Lovastatin biosynthetic genes of Aspergillus terreus are expressed differentially in solid-state and in liquid submerged fermentation.

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：:A strong promoter increases transcription of the genes of interest and enhances the production of various valuable substances. For a hyperthermophilic archaeon Thermococcus onnurineus NA1, which can produce H2 from carbon monoxide oxidation, we searched for a novel endogenous strong promoter by transcriptome analysis ...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Lee SH,Kim MS,Jung HC,Lee J,Lee JH,Lee HS,Kang SG

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Artificial cold adaptation of a mesophilic protease, subtilisin BPN' was attempted by means of random mutagenesis of its entire gene coupled with screening of cleared-zone-forming colonies on skim-milk plates at a low temperature. Out of sixty clones screened at 10 degrees C, one mutant enzyme (termed M-15) was found ...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Kano H,Taguchi S,Momose H

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lack of a universal method to extract RNA from soil hinders the progress of studies related to nitrification in soil, which is an important step in the nitrogen cycle. It is particularly difficult to extract RNA from certain types of soils such as Andosols (volcanic ash soils), which is the dominant agricultural s...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Wang Y,Nagaoka K,Hayatsu M,Sakai Y,Tago K,Asakawa S,Fujii T

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The alkali-soluble glucan of the yeast cell wall contains beta-(1,3)- and (1,6)-D-linkages and systemically enhances the immune system. To isolate Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutants producing glucan with a high degree of beta-(1,6)-D-glycosidic bonds, a wild-type strain was mutagenized with ultraviolet light. The mutant...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Ha CH,Lim KH,Kim YT,Lim ST,Kim CW,Chang HI

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An endo-1,4-β-xylanase gene, xylcg, was cloned from Chaetomium globosum and successfully expressed in Escherichia coli. The complete gene of 675 bp was amplified, cloned into the pET 28(a) vector, and expressed. The optimal conditions for the highest activity of the purified recombinant XylCg were observed at a temper...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Singh RK,Tiwari MK,Kim D,Kang YC,Ramachandran P,Lee JK

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N-acetyl glutamate kinase (NAGK) is a key enzyme in the synthesis of L-arginine that is inhibited by its end product L-arginine in Corynebacterium glutamicum (C. glutamicum). In this study, the potential binding sites of arginine and the residues essential for its inhibition were identified by homology modeling, inhib...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Huang Y,Zhang H,Tian H,Li C,Han S,Lin Y,Zheng S

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transfer of a biosynthetic pathway between evolutionary distant organisms can create a metabolic shunt capable of bypassing the native regulation of the host organism, hereby improving the production of secondary metabolite precursor molecules for important natural products. Here, we report the engineering of Escheric...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Carlsen S,Ajikumar PK,Formenti LR,Zhou K,Phon TH,Nielsen ML,Lantz AE,Kielland-Brandt MC,Stephanopoulos G

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic engineering of transcription factors is an efficient strategy to improve lignocellulolytic enzyme production in fungi. In this study, the xylanase transcriptional regulators of Trichoderma reesei (Xyr1) and Neurospora crassa (XLR-1), as well as their constitutively active mutants (Xyr1A824V and XLR-1A828V), we...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Xia C,Li Z,Xu Y,Yang P,Gao L,Yan Q,Li S,Wang Y,Qu Y,Song X

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large percentage of organic fuel consumed in a microbial fuel cell (MFC) is lost as a result of oxygen transfer through the cathode. In order to understand how this oxygen transfer affects the microbial community structure, reactors were operated in duplicate using three configurations: closed circuit (CC; with curr...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Shehab N,Li D,Amy GL,Logan BE,Saikaly PE

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:L-Asparaginases (EC 3.5.1.1) are enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of L-asparagine to L-aspartic acid and found in a variety of organisms from microorganisms to mammals. However, they are mainly expressed and produced by microorganisms. Microbial L-asparaginases have received sustained attention due to their irrepl...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Zuo S,Zhang T,Jiang B,Mu W

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serratia marcescens has been proved to be a potential strain for industrial 2,3-butanediol production for its high yield, productivity, and other advantages. In this study, the genes slaA, slaB, slaC, and slaR were successfully cloned which were further confirmed to be encoding acetolactate decarboxylase, acetolactate...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Rao B,Zhang LY,Sun J,Su G,Wei D,Chu J,Zhu J,Shen Y

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wild-type naphthalene dioxygenase (NDO) from Pseudomonas sp. strain NCIB 9816-4 transforms relatively planar flavone and isoflavone to cis-dihydrodiols. However, this enzyme cannot catalyze the transformation of flavanone and isoflavanone in which a phenyl group bonds to the stereogenic C2 or C3 of the C-ring. Protein...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Seo J,Ryu JY,Han J,Ahn JH,Sadowsky MJ,Hur HG,Chong Y

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Caffeic acid derivatives (CADs) are a group of bioactive compounds which are produced in Echinacea species especially Echinacea purpurea, Echinacea angustifolia, and Echinacea pallida. Echinacea is a popular herbal medicine used in the treatment of common cold and it is also a prominent dietary supplement used through...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Murthy HN,Kim YS,Park SY,Paek KY

