetic beads and flow cytometry to analyze circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in the peripheral blood. RESULTS:After incubation with CD326-PE and CD45-APC antibodies, more than 60% MCF7 cells in M-Buffer could be det...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Hu L,Chen X,Chen M,Fang J,Nie J,Dai H

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Developing an effective HIV vaccine that stimulates the humoral and cellular immune responses is still challenging because of the diversity of HIV-1 virus, polymorphism of human HLA and lack of a suitable delivery system. RESULTS:Using bioinformatics tools, we designed a DNA construct encoding multiple epit...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Davoodi S,Bolhassani A,Sadat SM,Irani S

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a novel and convenient method for the determination of glycoproteins, especially antibodies, using galactose oxidase (GAO) on the basis of the contents of galactosyl and N-acetylgalactosaminyl residues in carbohydrate chains of glycoproteins. GAO converts galactose residues to their corresponding aldehyde an...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Jeon SI,Hong JW,Yoon HC

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To engineer Pichia pastoris for heterologous production of cellulase from Musca domestica and explore its potential for industrial applications. RESULTS:A new beta-glucosidase gene (bg), encoding 562 amino acids, was cloned from M. domestica by using rapid amplification of cDNA ends. The gene bg was linked t...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Zhang S,Huang J,Hu R,Guo G,Shang X,Wu J

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new aqueous two phase system comprising polyethylene glycol and xanthan is reported together with its phase diagram. The phase composition of the bottom phase did not vary (PEG 1.6-1.8% w/w; xanthan 0.24-0.28% w/w) while that of the top phase varied significantly (PEG 4-5% w/w, xanthan 0.05-1.37% w/w). Unlike conven...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Chethana S,Rastogi NK,Raghavarao KS

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF WORK:The purpose of this study was to determine if Arabidopsis protoplast transfection could be scaled up, from the commonly used cell-based studies, to be used in triterpenoid production assays as an in planta alternative/complement to other expression systems. Enzyme activities are often identified using h...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Johnson EE,Jetter R,Wasteneys G

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fermentation kinetics of Penicillium aculeatum ATCC 10409 demonstrated that fungal growth and dextranase release are decoupled. Inoculation by conidia or mycelia resulted in identical kinetics. Two new isoenzymes of the dextranase were characterized regarding their kinetic constants, pI, MW, activation energy and stab...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Erhardt FA,Stammen S,Jördening HJ

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of glycerol and the oxygen transfer rate on the xylitol production rate by a xylitol dehydrogenase gene (XYL2)-disrupted mutant of Candida tropicalis were investigated. The mutant produced xylitol near the almost yield of 100% from D: -xylose using glycerol as a co-substrate for cell growth and NADPH regen...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Ko BS,Rhee CH,Kim JH

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel method to examine the morphology and structure of fungal hyphae in solid pastes used for the production of meat alternative product is presented. A sample of fermentation broth was fluorescently stained with Calcofluor White and added back to the broth, mixed and then a paste made using ultra-filtration. Fibre...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Miri T,Cox PW,Fryer PJ

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some pest management programs employ PCR to identify cry1 genes from Bacillus thuringiensis to predict bacterial toxicity towards different insect pests. However, due to changes on the mode of action of the Cry proteins, new primers had to be designed to detect the new genes. Therefore, an 'in-silico' study of genetic...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Davolos CC,Guidelli-Thuler AM,de Abreu IL,Sena JA,Lemos MV

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The stability (half-life, t(½)) of the large catalase (CAT) isolated from Aspergillus terreus was decreased under acidic conditions (maximum t(½) approximately 8.5 months at pH ≤ 6) versus alkaline conditions (t(½) approximately 15 months at pH 8-12). Acidic conditions induce the dissociation of haem from CAT, as reve...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Vatsyayan P,Goswami P

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Classical swine fever (CSF) is one of the most important viral diseases of swine worldwide. Although live or attenuated virus vaccines have been used to control CSFV, it is difficult to distinguish vaccinated pigs from infected pigs; this leads to restrictions on import and export. Subunit vaccines based on the CSFV E...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Park Y,Lee S,Kang H,Park M,Min K,Kim NH,Gu S,Kim JK,An DJ,Choe S,Sohn EJ

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF WORK:To apply a fluorescent dye as an alternative technique to evaluate the survival of potentially probiotic lactobacilli to bile acids (BA) as first step in the design of probiotic functional foods. The use of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) in the functional food design depends on their ability to survive in t...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Bustos AY,Raya R,Bru E,de Valdez GF,Taranto MP

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leymus chinensis is an important grassland perennial grass. However, its drought tolerance requires to be improved. LEA (late embryogenesis abundant) genes are believed to confer resistance to drought and water deficiency. Using Agrobacterium-mediated transformation, a wheat LEA gene, TaLEA(3), was integrated into L. ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Wang L,Li X,Chen S,Liu G

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Continuous production of fructooligosaccharides (FOS) by Aureobasidium pullulans immobilized on calcium alginate beads with a packed bed was investigated at a plant scale reactor. Optimum conditions were with 770 g sucrose/l, being fed at 200 l/h at 50°C which gave a productivity of 180 g FOS/l h. Initial activity was...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Jung KH,Bang SH,Oh TK,Park HJ

