Operation of mixed-culture immobilized cell reactors for the metabolism of meta- and para-nitrobenzoate by comamonas sp. JS46 and comamonas sp. JS47

abstract：:We present an evaluation of the qualitative and quantitative effects that high concentrations of benzene and toluene have on the growth rate of several pure cultures that use these compounds as their sole carbon and energy source. The cultures employed were five widely studied environmental isolates: Pseudomonas putid...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Alagappan G,Cowan R

更新日期：2003-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of microalgae for biofuel production will be beneficial to society if we can produce biofuels at large scales with minimal mechanical energy input in the production process. Understanding micro-algal physiological responses under variable environmental conditions in bioreactors is essential for the optimizatio...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Hansen TJ,Hondzo M,Mashek MT,Mashek DG,Lefebvre PA

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A pure culture of Pseudomonas fluorescens was used as a model system to study the kinetics of denitrification. An exponentially growing culture was harvested and resuspended in an anoxic acetate solution buffered with K/Na phosphate at pH values of 6.6, 7.0, 7.4, and 7.8. The temperature was kept at 28 degrees C in al...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Almeida JS,Reis MA,Carrondo MJ

更新日期：1995-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A desirable feature of many therapeutic glycoprotein production processes is to maximize the final sialic acid content. In this study, the effect of applying a novel chemical analog of the sialic acid precursor N-acetylmannosamine (ManNAc) on the sialic acid content of cellular proteins and a model recombinant glycopr...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Yin B,Wang Q,Chung CY,Bhattacharya R,Ren X,Tang J,Yarema KJ,Betenbaugh MJ

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the role of green sulfur bacteria inlight-responsive electricity generation in microbial electrochemical cells (MXCs). We operated MXCs containing either monocultures or defined cocultures of previously enriched phototrophic Chlorobium and anode-respiring Geobacter under anaerobic conditions in the abs...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Badalamenti JP,Torres CI,Krajmalnik-Brown R

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein-protein interactions were measured for ovalbumin and for lysozyme in aqueous salt solutions. Protein-protein interactions are correlated with a proposed potential of mean force equal to the free energy to desolvate the protein surface that is made inaccessible to the solvent due to the protein-protein interact...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Curtis RA,Ulrich J,Montaser A,Prausnitz JM,Blanch HW

更新日期：2002-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A two-parameter deactivation model is proposed to describe the kinetics of activity stabilization for some enzymes. The single-step unimolecular mechanism exhibits non-first-order deactivation kinetics since the final enzyme state, E(1) is not completely inactivated. The usefulness of the model is demonstrated by appl...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Sadana A,Henley JP

更新日期：1987-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Feasibility of elemental sulfur reduction by Desulfovibrio desulfuricans in anaerobic conditions in a stirred reactor was studied. Hydrogen was used as energy source, whereas the carbonated species were bicarbonate and yeast extract. Attention was paid to reactor engineering aspects, biofilm formation on the sulfur su...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Escobar C,Bravo L,Hernández J,Herrera L

更新日期：2007-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A biosensor model was developed for a commercial NADH fluorescence probe to describe the single-frequency excitation and emission fluorescence behavior of an aqueous mixture of fluorophores. This model is essential in correlating the measured signals to the concentrations of fluorescent compounds in a bioreactor. In a...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Wang NS,Simmons MB

更新日期：1991-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Catalytic activity of lipases (from Rhizopus arrhizus, Canadida rugosa, and Pseudomonas sp. was studied in organic media, mainly diisopropyl ether. The effect of water activity (a(w)) on V(max) showed that the enzyme activity in general increased with increasing amounts of water for the three enzymes. This was shown b...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Wehtje E,Adlercreutz P

更新日期：1997-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A denitrifying consortium capable of transforming carbon tetrachloride (CCl(4)) was cultured from aquifer sediment from the U.S. Department of Energy's Hanford Site in southeastern Washington State. To understand the kinetics of the biological destruction of CCl(4) by these microbes, a set of experiments, the conditio...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Petersen JN,Skeen RS,Amos KM,Hooker BS

更新日期：1994-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth dynamics of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Burkholderia cepacia, and Staphylococcus aureus in a batch and chemostat, were investigated as a laboratory model system for persistent infections in cystic fibrosis. Most species-specific enumeration methods for mixed cultures are laborious or only qualitative, and therefore...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Schmidt JK,König B,Reichl U

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To manufacture biotechnology products, mammalian or bacterial cells are engineered for the production of recombinant therapeutic human proteins including monoclonal antibodies. Host cells synthesize an entire repertoire of proteins which are essential for their own function and survival. Biotechnology manufacturing pr...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： de Zafra CL,Quarmby V,Francissen K,Vanderlaan M,Zhu-Shimoni J

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The production of Bacillus thuringiensis spores was investigated in a bioreactor incorporating a ceramic membrane filter to improve spore concentration and volumetric productivity. Two cultivation methods were used in this study: a total cell retention culture (TCRC), and a two-stage continuous culture with partial ce...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Kang BC,Lee SY,Chang HN

更新日期：1993-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the major bottlenecks in the bioconversion of lignocelluosic feedstocks to liquid ethanol is the recalcitrance of residue following pretreatment, specifically softwood derived residues. Peroxide delignification has previously been shown to effectively aid in the removal of condensed lignaceous moieties from sub...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Cullis IF,Mansfield SD