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nine anaerobic promoters were cloned and constructed upstream of PHB synthesis genes phbCAB from Ralstonia eutropha for the micro- or anaerobic PHB production in recombinant Escherichia coli. Among the promoters, the one for alcohol dehydrogenase (PadhE) was found most effective. Recombinant E. coli JM 109 (pWCY09) ha...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Wei XX,Shi ZY,Yuan MQ,Chen GQ

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mine water is an example of an extreme environment that contains a large number of diverse and specific bacteria. It is imperative to gain an understanding of these bacterial communities in order to develop effective strategies for the bioremediation of polluted aquatic systems. In this study, the high-throughput sequ...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Keshri J,Mankazana BB,Momba MN

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The organization of the genes of the penicillin cluster has been studied in three different mutants of P. chrysogenum impaired in penicillin biosynthesis. The three blocked mutants (derived from the parental strain P. chrysogenum Bb-1) lacked the genes pcbAB, pcbC and penDE of the penicillin biosynthetic pathway and w...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Fierro F,Montenegro E,Gutiérrez S,Martín JF

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the last 20 years, bacteria of the genus Acinetobacter have been the leading cause of hospital-acquired infections. In addition to the ability of Acinetobacter species to acquire rapid antibiotic resistance, limited knowledge on the mechanisms of multidrug resistance to antibiotics limits the treatment options f...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Shin B,Park C,Park W

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don is a plant species known for its production of a variety of terpenoid indole alkaloids, many of which have pharmacological activities. Production of catharanthine in cell cultures or in hairy roots established by transformation with Agrobacterium rhizogenes is of interest because cathar...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Zhou ML,Hou HL,Zhu XM,Shao JR,Wu YM,Tang YX

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell-free preparations of Tetrahymena thermophila catalyze the direct desaturation of cholesterol to delta7-dehydrocholesterol (provitamin D3). The activity was isolated in the microsomal fraction from Tetrahymena homogenates. Delta7-desaturase activity was stimulated fivefold by the addition of 6 mM ATP. Other cofact...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Valcarce G,Florin-Christensen J,Nudel C

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:D-allose has attracted a great deal of attention in recent years due to its many pharmaceutical activities, which include anti-cancer, anti-tumor, anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidative, anti-hypertensive, cryoprotective, and immunosuppressant activities. D-allose has been produced from D-psicose using D-allose-producing e...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Lim YR,Oh DK

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well established that the choice of yeast used to perform wine fermentation significantly influences the sensory attributes of wines; different yeast species and strains impart different profiles of esters, volatile fatty acids, higher alcohols, and volatile sulphur compounds. Indeed, choice of yeast remains one...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Cordente AG,Solomon M,Schulkin A,Leigh Francis I,Barker A,Borneman AR,Curtin CD

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:C-phycocyanin (C-PC) was extracted from fresh Spirulina platensis by deploying a species of non-pathogenic nitrogen-fixing bacteria, namely, Klebsiella pneumoniae. The algal slurry was neither washed nor centrifuged; the bacterial culture was poured into the slurry, the vessel sealed, and crude C-PC extracted after ab...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Zhu Y,Chen XB,Wang KB,Li YX,Bai KZ,Kuang TY,Ji HB

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxygenates, mainly methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE), are commonly added to gasoline to enhance octane index and improve combustion efficiency. Other oxygenates used as gasoline additives are ethers such as ethyl tert-butyl ether (ETBE), tert-amyl methyl ether (TAME), and alcohols such as tert-butyl alcohol (TBA). As a r...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Fayolle F,Vandecasteele JP,Monot F

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe dengue is more likely found during secondary heterologous dengue virus (DENV) infection or primary infection of infants born to dengue-immune mothers and led to the hypothesis of antibody-dependent enhancement (ADE). It has been reported that pre-membrane (prM)-reactive antibodies do not efficiently neutralize ...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Wang Y,Si L,Luo Y,Guo X,Zhou J,Fang D,Yan H,Zeng G,Jiang L

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:meta-Cleavage product (MCP) hydrolases can catalyze relatively low reactive carbon-carbon bond hydrolysis of products, which are derived from the meta-cleavage of catechols. The strict substrate selectivity of MCP hydrolases attracts an interest to understand the determinants of substrate specificity. Compared with co...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Zhou H,Qu Y,Shen E,Kong C,Zhang X,Ma Q,Zhou J

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell-surface functional groups (amino, carboxyl, hydroxyl, as well as phosphate) were chemically modified in various ways to enhance the demulsification capability of the demulsifying bacteria Alcaligenes sp. S-XJ-1. Results demonstrated that the demulsifying activity was significantly inhibited by amino enrichment wi...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Zhang Y,Liu J,Huang X,Lu L,Peng K

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phytophthora infestans is the causative agent of potato blight that resulted in the great famine in Ireland in the nineteenth century. This microbe can release large amounts of the C20 very long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids arachidonic acid (ARA; 20:4Δ(5, 8, 11, 14)) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA; 20:5Δ(5, 8, 11...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Sun Q,Liu J,Zhang Q,Qing X,Dobson G,Li X,Qi B

更新日期：2013-09-01 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：:Due to efficient photosynthetic capability, robust growth, and clear genetic background, cyanobacteria are recently used for production of different biofuel and biochemical molecules by genetic engineering and showed great potentials as the next-generation microbial cell factory. For improving the production of bio-pr...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Tan X,Liang F,Cai K,Lu X

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00