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Bacillus pumilus SG2 chitinase gene (ChiS) and its truncated form lacking chitin binding (ChBD) and fibronectin type III (FnIII) domains were transformed to Arabidopsis plants and the expression, functionality and antifungal activity of the recombinant proteins were investigated. Results showed that while the two ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Dehestani A,Kazemitabar K,Ahmadian G,Jelodar NB,Salmanian AH,Seyedi M,Rahimian H,Ghasemi S

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brevibacterium epidermis DSM 20659 is a halotolerant Gram-positive bacterium which can synthesize the osmolyte, ectoine, but prefers to take it up from its environment. The present study revealed that B. epidermis is equipped with at least one transport system for ectoine, with a maximal transport velocity of 15.7 +/-...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Onraedt A,De Mey M,Walcarius B,Soetaert W,Vandamme EJ

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultraviolet-B (UV-B) radiation has significantly negative effect on cell survival rate (P < 0.01) and positive effect on astaxanthin accumulation (P < 0.01) of Haematococcus pluvialis. H. pluvialis accumulated 3.2 mg/g of astaxanthin when being exposed to 5 W/m(2) of UV-B for 60 min prior to 72 h of high light treatme...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Wu Z,Chen G,Chong S,Mak NK,Chen F,Jiang Y

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A brief historical perspective on metagenomics is given followed by a discussion of the rapid progress in this field largely defined by transition to the next generation sequencing technologies. Problems and challenges connected to this transition are also addressed. The review focuses on recent literature describing ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Chistoserdova L

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An integrative vector was constructed for inserting heterologous genes within a non-functional open reading frame (ORF) on the chromosome of Streptococcus thermophilus. The vector, pINTRS, contained a temperature sensitive origin of replication and an erythromycin resistance gene for initial selection in S. thermophil...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Renye JA Jr,Somkuti GA

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two ketoreductases from Candida glabrata were used for the asymmetric reduction of prochiral substituted acetophenones displayed different enantiopreference toward para-, meta-substituted and ortho-halogen substituted acetophenones with excellent enantioselectivity. Homology modeling and docking analysis were in confo...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Liang P,Qin B,Mu M,Zhang X,Jia X,You S

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipase-catalyzed synthesis of potential multifunctional ribavirin derivatives was performed in acetone. Divinyl dicarboxylates with different chain lengths (C4, C6, C9, C10) were used as acyl donors and the reactions were catalyzed by lipase immobilized on acrylic resin from Candida antarctica (CAL-B). Ribavirin was r...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Liu BK,Wang N,Wu Q,Xie CY,Lin XF

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extracellular domains (ECD) of epidermal growth factor receptors, ErbB1, 2, 3 and 4, were designed as soluble dimeric forms. Each ECD was fused to a short hinge region derived from IgG, such that the stable dimer could be formed with disulfide bridges. This hinge-tagged design minimized the molecular weight to app...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Otani T,Hashizume T,Nagaoka T,Fukuda T,Tang CK,Salomon DS,Seno M

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Efforts to elucidate the relationships between microorganisms and metal corrosion were mainly directed to understanding the formation of biofilm structures grown on corroded surfaces. The emergence of high throughput DNA sequencing techniques has helped in the description of microbial species involved directly and ind...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Procópio L

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel two-step fermentation process was developed to enhance arachidonic acid (ARA) production by Mortierella alpina ME-1 in a 5 l fermentor. Agitation speed and aeration rate were adjusted from 180 to 40 rpm and from 0.6 to 1 vvm, respectively, after 5 days cultivation, to decrease physical damage to the mycelia an...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Jin MJ,Huang H,Xiao AH,Zhang K,Liu X,Li S,Peng C

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To construct effective genetic expression parts controlling transcription and translation initiation for synthetic biology and heterologous expression in Corynebacterium glutamicum. RESULT:Twelve highly expressed genes were identified from the proteomic data of C. glutamicum. Their related sequences were use...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Zhao Z,Liu X,Zhang W,Yang Y,Dai X,Bai Z

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tempe was prepared using mixtures of natural soybean and genetically modified Roundup Ready (RUR) soybean fermented with natural Rhizopus sp. The amount of RUR soybean was quantified using an ELISA plate test. The RUR signal decreased during fermentation. In the control experiments on fermentation of non-RUR soybean, ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Prakoso B,Nitisinprasert S,Stevens WF

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent progress in knowledge on biochemical properties and functions of phospholipases A(2) in plants paved the way for approving the suitability of these enzymes for commercial use now. The secreted phospholipases A(2), representing one type of phospholipases A(2) occurring in plants, show distinct differences in...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Mansfeld J

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Establish a complete and efficient method for the preparation of cis-5-hydroxy-L-pipecolic acids (cis-5HPA), including biotransformation and isomers separation and purification. RESULTS:For non-heme Fe(II)/α-KG-dependent dioxygenases, α-ketoglutarate (α-KG) has great influence on the stability of Fe(II) ion...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Lu F,Chen J,Ye H,Wu H,Sha F,Huang F,Cao F,Wei P

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00