Immobilization of yeast cells containing beta-galactosidase.

abstract：:Two metabolic engineering tools, namely gene inactivation and gene overexpression, were employed to examine the effects of two genetic modifications on the fermentation characteristics of Clostridium acetobutylicum. Inactivation of the butyrate kinase gene (buk) was examined using strain PJC4BK, while the combined eff...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Harris LM,Desai RP,Welker NE,Papoutsakis ET

更新日期：2000-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The United States produces more than 10 million tons of waste oils and fats each year. This paper aims to establish a new biomanufacturing platform that converts waste oils or fats into a series of value-added products. Our research employs the oleaginous yeast Yarrowia lipolytica as a case study for citric acid (CA) ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Liu N,Soong YV,Mirzaee I,Olsen A,Yu P,Wong HW,Xie D

更新日期：2021-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The study reports on the development of a bioreactor for the production of alpha-keto acids from D,L- or D-amino acids using Rhodotorula gracilis D-amino acid oxidase. D-amino acid oxidase was co-immobilized with catalase on Affi-Gel 10 matrix, and the reactor was operated as a continuous-stirred tank reactor (CSTR) o...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Butò S,Pollegioni L,D'Angiuro L,Pilone MS

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A respiratory-deficient, mutant of Kluyveromyces fragilis was isolated using a ethidium bromide mutagenesis. It was characterized by a loss of cytochromes a + a3 and by an improvement of its inulinase activity. Under anaerobic conditions this mutant was always better than the wild strain for ethanol production especia...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Guiraud JP,Bourgi J,Stervinou M,Claisse M,Galzy P

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The production of dry-grind corn ethanol results in the generation of intermediate products, thin and whole stillage, which require energy-intensive downstream processing for conversion into commercial animal feed products. Hydrothermal carbonization of thin and whole stillage coupled with anaerobic digestion was inve...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Wood BM,Jader LR,Schendel FJ,Hahn NJ,Valentas KJ,McNamara PJ,Novak PM,Heilmann SM

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli and Desulfovibrio desulfuricans reduce Tc(VII) (TcO(4)(-)) with formate or hydrogen as electron donors. The reaction is catalyzed by the hydrogenase component of the formate hydrogenlyase complex (FHL) of E. coli and is associated with a periplasmic hydrogenase activity in D. desulfuricans. Tc(VII) re...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Lloyd JR,Thomas GH,Finlay JA,Cole JA,Macaskie LE

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of drug delivery is to improve the safety and therapeutic efficacy of drugs. This review focuses on delivery platforms that are either derived from endogenous pathways, long-circulating biomolecules and cells or that piggyback onto long-circulating biomolecules and cells. The first class of such platforms is ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Yousefpour P,Chilkoti A

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is one of the most sensitive and accurate methods for quantifying transcript levels especially for those expressed at low abundance. The selective amplification of target DNA over multiple cycles allows its initial concentration to be determined. The amplification rate is a co...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Mehra S,Hu WS

更新日期：2005-09-30 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：:A recently discovered thermophilic bacterium, Geobacillus thermoglucosidasius M10EXG, ferments a range of C5 (e.g., xylose) and C6 sugars (e.g., glucose) and is tolerant to high ethanol concentrations (10%, v/v). We have investigated the central metabolism of this bacterium using both in vitro enzyme assays and 13C-ba...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Tang YJ,Sapra R,Joyner D,Hazen TC,Myers S,Reichmuth D,Blanch H,Keasling JD

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gluconic acid and sorbitol were simultaneously produced from glucose and Jerusalem artichoke using a glucose-fructose oxidoreductase of Zymomonas mobilis and inulinase. Inulinase was immobilized on chitin by cross-linking with glutaraldehyde. Cells of Z. mobilis permeabilized with toluene were coimmobilized with chiti...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Kim DM,Kim HS

更新日期：1992-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant Escherichia coli harboring the medium-chain-length (MCL) polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) synthase gene has been shown to accumulate MCL-PHAs from fatty acids when FadB is inactive. However, the enzymes in fadB mutant E. coli responsible for channeling the beta-oxidation intermediates to PHA biosynthesis have no...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Park SJ,Yup Lee S

