Recent progress and new challenges in metagenomics for biotechnology.

abstract：:Endophytic colonization in rice was induced using rhizobia. Dehusked seeds of rice hybrid, CORH2, were used as explants for induction of calli. MS medium was modified with 2,4-D (2.5 mg l(-1)) and kinetin (0.2 mg l(-1)) for callus induction. Well-developed calli were inoculated with Azorhizobium caulinodans strains OR...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Senthilkumar M,Madhaiyan M,Sundaram SP,Sangeetha H,Kannaiyan S

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The protective effects of polymer additives, including a group of viscosity-enhancing polymer poly-γ-glutamic acid (γPGA; 10, 50, and 500 kDa) and surface-active polymer Pluronic F68, on Chinese hamster ovary cells against damage due to shear stress were investigated in shake-flask cultures. The level of protection wa...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Chun BH,Lee YK,Chung N

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anthocyanic vacuolar inclusions (AVIs) appear as dark red-to-purple spheres of various sizes in vacuoles of grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) cell suspension culture due to their interaction with anthocyanins. AVIs were purified and the bound anthocyanins extracted and analysed by HPLC from two lines of V. vinifera isolat...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Conn S,Zhang W,Franco C

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucor circinelloides and Mortierella isabellina hydroxylated dehydroabietic acid (DehA). DehA was converted regio- and stereo-selectively by whole cells of Mr. circinelloides to give 2alpha-hydroxydehydroabietic acid in a 75% molar conversion yield (11 mM from 14.7 mM DehA) after 72 h in the cultivation medium contain...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Mitsukura K,Imoto T,Nagaoka H,Yoshida T,Nagasawa T

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new ribonuclease (RNase) with tobacco mosaic virus inhibition was isolated and purified from Bacillus cereus ZH14 through ammonium sulfate precipitation, ultrafiltration, ion-exchange chromatography of DEAE-Sephadex A-50 column, and gel chromatography of Sephacryl S-200HR column. The enzyme was purified approximatel...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Zhou WW,Niu TG

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-two fungal isolates obtained from seawater were screened for anti-nematode activity. One isolate, an Acremonium sp., exhibited the highest activity against the pinewood nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus. When it was grown at pH 7.0 and 24-26 °C, nematicidal metabolites were produced. These were heat-stable, w...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Meng Q,Shi X,Meng F,Feng X,Sun J

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GERI-155 is a macrolide antibiotic containing two deoxyhexose molecules which has antimicrobial activities against gram-positive bacteria. The deoxyhexose biosynthetic gene cluster of GERI-155 from Streptomyces sp. GERI-155 genome has now been isolated. Four orf were identified and a putative orf, supposed to code for...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Sohng JK,Kim HJ,Nam DH,Lim DO,Han JM,Lee HJ,Yoo JC

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new technique for the direct production of recombinant baculovirus in the silkworm larvae is described. To assess the utility of this method, a combination of Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedroviral genome, transfer vector and Lipofectin was co-injected directly into newly ecdysed fifth instar, silkworm larvae. The recombi...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Lee KS,Kim BY,Je YH,Woo SD,Sohn HD,Jin BR

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heterologous expression in Escherichia coli often leads to production of the expressed proteins as insoluble and inactive inclusion bodies. The general strategy for protein recovery includes isolation and washing of inclusion bodies, solubilization of aggregated protein and refolding of solubilized protein. The proces...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Ferreira S,Sousa F,Queiroz JA,Domingues FC

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synthesis of long DNA fragments is often associated with mutations and requires multiple DNA manipulation steps. A novel DNA synthesis method, referred to as patch oligodeoxynucleotide synthesis (POS) to assembly long DNA fragments is presented here. This method involves connection of two types of oligodeoxynucleotide...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Yang G,Wang S,Wei H,Ping J,Liu J,Xu L,Zhang W

