Biomass growth monitoring using pressure drop in a cocurrent biofilter

abstract：:Bioluminescence from the lux-based bacterial reporter Pseudomonas fluorescens HK44 was experimentally investigated under growth substrate-rich and limiting conditions in batch, continuous stirred tank (CSTR), and turbidostat reactors. A mechanistically based, mathematical model was developed to describe bioluminescenc...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Kelly CJ,Hsiung CJ,Lajoie CA

更新日期：2003-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A successful procedure for attaching cellulase to 45 microm iron oxide particles with a high-molecular-weight (1000) ligand has been developed. Mass and activity balances were calculated for immobilized enzymes with different loadings. The highest specific activity of the immobilized enzyme was 5.9 mmol glucose/g boun...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Garcia A 3rd,Oh S,Engler CR

更新日期：1989-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A cybernetic framework is presented which views microbial response in multiple substrate environments as a judicious investment of cellular resources in synthesizing different key proteins according to an optimal regulatory strategy. A mathematical model is developed within the cybernetic framework for the diauxic gro...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Dhurjati P,Ramkrishna D,Flickinger MC,Tsao GT

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of renewable alternatives to diesel and jet fuels is highly desirable for the heavy transportation sector, and would offer benefits over the production and use of short-chain alcohols for personal transportation. Here, we report the development of a metabolically engineered strain of Escherichia coli t...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Lennen RM,Braden DJ,West RA,Dumesic JA,Pfleger BF

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been much effort exerted to reduce one carbon (C1) gas emission to address climate change. As one promising way to more conveniently utilize C1 gas, several technologies have been developed to convert C1 gas into useful chemicals such as formic acid (FA). In this study, systems metabolic engineering was util...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Ahn JH,Bang J,Kim WJ,Lee SY

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enzymatic hydrolysis of arabinoxylan is an important prerequisite for the utilization of hemicellulose for ethanol fermentation or for making the low calorie sweetener xylitol by catalytic hydrogenation of the generated xylose. This study focus on cloning and characterization of two industrial relevant beta-xylosidase...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Rasmussen LE,Sørensen HR,Vind J,Viksø-Nielsen A

更新日期：2006-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The possibility of enhancing the biomass productivity of a continuous culture of Saccharomyces cerevisiae growing on a glucose-limited medium is addressed. An unstructured Monod-type model is first identified using steady-state data. The culture is subjected to step changes in dilution rate, and it is seen that the Mo...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Abulesz EM,Lyberatos G

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For direct and on-line study of the physiological states of cell cultures, a robust flow injection system has been designed and interfaced with flow cytometry (FI-FCM). The core of the flow injection system includes a microchamber designed for sample processing. The design of this microchamber allows not only an accur...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Zhao R,Natarajan A,Srienc F

更新日期：1999-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolic carbon labelling experiments enable a large amount of extracellular fluxes and intracellular carbon isotope enrichments to be measured. Since the relation between the measured quantities and the unknown intracellular metabolic fluxes is given by bilinear balance equations, flux determination from this data s...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Wiechert W,Siefke C,de Graaf AA,Marx A

更新日期：1997-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:An immobilized enzyme (pancreatic ribonuclease bound to porous titania) was investigated for the degradation of purified yeast ribonucleic acid as a substrate. The immobilized enzyme is active and stable in the pH range 4--8. Dependence of enzymatic activity on ionic strength, pH, temperature, fluid flow rate, and sub...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Dale BE,White DH

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shake flask and stirred tank bioleaching experiments showed that the dissolution of chalcopyrite is inhibited by ferric ion concentrations as low as 200 mg L(-1) and redox potentials >420 mV (vs. Ag/AgCl). Chemical leaching of chalcopyrite (4% suspension, surface area 2.3 m2 g(-1)) was enhanced fourfold in the presenc...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Third KA,Cord-Ruwisch R,Watling HR

更新日期：2002-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) system is used to amplify the product gene to multiple copies in Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cells for generating cell lines which produce the recombinant protein at high levels. The physiological changes accompanying the transformation of the non-protein secreting host cells to a high p...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Vishwanathan N,Le H,Jacob NM,Tsao YS,Ng SW,Loo B,Liu Z,Kantardjieff A,Hu WS

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Innovation in monoclonal antibody (mAb) production continues to be driven by cell engineering strategies to increase yield and improve product quality. In a previous study, to investigate the effectiveness of transporter overexpression strategies, we prepared a taurine transporter-overexpressing host cell line (DXB11/...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Tabuchi H,Sugiyama T

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-invasive methods for online monitoring of biotechnological processes without compromising the integrity of the reactor system are very important to generate continuous data. Even though calorimetry has been used in conventional biochemical analysis for decades, it has not yet been specifically applied for online d...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Regestein L,Maskow T,Tack A,Knabben I,Wunderlich M,Lerchner J,Büchs J

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The feasibility of continuous ester synthesis in a membrane bioreactor (MBR) by a recombinant cutinase from Fusarium solani pisi was investigated, using the optimal conditions previously attained by medium engineering. The objective was to analyze the MBR behavior as a differential or an integral reactor. The main com...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Carvalho CM,Aires-Barros MR,Cabral JM

