Construction of a novel Pichia pastoris strain for production of xanthophylls.

abstract：:Fusicocca-2,10(14)-diene (FCdiene) is a diterpene which is interesting as a precursor of the anti-cancer drug fusicoccin A and therefore for pharmaceutical applications. Production of FCdiene using a genetically modified Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been previously demonstrated with batch cultivations with a product c...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Halka LM,Nowacki C,Kleinschmidt A,Koenen K,Wichmann R

更新日期：2018-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac arrhythmia is an irregular heart rhythm that can lead to serious heart conditions and various organ disorders, and may cause sudden cardiac death. Catalpol belongs to the iridoid glycoside family and is highly abundant in Rehmannia glutinosa Libosch. The study included five groups such as group I (normal contr...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Yang L,Feng X,Li Y,Zhang S,Ying Y

更新日期：2020-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, many efforts have been directed to explore the methods to reduce the production costs of industrial lipase by improving the yield and the use of low-cost agricultural wastes. Coconut dregs, which is a lignocellulosic by-product from coconut oil and milk processing plants, is rich in cellulose (36%) an...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Mohd Zin NB,Mohamad Yusof B,Oslan SN,Wasoh H,Tan JS,Ariff AB,Halim M

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapidly developing industry raises concerns about the environmental impacts of nanoparticles, but the effects of inorganic nanoparticles on bacterial community in wastewater treatment remain unclear. The present research assessed the impact of cerium oxide nanoparticles (nCeO) on the microbiome of activated sludge sys...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Kamika I,Tekere M

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mathematical models have been used from growth kinetic simulation to gen regulatory networks prediction for B. thuringiensis culture. However, this culture is a time dependent dynamic process where cells physiology suffers several changes depending on the changes in the cell environment. Therefore, through its culture...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Navarro-Mtz AK,Pérez-Guevara F

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus thuringiensis is a Gram-positive soil bacterium that is known to be a bacterial biopesticide that produces insecticidal proteins called crystal proteins (Cry). In the insecticidal process, chitinases are suggested to perforate the peritrophic membrane barrier to facilitate the invasion of the Cry proteins int...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Honda S,Kunii T,Nohara K,Wakita S,Sugahara Y,Kawakita M,Oyama F,Sakaguchi M

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major platform for high level recombinant protein production is based on genetically modified microorganisms like Escherichia coli (E. coli) due to its short dividing time, ability to use inexpensive substrates and additionally, its genetics is comparatively simple, well characterized and can be manipulated easily...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Kangwa M,Yelemane V,Polat AN,Gorrepati KD,Grasselli M,Fernández-Lahore M

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant antibodies are used with great success in many different diagnostic and therapeutic applications. A variety of protein expression systems are available, but nowadays almost all therapeutic antibodies are produced in mammalian cell lines due to their complex structure and glycosylation requirements. However...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Blanco-Toribio A,Álvarez-Cienfuegos A,Sainz-Pastor N,Merino N,Compte M,Sanz L,Blanco FJ,Álvarez-Vallina L

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii has gained interest as a sustainable resource because it can be easily grown using CO2 as a carbon source owing to its high CO2 assimilating activity. Although the robustness of the cell wall of C. reinhardtii makes it difficult to extract its intracellular products, such property ...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Nakanishi A,Iritani K,Sakihama Y,Ozawa N,Mochizuki A,Watanabe M

更新日期：2020-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:With the developments in taxonomy, the classically used highly conserved 16S rRNA molecular marker has shown some disadvantages among closely related species. For further taxonomic studies of the prokaryotes, specific PCR primers were designed from two conserved regions in the amino acid sequences of the 70-kDa heat s...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Hu Y,Sun F,Liu W

更新日期：2018-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The biological synthesis of metal nanoparticles using plant extracts with defined size and morphology is a simple, nontoxic and environmentally friendly method. The present study focused on the synthesis of silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) by Artemisia annua L. extract as reducing and stabilising agent. The Ag NPs functi...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Aghajanyan A,Gabrielyan L,Schubert R,Trchounian A

更新日期：2020-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：: Hydroquinone-1,2-dioxygenase, an enzyme involved in the degradation of alkylphenols in Sphingomonas sp. strain TTNP3 was purified to apparent homogeneity. The extradiol dioxygenase catalyzed the ring fission of hydroquinone to 4-hydroxymuconic semialdehyde and the degradation of chlorinated and several alkylated hydr...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Kolvenbach BA,Lenz M,Benndorf D,Rapp E,Fousek J,Vlcek C,Schäffer A,Gabriel FL,Kohler HP,Corvini PF

更新日期：2011-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular enzymes play an important role in the growth and development of edible fungi. Extracellular enzyme activities have also become an important object of measurement. In this study, Agaricus brunnescens Peck, Coprinus comatus, and Pleurotus ostreatus were compared in terms of their enzyme production in liqui...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Huang L,Sun N,Ban L,Wang Y,Yang H

更新日期：2019-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Efficient methods to achieve the safe decontamination of agricultural products are needed. Here, we investigated the decontamination of citrus fruits to test the antifungal potential of a novel non-thermal gas plasma apparatus, termed a roller conveyer plasma instrument. This instrument generates an atmospheric pressu...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Sakudo A,Yagyu Y

更新日期：2021-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Most whole cell biocatalysts have some problems with yields and productivities because of various metabolites produced as byproducts and limitations of substrate uptake. We propose a psychrophile-based simple biocatalyst for efficient bio-production using mesophilic enzymes expressed in psychrophilic Shewanella living...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Tajima T,Fuki K,Kataoka N,Kudou D,Nakashimada Y,Kato J