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the industrial production of bioethanol from lignocellulosic biomass, a strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae that can ferment xylose in the presence of inhibitors is of utmost importance. The recombinant, industrial-flocculating S. cerevisiae strain NAPX37, which can ferment xylose, was used as the parent to delete t...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Li YC,Gou ZX,Liu ZS,Tang YQ,Akamatsu T,Kida K

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel gene encoding the α-chain of goose immunoglobulin heavy-chain (Igα) was cloned by reverse transcription-PCR. The cDNA had 1,760 bp and encompassed a partial V-D-J region of the heavy chain, a constant region (Cα) and 3'-untranslated region of α-chain. The Cα gene contains four constant region domains (CH1-CH4)...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Guo Y,Gao M,Luo X,Sheng Q,Ma B,Wang J

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The exploded bast, branch and stem of cotton stalk were degraded by alkalophilic Bacillus NT-19, with weight losses of 24%, 20% and 14%, respectively, after 14 d. Compared with a white-rot fungus (Phanerochaete chrysosporium), Bacillus NT- 19 preferentially degraded the non-cellulose components of cotton stem. The rel...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Zheng L,Han X,Du Y

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The profiles of carotenoids and production of β-carotene by six eustigmatophytes, Eustigmatos magnus, Eustigmatos polyphem, Eustigmatos vischeri, Vischeria helvetica, Vischeria punctata and Vischeria stellata, grown in a bubble column photobioreactor were measured. All eustigmatophytes contained β-carotene, violaxanth...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Li Z,Sun M,Li Q,Li A,Zhang C

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Potato (Solanum tuberosum) hairy root cultures, established by infecting potato tuber discs with Agrobacterium rhizogenes, were used as a model system for the production of antimicrobial sesquiterpenes and lipoxygenase (LOX) metabolites. Of the four sesquiterpene phytoalexins (rishitin, lubimin, phytuberin and phytube...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Komaraiah P,Reddy GV,Reddy PS,Raghavendra AS,Ramakrishna SV,Reddanna P

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The dye-decolorizing peroxidase from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens, BaDyP, was identified to be an efficient catalyst for the degradation of phenolic β-ether lignin model dimer guaiacylglycerol-β-guaiacyl ether (GGE) and dyes. RESULTS:Efeb gene encoding BaDyP from B. amyloliquefaciens MN-13 consisted of 1257 bp...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Yang J,Gao T,Zhang Y,Wang S,Li H,Li S,Wang S

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Environmental stresses are the major cause of crop loss worldwide. Polyamines are involved in plant stress responses. However, the precise role(s) of polyamine metabolism in these processes remain ill-defined. Transgenic approaches demonstrate that polyamines play essential roles in stress tolerance and open up the po...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Alcázar R,Marco F,Cuevas JC,Patron M,Ferrando A,Carrasco P,Tiburcio AF,Altabella T

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To prepare recombinant tPep-(vascular endothelial growth factor) VEGF-B and assess its biological activity. RESULTS:This new VEGF fusion protein was constructed using a targeting peptide and prepared using E.coli. The tPep-VEGF-B was refolded from inclusion bodies and purified using affinity chromatography....

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Zhang Y,Tong Y,Gao M,Luo C,Song X,Gao X,Yao W

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (hGM-CSF) is used clinically to treat leucopenia typically caused by cancer chemotherapy or radiotherapy. This study used multiple strategies to obtain very high expression levels of OsrhGM-CSF (14 microg/seed) in rice endosperm. Electron micrographs of immunogold...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Ning T,Xie T,Qiu Q,Yang W,Zhou S,Zhou L,Zheng C,Zhu Y,Yang D

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High concentrations of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) and related nitroaromatic compounds are commonly found in soil and groundwater at former explosive plants. The bacterium, Raoultella terrigena strain HB, isolated from a contaminated site, converts TNT into the corresponding amino products. Radio-HPLC analysis with [(...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Claus H,Perret N,Bausinger T,Fels G,Preuss J,König H