更新日期：2010-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole cell pyruvate decarboxylase (PDC) from Candida utilis enhanced the enzymatic production of (R)-phenylacetylcarbinol (PAC) in an aqueous/octanol biotransformation compared to the partially purified PDC especially for a lower range of initial activities (0.3-2.5 U/mL). With an initial activity of 1.1 U/mL and at a...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Satianegara G,Rogers PL,Rosche B

更新日期：2006-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:This article provides the analysis on biomass yields and energetic yields of the oleaginous yeasts. The biomass yields of the oleaginous yeasts are consistently lower than nonoleaginous microorganisms, whereas their energetic yields are higher. Data inconsistencies of literature are explained by the variation of energ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Pan JG,Rhee JS

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After injury to the central nervous system, a glial scar develops that physically and biochemically inhibits axon growth. In the scar, activated astrocytes secrete inhibitory extracellular matrix, of which chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPGs) are considered the major inhibitory component. An inhibitory interface ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Tuinstra HM,Ducommun MM,Briley WE,Shea LD

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ralstonia eutropha grows on and produces polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) from fermentation acids. Acetic acid, one major organic acid from acidogenesis of organic wastes, has an inhibitory effect on the bacterium at slightly alkaline pH (6 g HAc/L at pH 8). The tolerance of R. eutropha to acetate, however, was increased ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Yu J,Wang J

更新日期：2001-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:We originally investigated the suitability of chitosan scaffolds loaded with bone morphogenetic protein 6 (BMP-6) in both stationary and dynamic conditions for cartilage tissue engineering. In the first part of the present study, ATDC5 murine chondrogenic cells were seeded in chitosan and BMP-6 loaded chitosan scaffol...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Tiğli RS,Gümüşderelioğlu M

更新日期：2009-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The production of volatile industrial chemicals utilizing metabolically engineered extreme thermophiles offers the potential for processes with simultaneous fermentation and product separation. An excellent target chemical for such a process is acetone (Tb  = 56°C), ideally produced from lignocellulosic biomass. Caldi...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Straub CT,Bing RG,Otten JK,Keller LM,Zeldes BM,Adams MWW,Kelly RM

更新日期：2020-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The diffusion characteristics of sucrose, a nutrient, and yohimbine, a secondary metabolite, in alginate gel beads, with or without entrapped periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus) or apple (Malus domestica) cells, were investigated. Effective diffusivities of both solutes in the gel beads were determined by two different m...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Pu HT,Yang RY

更新日期：1988-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Corynebacterium hydrocarboclastus KY 8835 grew in the acetate medium and accumulated 28mM Corynecins which was the highest production yield among the processes using various carbon sources. Selective production of Corynecin I (over 90% of all Corynecins), which had been desired for increase of the product yield, was a...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Nakano H,Tomita F,Yamaguchi K,Nagashima M,Suzuki T

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An algorithm for operating a fed-batch fermentor at an optimum specific fermentation rate is proposed. It does not require on-line measurement of nutrient concentration in the culture medium. An on-line estimate of the specific fermentation rate is sufficient for implementation of this scheme. The algorithm is model i...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Agrawal P,Koshy G,Ramseier M

更新日期：1989-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The transesterification reaction of N-acetyl-L-phenylalanine ethyl ester with 1-propanol catalyzed by alpha-chymotrypsin was examined in the ionic liquids 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate ([bmim][PF(6)]) and 1-octyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate ([omim][PF(6)]), and in combination with supercr...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Laszlo JA,Compton DL

更新日期：2001-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:An analysis of the radial flow cell is presented to show that the assumption of creeping laminar flow should be used cautiously. Simple models which account for the influence of fluid inertial forces over most of the width of the plate are reviewed. A modified Reynolds number is introduced which may be used to test th...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Fryer PJ,Slater NK,Duddridge JE

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new type of liquid emulsion membrane containing reversed micelles for protein extraction is introduced. A three-step extraction mechanism is proposed including solubilization, transportation, and release of the protein. The surfactants Span80 and sodium di(2-ethylhexyl)sulfosuccinate (AOT) are used to stabilize the ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Stobbe H,Yunguang X,Zihao W,Jufu F

更新日期：1997-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunotherapy with ex vivo cultured T cells depends on a large supply of biologically active cells. Understanding the effects of culture parameters is essential for improving the proliferation and efficacy of the expanded cells. Low oxygen tension (5% pO(2)) was previously reported to improve T-cell expansion and alte...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Haddad H,Windgassen D,Ramsborg CG,Paredes CJ,Papoutsakis ET

更新日期：2004-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:C-terminal lysine (C-K) variants are commonly observed in therapeutic monoclonal antibodies and recombinant proteins. Heterogeneity of C-K residues is believed to result from varying degree of proteolysis by endogenous carboxypeptidase(s) during cell culture production. The achievement of batch-to-batch culture perfor...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Luo J,Zhang J,Ren D,Tsai WL,Li F,Amanullah A,Hudson T

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell-division-cycle, temperature-sensitive mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae were investigated as a means of altering the morphological characteristics and subsequent physical properties of single-cell protein (SCP). Strain 4471, harboring mutation cdc 4, formed a visible complex mass at the nonpermissive temperatur...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Miyasaka Y,Rha C,Sinskey AJ

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00