Lipase-catalyzed acidolysis of menhaden oil with conjugated linoleic acid: effect of water content.

abstract：:Two shock loads of a commercial detergent (I-150 mg chemical oxygen demand (COD)/L, fed for 56 h; II-300 mg COD/L fed for 222 h) were applied in a lab-scale Expanded Granular Sludge Blanket (EGSB) reactor, fed with 1,500 mg COD/L of ethanol. The impact of the surfactant was assessed in terms of granular sludge morphol...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Costa JC,Abreu AA,Ferreira EC,Alves MM

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyruvate production by Torulopsis glabrata was used as a model to study the mechanism of product inhibition and the strategy for enhancing pyruvate production. It was found that the concentration of cell growth and pyruvate deceased with the increase of NaCl and sorbitol concentrations. To enhance the osmotic stress r...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Liu L,Xu Q,Li Y,Shi Z,Zhu Y,Du G,Chen J

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel multivariable control strategy is developed for alcohol (ethanol and n-pentanol) concentrations in the production of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate), P(HB-co-HV), a biodegradable polymer by Paracoccus denitrificans ATCC 1774. This controller, which is developed to control the mole fraction of P(HB...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Chanprateep S,Abe N,Shimizu H,Yamane T,Shioya S

更新日期：2001-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Pretreatment of high-crystalline cellulose with N-methyl-morpholine-N-oxide (NMO or NMMO) to improve bioethanol and biogas production was investigated. The pretreatments were performed at 90 and 120 degrees C for 0.5-15 h in three different modes, including dissolution (85% NMO), ballooning (79% NMO), and swelling (73...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Jeihanipour A,Karimi K,Taherzadeh MJ

更新日期：2010-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene expression circuitries with time-delayed expression profiles regulate key events, such as oscillating systems, noise elimination, and coordinated multi-step processes, in all organisms from bacteria to mammalian cells. We present the rational synthesis of a genetic circuit displaying time-delayed expression in si...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Weber W,Kramer BP,Fussenegger M

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differences in plasmid retention and expression are studied in both suspended and biofilm cultures of Escherichia coli DH5alpha(PMJR1750). An alternative mathematical model is proposed which allows the determination of plasmid loss probability in both suspended batch and continuously fed biofilm cultures. In our exper...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Huang CT,Peretti SW,Bryers JD

更新日期：1993-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:For the commercial exploitation of lipase biocatalysis to be successful, it is essential that effective supports are selected for lipase immobilization. In this study hydrophobic controlled-pore glasses have been used as model systems for the immobilization of Rhizomucor miehei lipase. The effect of pore diameter and ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Bosley JA,Clayton JC

更新日期：1994-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, an analysis of the transition between the inactive ("closed") and active ("open") conformations of Candida rugosa lipase in solution is performed using irreversible enzyme inhibitors, cyclic saligenin phosphates. It is shown that >90% inhibition of the enzyme activity toward water-soluble substrates (es...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Turner NA,Needs EC,Khan JA,Vulfson EN

更新日期：2001-01-05 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：:The thickness variability of biofilms of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and the binary population combination of these two species was quantified. The experimental method involved cryoembedding biofilms with a commercial tissue embedding agent, sectioning, and applying image analysis to construct thick...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Murga R,Stewart PS,Daly D

更新日期：1995-03-20 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：:Effective and efficient breakdown of lignocellulosic biomass remains a primary barrier for its use as a feedstock for renewable transportation fuels. A more detailed understanding of the material properties of biomass slurries during conversion is needed to design cost-effective conversion processes. A series of enzym...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Roche CM,Dibble CJ,Knutsen JS,Stickel JJ,Liberatore MW

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The laminate consisted of several polymer layers, aluminium, and one cellulose-based layer containing the active enzymatic system (e.g., glucose oxidase, catalase, glucose, and CaCO3). During the industrial lamination process, the enzyme layer was exposed to three temperature spikes up to 325 degrees C without signifi...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Andersson M,Andersson T,Adlercreutz P,Nielsen T,Hörnsten EG

更新日期：2002-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Both k(L)a and k(L) measurements were carried out by an unsteady state technique at impeller speeds ranging from 1.6 to 5.8 s(-1) in a mechanically agitated animal cell culture vessel of working volume 1.5 L. Checks were made that the time constant of the oxygen electrode was negligible compared to the time for aerati...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Lavery M,Nienow AW

更新日期：1987-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A model is developed to predict batch and continuous culture behavior of fermentations on two different carbon and energy sources. The basic assumption of the model is that the permease for the favored substrate is constitutive, whereas the premease for the second substrate is subject to induction and catabolite repre...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Van Dedem G,Moo-Young M

