Tolerance and adaptation of ethanologenic yeasts to lignocellulosic inhibitory compounds.

abstract：:Two thermophilic bacteria, Thermus aquaticus ATCC 25104 and Thermus species ATCC 27978, were investigated for their abilities to degrade BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes). Thermus aquaticus and the Thermus sp. were grown in a nominal medium at 70 degrees C and 60 degrees C, respectively, and resting c...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Chen CI,Taylor RT

更新日期：1995-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Integrated process concepts for enzymatic cephalexin synthesis were investigated by our group, and this article focuses on the integration of reactions and product removal during the reactions. The last step in cephalexin production is the enzymatic kinetic coupling of activated phenylglycine (phenylglycine amide or p...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Schroën CG,Nierstrasz VA,Bosma R,Kroon PJ,Tjeerdsma PS,DeVroom E,VanderLaan JM,Moody HM,Beeftink HH,Janssen AE,Tramper J

更新日期：2002-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell culture longevity in fed-batch culture of hybridomas is often limited by elevated medium osmolality caused by repeated nutrient feeding. Shotwise feeding of 10x Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium (DMEM) concentrates elevated the osmolality of medium up to 540 mOsm/kg at the end of fed-batch culture of S3H5/gamma2...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Ryu JS,Lee GM

更新日期：1999-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipase from Pseudomonas fluorescens biotype I was immobilized by adsorption of anion exchange resin using glutaraldehyde to enhance the adsorption. The activity yield of the immobilized lipase was very low (below 1%) when lipase activity was measured using emulsion substrate. The activity yield was 10-70% when lipase ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Kosugi Y,Tanaka H,Tomizuka N

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a simple and robust transient expression system utilizing the 25 kDa branched cationic polymer polyethylenimine (PEI) as a vehicle to deliver plasmid DNA into suspension-adapted Chinese hamster ovary cells synchronized in G2/M phase of the cell cycle by anti-mitotic microtubule disrupting agents. The...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Tait AS,Brown CJ,Galbraith DJ,Hines MJ,Hoare M,Birch JR,James DC

更新日期：2004-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Trehalase is the enzyme which hydrolyzes the disaccharide trehalose into two alpha-D-glucose molecules. In this article, we present the immobilization of trehalase on aminopropyl glass particles. The enzyme was extracted from Escherichia coli Mph2, a strain harboring the pTRE11 plasmid, which contains the trehalase ge...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Bachinski N,Martins AS,Paschoalin VM,Panek AD,Paiva CL

更新日期：1997-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiparameter flow cytometric techniques developed in our laboratories have been used for the "at-line" study of fed-batch bacterial fermentations. These fermentations were done at two scales, production (20 m(3)) and bench (5 x 10(-3) m(3)). In addition, at the bench scale, experiments were undertaken where the diff...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Hewitt CJ,Nebe-Von Caron G,Axelsson B,McFarlane CM,Nienow AW

更新日期：2000-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The performance of an industrial pharmaceutical process (production of an active pharmaceutical ingredient by fermentation, API) was modeled by multiblock partial least squares (MBPLS). The most important process stages are inoculum production and API production fermentation. Thirty batches (runs) were produced accord...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Lopes JA,Menezes JC,Westerhuis JA,Smilde AK

更新日期：2002-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:We show the design features of a membrane bioreactor based on pulsatile flow across dimpled membranes. Results show an enhanced mass transfer of air of at least five-fold magnitude as compared with flat membranes. An increased working volume form 20 mL to 120 mL reduced the k(L)A at a given Reynolds number because of ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Beeton S,Millward HR,Bellhouse BJ,Nicholson AM,Jenkins N,Knowles CJ

更新日期：1991-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The unicellular green alga Haematococcus pluvialis has been exploited as a cell factory to produce the high-value antioxidant astaxanthin for over two decades, due to its superior ability to synthesize astaxanthin under adverse culture conditions. However, slow vegetative growth under favorable culture conditions and ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Zhang Z,Wang B,Hu Q,Sommerfeld M,Li Y,Han D

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We propose an in vitro selection strategy to identify bacteriophage variants that recognize metal ions in solution. In 6 M urea, phage T7 loses 99.9% of its activity in less than 5 min. Inactivation is accelerated by gold, but slowed by zinc and magnesium. Selection of phage over five generations in the presence of go...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Gupta K,Yin J

更新日期：1995-03-05 00:00:00

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 budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is equipped with G protein-coupled receptors (GPCR). Because the yeast GPCR signaling mechanism is partly similar to that of the mammalian system, S. cerevisiae can be used for a host of mammalian GPCR expression and ligand-mediated activation assays. However, currently avail...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Fukutani Y,Ishii J,Kondo A,Ozawa T,Matsunami H,Yohda M

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:James (Jay) E. Bailey was a pioneer in biotechnology and biochemical engineering. During his 30 years in academia he made seminal contributions to many fields of chemical engineering science, including catalysis and reaction engineering, bioprocess engineering, mathematical modeling of cellular processes, recombinant ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Dordick JS,Khosla C

更新日期：2002-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The gp41 polypeptide of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) contains an immunosuppressive domain, an epitope which elicits specific cytolytic T cell responses to HIV, and a complement Clq interactive domain. In addition, a synthetic peptide called CS3, derived from gp41 (amino acids 576-593 of gp160) and contiguous wit...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Kestler DP,Henderson LA,Noti JD