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The growth characteristics and intracellular hemin concentrations of Lactococcus lactis grown under different culture pH and aeration conditions were examined to investigate the effect of culture pH on the respiration efficiency of L. lactis NZ9000 (pZN8148). RESULTS:Cell biomass and biomass yield of L. lact...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Shi W,Li Y,Gao X,Fu R

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cotton fabric samples were treated with a formulation of a total crude Trichoderma reesei cellulase in a two-step procedure. In the first step, samples were treated at a low liquor ratio by padding through the enzyme formulation at 21 degrees C and 55 degrees C with a wet pickup of 100% and batched for 12 h. The sampl...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Schimper CB,Ibanescu C,Keckeis R,Bechtold T

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alkyl glucosides were synthesized by the reaction of Leuconostoc mesenteroides dextransucrase with sucrose and various alcohols. Alkyl alpha-D-glucosides were obtained with a yield of 30% (mol/mol) with primary alcohols, but secondary alcohols or tertiary alcohols gave yields below 5%. The optimal yield was 50% using ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Kim YM,Kim BH,Ahn JS,Kim GE,Jin SD,Nguyen TH,Kim D

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To produce (S)-3-hydroxy-1-(3-(trifluoromethyl)-5,6-dihydro[1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a]pyrazin-7(8H)-yl]-4-(2,4,5-trifluorophenyl)butan-1-one (S)-1 from 4-oxo-4-[3-(trifluoromethyl)-5,6-dihydro [1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a]pyrazin-7(8H)-yl)-1-(2,4,5-trifluorophenyl)butan-2-one (2) by microbial bioreduction. RESULTS:A new...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Wei Y,Xia S,He C,Xiong W,Xu H

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In this study, we aimed to maximize glutathione (GSH) production by a metabolically engineered Yarrowia lipolytica strain using a small-scale optimization approach. RESULTS:A three levels four factorial Box-Behnken Design was used to assess the effect of pH, inulin extract, yeast extract and ammonium sulfate...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Do DTH,Fickers P,Ben Tahar I

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The limiting step for biosynthesis of 3-hydroxypropionic acid (3-HP) in Klebsiella pneumoniae is the conversion of 3-hydroxypropionaldehyde (3-HPA) to 3-HP. This reaction is catalyzed by aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) with NAD(+) as a cofactor. Although NAD(+)-dependent ALDH overexpression facilitates 3-HP biosynthesis...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Li Y,Liu L,Tian P

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An open reading frame (ORF) encoding chitin oligosaccharide deacetylase (Pa-COD) gene and its signal sequence was cloned from the Vibrio parahaemolyticus KN1699 genome and its sequence was analyzed. The ORF encoded a 427 amino acid protein, including the 22 amino acid signal sequence. The deduced amino acid sequence w...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Kadokura K,Sakamoto Y,Saito K,Ikegami T,Hirano T,Hakamata W,Oku T,Nishio T

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To find new metabolic engineering strategies to improve the yield of acetone in Escherichia coli. RESULTS:Results of flux balance analysis from a modified Escherichia coli genome-scale metabolic network suggested that the introduction of a non-oxidative glycolysis (NOG) pathway would improve the theoretical...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Yang X,Yuan Q,Zheng Y,Ma H,Chen T,Zhao X

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A lactate producing derivative of Escherichia coli KO11, strain SZ110, was re-engineered for ethanol production by deleting genes encoding all fermentative routes for NADH and randomly inserting a promoterless mini-Tn5 cassette (transpososome) containing the complete Zymomonas mobilis ethanol pathway (pdc, adhA, and a...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Yomano LP,York SW,Zhou S,Shanmugam KT,Ingram LO

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF WORK:The purpose of this study is to report a ι-carrageenase which degrades ι-carrageenan yielding neo-ι-carratetraose as the main product in the absence of NaCl. The gene for a new ι-carrageenase, CgiB_Ce, from Cellulophaga sp. QY3 was cloned and sequenced. It comprised an ORF of 1,386 bp encoding for a pro...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Ma S,Tan YL,Yu WG,Han F

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00