Selection of Mycobacterium sp. strains with capacity to biotransform high concentrations of beta-sitosterol.

abstract：:(R)-[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl] ethanol ((R)-BTPE) is a valuable chiral intermediate for the synthesis of antiemetic drug Aprepitant and Fosaprepitant. A Leifsonia xyli HS0904-derived carbonyl reductase (LXCAR), an effective biocatalyst for the asymmetric reduction of 3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl) acetophenone (BTAP) ...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Wang NQ,Sun J,Huang J,Wang P

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Problems with deflocculation and solids separation in biological wastewater treatment systems are linked to fluctuations in physicochemical conditions. This study examined the composition of activated sludge bacterial communities in lab-scale sequencing batch reactors treating bleached kraft mill effluent, under trans...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Nadarajah N,Allen DG,Fulthorpe RR

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli K-12 was cultured under anaerobic conditions to form biofilm on carbon fiber electrodes in glucose-containing medium. The anodic current increased with the development of the biofilm and depended on the glucose concentration. Cyclic voltammetric results support the presence of a redox compound(s) excr...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Wang YF,Tsujimura S,Cheng SS,Kano K

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) is a glycoprotein with important clinical applications for the treatment of neutropenia and aplastic anemia and reducing infections associated with bone marrow transplants. We evaluated the potential for using a potato virus X (PVX) viral vector syste...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Zhou F,Wang ML,Albert HH,Moore PH,Zhu YJ

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspartic proteases are a relatively small group of proteolytic enzymes that are active in acidic environments and are found across all forms of life. Certain microorganisms secrete such proteases as virulence agents and/or in order to break down proteins thereby liberating assimilable sources of nitrogen. Some of the ...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Theron LW,Divol B

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an effort to produce ricinoleic acid (RA), an important natural raw material with great values as a petrochemical replacement, in Schizosaccharomyces pombe, we introduced Claviceps purpurea oleate Δ12-hydroxylase gene (CpFAH12) to S. pombe, putting it under the control of an inducible nmt1 promoter. However, RA was...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Yazawa H,Holic R,Kumagai H,Uemura H

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A bacterial biofilm, capable of mineralising a technical mixture of cis- and trans-1,3-dichloropropene (DCPE), was enriched on the biomedium side of an extractive membrane biofilm reactor (EMBR). The membrane separates the biomedium from the industrial waste water, in terms of pH, ionic strength and the concentration ...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Katsivela E,Bonse D,Krüger A,Strömpl C,Livingston A,Wittich RM

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used biodegradable plastics as fermentation substrates for the filamentous fungus Aspergillus oryzae. This fungus could grow under culture conditions that contained emulsified poly-(butylene succinate) (PBS) and emulsified poly-(butylene succinate-co-adipate) (PBSA) as the sole carbon source, and could digest PBS a...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Maeda H,Yamagata Y,Abe K,Hasegawa F,Machida M,Ishioka R,Gomi K,Nakajima T

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inorganic sulfate is the preferred sulfur source for the growth of most microorganisms but, in its absence, many organosulfur compounds can be degraded microbially to provide sulfur. Desulfurization of dibenzothiophene (DBT) by Rhodococcus sp. and of aromatic sulfonates by Pseudomonas sp. has considerable biotechnolog...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Kertesz MA,Wietek C

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Simultaneous isomerisation and fermentation (SIF) of xylose and simultaneous isomerisation and cofermentation (SICF) of a glucose/xylose mixture was carried out by Saccharomyces cerevisiae in the presence of xylose isomerase. The SIF of 50 g I(-1) xylose gave an ethanol concentration and metabolic yield of 7.5 g l(-1)...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Chandrakant P,Bisaria VS

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wool and silk are major protein fiber materials used by the textile industry. Fiber protein structure-function relationships are briefly described here, and the major enzymatic processing routes for textiles and other novel applications are deeply reviewed. Fiber biomodification is described here with various classes ...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Fu J,Su J,Wang P,Yu Y,Wang Q,Cavaco-Paulo A

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Environmentally friendly control measures are needed for suppression of soilborne pathogens of vegetable crops in the Republic of Korea. In vitro challenge assays were used to screen approximately 500 bacterial isolates from 20 Korean greenhouse soils for inhibition of diverse plant pathogens. One isolate, Bacillus su...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Chung S,Kong H,Buyer JS,Lakshman DK,Lydon J,Kim SD,Roberts DP

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A newly isolated strain of Cunninghamella echinulata grown on glucose produced significant quantities of biomass and cellular lipids in media with high C/N ratio. The oil yield from glucose consumed increased after nitrogen exhaustion in the growth medium, but gamma-linolenic acid (GLA) content in cellular oil systema...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Gema H,Kavadia A,Dimou D,Tsagou V,Komaitis M,Aggelis G

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An isolated bacterium that converted unsaturated fatty acids to hydroxy fatty acids was identified as Stenotrophomonas nitritireducens by API analysis, cellular fatty acids compositions, sequencing the full 16S ribosomal ribonucleic acid, and evaluating its nitrite reduction ability. S. nitritireducens has unique regi...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Yu IS,Yeom SJ,Kim HJ,Lee JK,Kim YH,Oh DK

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The essential general features required for lipid membranes of extremophilic archaea to fulfill biological functions are that they are in the liquid crystalline phase and have extremely low permeability of solutes that is much less temperature sensitive due to a lack of lipid-phase transition and highly branched isopr...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Ulrih NP,Gmajner D,Raspor P