更新日期：1993-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The feasibility of NO3- removal by the synergistic action of a prevailing denitrifying anoxic methane oxidising (DAMO), and nitrate-reducing and sulfide-oxidising bacterial (NR-SOB) consortium, using CH4 and H2 S from biogas as electron donors in a biotrickling filter was investigated. The influence of NO3- concentrat...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： López JC,Porca E,Collins G,Pérez R,Rodríguez-Alija A,Muñoz R,Quijano G

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The photosynthetic performance of a helical tubular photobioreactor ("Biocoil"), incorporating the filamentous cyanobacterium Spirulina platensis, was investigated. The photobioreactor was constructed in a cylindrical shape (0.9 m high) with a 0.25-m(2)basal area and a photostage comprising 60 m of transparent PVC tub...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Watanabe Y,de la Noüe J,Hall DO

更新日期：1995-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the resolution of racemic glycidol through esterification with butyric acid catalyzed by porcine pancreatic lipase in organic media. A screening of seven solvents (log P values between 0.49 and 3.0, P being the n-octanol-water partition coefficient of the solvent) showed that neither log P nor the logarithm...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Martins JF,Da Ponte MN,Barreiros S

更新日期：1993-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Among various routes for the biological hydrogen production, the NAD(P)H-dependent pentose phosphate (PP) pathway is the most efficient for the dark fermentation. Few studies, however, have focused on the glucose-6-phosphate 1-dehydrogenase, encoded by zwf, as a key enzyme activating the PP pathway. Although the gluco...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Kim YM,Cho HS,Jung GY,Park JM

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrafiltration through Carbosep M(4) mineral membrane of protein solutions of decreasing complexity (whey before and after centrifugation or clarification, beta-lactoglobulin) was studied. Mathematical models were used to explain variations in flux with time. Taking into account variations in protein retention and hy...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Taddei C,Daufin G,Aimar P,Sanchez V

更新日期：1989-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The spatial cell-material interaction remains vital issue in forming biodegradable scaffolds in Tissue Engineering. In this study, to understand the influence of spatial architecture on cellular behavior, 2D and 3D chitosan scaffolds of 50-190 kD and >310 kD MW were synthesized through air drying and controlled rate f...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Huang Y,Siewe M,Madihally SV

更新日期：2006-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A semiequilibrium model of chromatography has been developed to account for the elution profile of high concentration bands. The use of this model requires the prior determination of the equilibrium isotherms of the studied compounds in the chromatographic phase system. The model is applied here to a study of the isoc...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Katti A,Huang JX,Guiochon G

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, omics-based analysis tools were used to explore the effect of glucose starvation and culture duration on monoclonal antibody (mAb) production in fed-batch CHO cell culture to gain better insight into how these parameters can be controlled to ensure optimal mAb productivity and quality. Titer and N-glyco...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Fan Y,Jimenez Del Val I,Müller C,Lund AM,Sen JW,Rasmussen SK,Kontoravdi C,Baycin-Hizal D,Betenbaugh MJ,Weilguny D,Andersen MR

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The kinetics and mechanism of Fe(III) reduction to Fe(II) were studied in pure batch cultures of Pseudomonas sp. 200. The rate of iron reduction has been mechanistically related to aqueous phase iron speciation. In the absence of microbial activity the iron reduction rate was negligible. Initial rates of microbial iro...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Arnold RG,Olson TM,Hoffmann MR

更新日期：1986-11-01 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：:A simple approach was developed to determine the half-saturation coefficient for dissolved oxygen (K(DO)) for three bacteria by maintaining a constant oxygen concentration in continuous culture, and employing a dynamic method to obtain the specific growth rate (mu) for each species. Measurement of mu at selected disso...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Hao OJ,Richard MG,Jenkins D,Blanch HW

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the first part of our work, we combined compositional analysis, pretreatment and enzyme hydrolysis for fractionated pith, rind, and leaf tissues from a hybrid stay-green corn, in order to identify the role of structural characteristics on enzyme hydrolysis of cell walls. Hydrolysis experiments coupled with chemical...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Zeng M,Ximenes E,Ladisch MR,Mosier NS,Vermerris W,Huang CP,Sherman DM

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The engineering of production cell lines to express anti-apoptotic genes has been pursued in recent years due to potential process benefits, including enhanced cell survival, increased protein expression, and improved product quality. In this study, a baby hamster kidney cell line secreting recombinant factor VIII (BH...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Nivitchanyong T,Martinez A,Ishaque A,Murphy JE,Konstantinov K,Betenbaugh MJ,Thrift J

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A software sensor was developed to determine the volumetric biomass activity of animal cell cultivations on-line. It was based on the on-line estimation of the ATP-production rate from the oxygen uptake and the lactic-acid production rate. The sensor was verified for a batch culture of Vero cells, and a batch and a co...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Dorresteijn RC,Numan KH,de Gooijer CD,Tramper J,Beuvery EC

更新日期：1996-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammalian cell cultures typically exhibit an energy inefficient phenotype characterized by the consumption of large quantities of glucose and the concomitant production of large quantities of lactate. Under certain conditions, mammalian cells can switch to a more energy efficient state during which lactate is consumed...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Martínez VS,Dietmair S,Quek LE,Hodson MP,Gray P,Nielsen LK

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00