更新日期：2013-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Although high levels of staphylococcal phenol-soluble modulins (PSMs) in clinical methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has been shown to correlate with bacterial virulence, the PSMs expression in foodborne Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus), as well as its association with staphylococcal food poisoning (S...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Wu X,Yang M,Fang X,Zhen S,Zhang J,Yang X,Qiao L,Yang Y,Zhang C

更新日期：2018-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas putida KT2440 is a model bacteria used commonly for medium-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoates (mcl-PHAs) production using various substrates. However, despite many studies conducted on P. putida KT2440 strain, the molecular mechanisms of leading to mcl-PHAs synthesis in reaction to environmental stimuli ar...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Mozejko-Ciesielska J,Dabrowska D,Szalewska-Palasz A,Ciesielski S

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactobacillus panis strain PM1 is an obligatory heterofermentative and aerotolerant microorganism that also produces 1,3-propanediol from glycerol. This study investigated the metabolic responses of L. panis PM1 to oxidative stress under aerobic conditions. Growth under aerobic culture triggered an early entrance of L...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Kang TS,Korber DR,Tanaka T

更新日期：2013-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaccination is believed to be the most effective method for the prevention of infectious diseases. Thus it is imperative to develop cost effective and scalable process for the production of vaccines so as to make them affordable for mass use. In this study, performance of a novel disposable iCELLis fixed bed bioreacto...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Rajendran R,Lingala R,Vuppu SK,Bandi BO,Manickam E,Macherla SR,Dubois S,Havelange N,Maithal K

更新日期：2014-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus amyloliquefaciens has been widely used as a probiotic in the field of biological control,and its antibacterial compounds plays an important role in the prevention and control of plant, livestock and poultry diseases. It has the advantages of green, safe and efficiency. This study aims to separate and purify a...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Wang Y,Zhao B,Liu Y,Mao L,Zhang X,Meng W,Liu K,Chu J

更新日期：2020-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:High-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) was used for comprehensive metabolomic fingerprinting of vanilla fruits prepared from the curing process. In this study, the metabolic changes of vanilla pods and vanilla beans were characterized using MS-based metabolomics to elucidate the biosynthesis ...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Gu F,Chen Y,Hong Y,Fang Y,Tan L

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was demonstrated with a coculture fermentation system using sugar beet pulp (SBP) as a carbon source combining the cellulose-degrading bacterium Clostridium cellulovorans with microbial flora of methane production (MFMP) for the direct conversion of cellulosic biomass to methane (CH4). The MFMP was taken fr...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Tomita H,Okazaki F,Tamaru Y

更新日期：2019-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The utilization of inoculants containing Azospirillum is becoming more popular due to increasing reports of expressive gains in grain yields. However, incompatibility with pesticides used in seed treatments represents a main limitation for a successful inoculation. Therefore, in this study we searched for alternatives...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Fukami J,Nogueira MA,Araujo RS,Hungria M

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helical alignment of the α-helical linker of the LOV (light-oxygen-voltage) domain of YtvA from Bacillus subtilis with the α-helical linker of the histidine-protein kinase domain of the Sln1 kinase of the phospho-relay system for osmoregulation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been used to construct a light-modulatable...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Bury A,Hellingwerf KJ

更新日期：2018-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Sweet potato vine (SPV) is an abundant agricultural waste, which is easy to obtain at low cost and has the potential to produce clean energy via anaerobic digestion (AD). The main objectives of this study were to reveal methane production and process stability of SPV and the mixtures with animal manure under various t...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Zhang E,Li J,Zhang K,Wang F,Yang H,Zhi S,Liu G

更新日期：2018-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：: In winemaking, nutrient supplementation is a common practice for optimising fermentation and producing quality wine. Nutritionally suboptimal grape juices are often enriched with nutrients in order to manipulate the production of yeast aroma compounds. Nutrients are also added to active dry yeast (ADY) rehydration me...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Winter G,Henschke PA,Higgins VJ,Ugliano M,Curtin CD

更新日期：2011-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Wolves (Canis lupus) and their domesticated and close relatives, dogs (Canis lupus familiaris), have great differences in their diets and living environments. To the best of our knowledge, the fundamental question of how the abundance and function of the gut microbiota of domestic dogs evolved to adapt to the changes ...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Lyu T,Liu G,Zhang H,Wang L,Zhou S,Dou H,Pang B,Sha W,Zhang H

更新日期：2018-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Wheat bran is an effective raw material for preparation xylooligosaccharides; however, current research mainly focuses on alkali extraction and enzymatic hydrolysis methods. Since ester bonds are destroyed during the alkali extraction process, xylanase and arabinofuranosidase are mainly used to hydrolyze xylooligosacc...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Zhang Y,Yang H,Yu X,Kong H,Chen J,Luo H,Bai Y,Yao B

更新日期：2019-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Biological technologies for recycling rare metals, which are essential for high-tech products, have attracted much attention because they could prove to be more environmentally friendly and energy-saving than other methods. We have developed biological recycling technologies by cell surface engineering for the selecti...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Ito R,Kuroda K,Hashimoto H,Ueda M

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the aim to develop biocatalysts for enhanced hydrolysis of (hemi)cellulose into monosaccharides, random diversity by directed evolution was introduced in the gene coding for the endo-β-1,4-glucanase from Streptomyces sp. G12 which had been recombinantly expressed in Escherichia coli and named rCelStrep. The main ...

journal_title：AMB Express

authors： Cecchini DA,Pepe O,Pennacchio A,Fagnano M,Faraco V

更新日期：2018-05-05 00:00:00