更新日期：2001-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenoviruses are human pathogens increasingly used as gene therapy and vaccination vectors. However, their impact on cell metabolism is poorly characterized. We performed carbon labeling experiments with [1,2-13 C]glucose or [U-13 C]glutamine to evaluate metabolic alterations in the amniocyte-derived, E1-transformed 1...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Carinhas N,Koshkin A,Pais DA,Alves PM,Teixeira AP

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reports a study of the performance of membrane-attached biofilms grown in a single tube extractive membrane bioreactor (STEMS) used for the treatment of a synthetic wastewater containing a toxic VOC (1,2-dichloroethane [DCE]). Mass balances show that complete mineralization of DCE was achieved, and that t...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Dos Santos LM,Livingston AG

更新日期：1995-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article, a kinetic model is developed and presented for biological nutrient removal (BNR) activated sludge (BNRAS) systems in general, but for external nitrification (EN) BNRAS (ENBNRAS) systems in particular. The model is based on the UCTPHO model, but includes some significant modifications, such as anoxic P...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Hu ZR,Wentzel MC,Ekama GA

更新日期：2007-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycolytic flux is increased and acetate production is reduced in Escherichia coli by the expression of heterologous NADH oxidase (NOX) from Streptococcus pneumoniae coupled with the deletion of the arcA gene, which encodes the ArcA regulatory protein. In this study, we examined the overproduction of a model recombina...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Vemuri GN,Eiteman MA,Altman E

更新日期：2006-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Esters were prepared by acylation of hydroxypropyl cellulose with fatty acid catalyzed by immobilized lipase from Candida antarctica in tert-butanol. The nature of the substrates used, the initial water activity of the system, and the molecular weight of the hydroxypropyl cellulose were investigated. Moreover, Fourier...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Sereti V,Stamatis H,Pappas C,Polissiou M,Kolisis F

更新日期：2001-02-20 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：:Buffered aqueous two-phase systems are effective extraction systems for separating amphoteric hydrocarbons like, for example, polypeptides from aqueous phases. The design and basic engineering of such processes requires the knowledge of the liquid-liquid equilibrium. The study presented here aims to contribute to the ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Grossmann C,Tintinger R,Zhu J,Maurer G

更新日期：1998-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Mass transfer is known to play a critical role in bioprocess performance and henceforth monitoring dissolved O2 (DO) and dissolved CO2 (dCO2 ) is of paramount importance. At bioreactor level these parameters can be monitored online and can be controlled by sparging air/oxygen or stirrer speed. However, traditional sma...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Chopda VR,Holzberg T,Ge X,Folio B,Wong L,Tolosa M,Kostov Y,Tolosa L,Rao G

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to its availability, low-price, and high degree of reduction, glycerol has become an attractive carbon source for the production of fuels and reduced chemicals. Using the platform we have established from the identification of key pathways mediating fermentative metabolism of glycerol, this work reports the engine...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Clomburg JM,Gonzalez R

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last few years, an increasing number of biotechnological techniques have been applied to the restoration and conservation of works of art, paintings, old maps, and papers or books. Enzymes can solve problems that give restorers difficulties, although for many applications it is not possible to use soluble enzym...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Moeschel K,Nouaimi M,Steinbrenner C,Bisswanger H

更新日期：2003-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxygen and nutrient limitation was investigated in order to identify the origin of a lower specific ajmalicine production in Catharanthus roseus cultures at high cell densities in an induction medium. The effect of oxygen limitation was explored by comparing two identically aerated and agitated high cell density biore...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Schlatmann JE,Moreno PR,Vinke JL,Ten Hoopen HJ,Verpoorte R,Heijnen JJ

更新日期：1994-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The functional analysis of plant cells at the cellular and subcellular levels requires novel technologies for the directed manipulation of individual cells. In this report, we demonstrate the use of an infrared (1,064 nm) picosecond laser for the perforation of tobacco cell protoplasts. A single pulse was sufficient t...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Schinkel H,Jacobs P,Schillberg S,Wehner M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bioartificial livers (BALs) are a potentially effective countermeasure against liver failure, particularly in cases of acute or fulminant liver failure. It is hoped these devices can sustain a patient's liver function until recovery or transplant. However, no large-scale clinical trial has yet proven that BALs are par...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Davidson AJ,Ellis MJ,Chaudhuri JB

更新日期：2010-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Alginate microparticles produced by emulsification/internal gelation were investigated as a promising carrier for insulin delivery. The procedure involves the dispersion of alginate solution containing insulin protein, into a water immiscible phase. Gelation is triggered in situ by instantaneous release of ionic calci...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Reis CP,Ribeiro AJ,Neufeld RJ,Veiga F

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hollow fiber enzyme reactor with pulsation developed by Kim and Chang (1983) was operated in a differential mode by recycling a substrate solution, in order to assess the efficiency of ultrafiltration swing. The rates of lactose conversion by beta-galactosidase contained in the shell side of the reactor were measu...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Park TH,Kim IH,Chang HN

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00