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mathematical model is developed to analyze the influence of chemical reaction and diffusion processes on the intracellular organization of mitochondria in skeletal muscle cells. The mathematical modeling approach uses a reaction-diffusion analysis of oxygen, ATP, and ADP involved in energy metabolism and mitochondri...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Pathi B,Kinsey ST,Locke BR

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A refolding strategy was described for on-column refolding of recombinant human interferon-gamma (rhIFN-gamma) inclusion bodies by expanded bed adsorption (EBA) chromatography. After the denatured rhIFN-gamma protein bound onto the cation exchanger of STREAMLINE SP, the refolding process was performed in expanded bed ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Jin T,Guan YX,Yao SJ,Lin DQ,Cho MG

更新日期：2006-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Microparticle-enhanced cultivation (MPEC) was applied as a novel method for improved biomass and product formation during cultivation of filamentous microorganisms. Exemplarily, chloroperoxidase (CPO) formation by Caldariomyces fumago was analyzed in the presence and absence of microparticles of different size. Partic...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Kaup BA,Ehrich K,Pescheck M,Schrader J

更新日期：2008-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:After periodate oxidation of its glycosidic component, invertase was covalently bound onto three types of modified solid supports: glycidyl methacrylate, styrene-divinylbenzene copolymers, and bead cellulose. Direct reaction of the invertase aldehyde groups that were formed with amino groups of the support and use of ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Marek M,Valentová O,Kás J

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of solution Eh on the rate of ferrous iron oxidation by Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans is characterized. The experimental approach was based on the use of a two-chamber bioelectrochemical cell, which can determine the ferrous iron oxidation rate at controlled potential. Results enabled the formulation of...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Meruane G,Salhe C,Wiertz J,Vargas T

更新日期：2002-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The extracellular matrix provides structural components that support the development of tissue morphology and the distribution of growth factors that modulate the overall cellular response to those growth factors. The ability to manipulate the presentation of factors in culture systems should provide an additional deg...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Jervis EJ,Guarna MM,Doheny JG,Haynes CA,Kilburn DG

更新日期：2005-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article we present magnetic resonance microscopy (MRM) characterization of the advective transport in a biofilm capillary reactor. The biofilm generates non-axial flows that are up to 20% of the maximum axial velocity. The presence of secondary velocities of this magnitude alters the mass transport in the bior...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Gjersing EL,Codd SL,Seymour JD,Stewart PS

更新日期：2005-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a self-assembling polymer based on polyallylamine (PAH) for use in DNA chips. Thioctic acid (TA) was covalently attached to PAH in sidechains to immobilize the polymer on a gold surface by self-assembly. N-hydroxysuccinimide-ester terminated probe single-stranded (ss) DNA is easily covalently immobilized ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Taira S,Yokoyama K

更新日期：2005-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Gluconobacter melanogenus IFO 3293 cells capable of converting L-sorbose to L-sorbosone were immobilized in polyacrylamide gel. The preferred polymer composition for high activity and stability was determined to contain a total monomer concentration of 7.2% and 16.6% crosslinking agent. No significant differences in o...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Martin CK,Perlman D

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

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：:Benzil was reduced stereospecifically to (S)-benzoin by Bacillus cereus strain Tim-r01. To isolate the gene responsible for asymmetric reduction, we constructed a library consisting of Escherichia coli clones that harbored plasmids expressing Bacillus cereus genes. The library was screened using the halo formation ass...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Maruyama R,Nishizawa M,Itoi Y,Ito S,Inoue M

更新日期：2001-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphite dehydrogenase represents a new enzymatic system for regenerating reduced nicotinamide cofactors for industrial biocatalysis. We previously engineered a variant of phosphite dehydrogenase with relaxed cofactor specificity and significantly increased activity and stability. Here we performed one round of rando...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： McLachlan MJ,Johannes TW,Zhao H

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polypeptides containing between 4 and 32 repeats of a resilin-inspired sequence AQTPSSYGAP, derived from the mosquito Anopheles gambiae, have been used as tags on recombinant fusion proteins. These repeating polypeptides were inspired by the repeating structures that are found in resilins and sequence-related proteins...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Lyons RE,Elvin CM,Taylor K,Lekieffre N,Ramshaw JA

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The emissions of nitrous oxide (N(2)O) and nitric oxide (NO) from biological nitrogen removal (BNR) operations via nitrification and denitrification is gaining increased prominence. While many factors relevant to the operation of denitrifying reactors can influence N(2)O and NO emissions from them, the role of differe...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Lu H,Chandran K

更新日期：2010-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Relatively conservative modifications of three proteins were carried out to alter their surface properties. The protein properties modified were hydrophobicity and charge. This was done by acylation of amino groups with anhydrides. For the hydrophobic modification experiments, two proteins (beta-lactoglobulin and bovi...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Franco TT,Andrews AT,Asenjo JA

更新日期：1996-02-05 00:00:00