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytochromes P450 (CYPs) belong to the superfamily of heme b containing monooxygenases with currently more than 21,000 members. These enzymes accept a vast range of organic molecules and catalyze diverse reactions. These extraordinary capabilities of CYP systems that are unmet by other enzymes make them attractive for ...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Bernhardt R,Urlacher VB

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycorrhizal fungi belonging to the genus Tuber produce, after the establishment of a productive interaction with a plant host, hypogeous fruitbodies of great economic value known as ''truffles''. This review summarizes the state of art on life cycle, genetic, and biotechnological investigations of Tuber spp. The ascoc...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Poma A,Limongi T,Pacioni G

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas sp. D7-4 and Pseudomonas sp. B13 FR1(pFRC20P) degraded mixtures of chloro- and methyl-substituted benzoates exclusively via an extended ortho pathway, whereas in Pseudomonas putida WR 201 both ortho and meta fission were induced by mixtures of 3-chloro- and 3-methylbenzoate or even by 3-chloro-benzoate alo...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Franck-Mokross AC,Schmidt E

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ligninolytic enzymes of white-rot fungi have a broad substrate specificity and have been implicated in the transformation and mineralization of organopollutants with structural similarities to lignin. This review presents evidence for the involvement of these enzymes in white-rot fungal degradation of munitions wa...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Pointing SB

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enantioselective oxidation of racemic phenyl-1,2-ethanediol into (R)-(-)-mandelic acid by a newly isolated Brevibacterium lutescens CCZU12-1 was demonstrated. It was found that optically active (R)-(-)-mandelic acid (e.e.p > 99.9 %) is produced leaving the other enantiomer (S)-(+)-phenyl-1,2-ethanediol intact. Using f...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： He YC,Ma CL,Zhang X,Li L,Xu JH,Wu MX

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biotechnological production of vanillin is gaining momentum as the natural synthesis of vanillin that is very expensive. Ferulic acid (FA), a costly compound, is used as the substrate to produce vanillin biotechnologically and the making process is still expensive. Therefore, this study investigated the practical use ...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Chakraborty D,Selvam A,Kaur B,Wong JWC,Karthikeyan OP

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A medium-scale (0.77 l) air-cathode, brush-anode microbial fuel cell (MFC) operated in fed-batch mode using xylose (20 mM) generated a maximum power density of 13 +/- 1 W/m(3) (673 +/- 43 mW/m(2)). Xylose was rapidly removed (83.5%) within 8 h of a 60-h cycle, with 42.1% of electrons in intermediates (8.5 +/- 0.2 mM a...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Huang L,Logan BE

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cell envelope-associated proteinase (CEP) of Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. lactis CRL 581 (PrtL) has an essential role in bacterial growth, contributes to the flavor and texture development of fermented products, and can release bioactive health-beneficial peptides during milk fermentation. The genome of L. del...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Villegas JM,Brown L,Savoy de Giori G,Hebert EM

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to model the inactivation of Lactobacillus brevis DSM 6235 while retaining the viability of yeasts during washing brewer's yeast with phosphoric acid and chlorine dioxide. The independent variables in the acid washing were pH (1-3) and temperature (1-9 °C), whereas in the washing with chlorine dioxide...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Munford ARG,Chaves RD,Granato D,Sant'Ana AS

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitrate, injected into oil fields, can oxidize sulfide formed by sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) through the action of nitrate-reducing sulfide-oxidizing bacteria (NR-SOB). When reservoir rock contains siderite (FeCO(3)), the sulfide formed is immobilized as iron sulfide minerals, e.g. mackinawite (FeS). The aim of ou...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Lin S,Krause F,Voordouw G

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus thuringiensis bacteria show insecticidal activities that rely upon the production of insecticidal crystal proteins, which are encoded by cry or cyt genes and can target a variety of insect pests. It has been shown that cry1Ac is the only cry gene in B. thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki HD73 (B. thuringiensis HD73...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Zhang X,Gao T,Peng Q,Song L,Zhang J,Chai Y,Sun D,Song F

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stable transformants of Chromobacterium violaceum were obtained by high-voltage electroporation with a 7-kilobase binary plasmid. The technique was reliable, reproducible, and simple, with efficiencies of 10(5) transformants/microg of plasmid DNA. The electrical conditions that resulted in the highest efficiencies wer...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Broetto L,Cecagno R,Sant'anna FH,Weber S,Schrank IS

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumocandin B0, the precursor of the antifungal drug caspofungin, is a secondary metabolite of the fungus Glarea lozoyensis. In this study, we investigated the effects of mannitol as the sole carbon source on pneumocandin B0 production by G. lozoyensis. The osmotic pressure is more important in enhancing pneumocandin...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Song P,Huang B,Zhang S,Zhang K,Yuan K,Ji X,Ren L,Wen J,Huang H

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We engineered efficient 2,3-butanediol (23BD) production from cellobiose using Bacillus subtilis. First, we found that B. subtilis harboring an empty vector could produce 23BD from cellobiose. However, productivity using cellobiose as a carbon source was lower than that when using glucose. This lower productivity was ...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Tanimura K,Takashima S,Matsumoto T,Tanaka T,Kondo A

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditional temperature-sensitive systems use either heat shock (40-42 °C) or cold shock (15-23 °C) to induce gene expression at temperatures that are not the optimal temperature for host cell growth (37 °C). This impacts the overall productivity and yield by disturbing cell growth and cellular metabolism. Here, we ha...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Jiang X,Zhang H,Yang J,Liu M,Feng H,Liu X,Cao Y,Feng D,Xian M

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00