更新日期：2004-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Various structure-similar plant secondary metabolites like ginseng saponins (ginsenosides) possess different or even totally opposite biological activities. Intentional manipulation of the ginsenoside heterogeneity in cellular biosynthesis is of great interest and significance [Zhong and Yue (2005); Adv Biochem Eng Bi...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Yue CJ,Zhou X,Zhong JJ

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A kinetic model for the agglomeration of milk micelles following kappa-casein hydrolysis is described. The key features of the model are: (1) the surface potential of casein micelles is sufficient to explain the colloidal stability of the milk system; (2) the reduction in surface potential following kappa-casein hydro...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Carlson A,Hill CG Jr,Olson NF

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A directed differentiation between the biofilm and suspension was observed in the molecular microbial ecology and gene expression of different bacteria in a biofilm nitritation-anammox process operated at varying hydraulic residence times (HRT) and nitrogen loading rates (NLR). The highest degree of enrichment observe...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Park H,Sundar S,Ma Y,Chandran K

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method is described to estimate the microbial biomass of a sample, to enumerate the cells, and to distinguish the portion of metabolically active cells in the population by measuring the binding of phenyldicarbaundecaborane (PCB(-)) to the cells. This method can also be used for the analysis of a complex population ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Daugelavicius R,Bakiene E,Berzinskiene J,Bamford DH

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Control of cell shape and behavior through the micropattern technique by spatial immobilization of adhesive proteins on a surface has provided novel insights in several aspects of cell biology, such as tissue morphogenesis, cell growth and cell differentiation, and apoptosis. In this work, we present the use of poly(e...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Racine J,Cheradame H,Chu YS,Thiery JP,Rodriguez I

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have produced Bioglass coatings for Orthopedic implants by using a novel coating technique, CoBlast. The two resultant surfaces, designated BG and hydroxyapatite (HA)/BG, were compared with their HA counterpart, OsteoZip in terms of osteoblastic cell attachment, adhesion, proliferation, differentiation, and growth ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Tan F,Naciri M,Al-Rubeai M

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To manufacture biotechnology products, mammalian or bacterial cells are engineered for the production of recombinant therapeutic human proteins including monoclonal antibodies. Host cells synthesize an entire repertoire of proteins which are essential for their own function and survival. Biotechnology manufacturing pr...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： de Zafra CL,Quarmby V,Francissen K,Vanderlaan M,Zhu-Shimoni J

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work investigated the use of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy in combination with a mathematical model of an encapsulated cell system as a method for rapidly assessing the status of a pancreatic substitute. To validate this method, an in vitro experiment was performed in which the encapsulated cells ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Gross JD,Long RC Jr,Constantinidis I,Sambanis A

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An approach is presented for the stable covalent immobilization of proteins with a high retention of biological activity. First, chemical modification studies were used to establish enzyme structural and functional properties relevant to the covalent immobilization of an enzyme to agarose based supports. Heparinase wa...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Leckband D,Langer R

更新日期：1991-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Phaeodactylum tricornutum is a widely studied diatom and has been proposed as a source of oil and polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), particularly eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA). Recent studies indicate that lipid accumulation occurs under nutritional stress. Aim of this research was to determine how changes in nitrogen ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Rodolfi L,Biondi N,Guccione A,Bassi N,D'Ottavio M,Arganaraz G,Tredici MR

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bioartificial liver (BAL) devices have been developed to treat patients undergoing acute liver failure. One of the most important parameters to consider in designing these devices is the oxygen consumption rate of the seeded hepatocytes which are known to have oxygen consumption rates 10 times higher than most other c...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Cho CH,Park J,Nagrath D,Tilles AW,Berthiaume F,Toner M,Yarmush ML

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sufficient provision of oxygen is mandatory for enzymatic oxidations in aqueous solution, however, in process optimization this still is a bottleneck that cannot be overcome with the established methods of macrobubble aeration. Providing higher mass transfer performance through microbubble aerators, inefficient ae...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Thomas B,Ohde D,Matthes S,Engelmann C,Bubenheim P,Terasaka K,Schlüter M,Liese A

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) are invaluable research tools for studying gene functions in mammalian cells. siRNAs are mainly produced by chemical synthesis or by enzymatic digestion of double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) produced in vitro. Recently, bacterial cells, engineered with ectopic plant viral siRNA binding protein...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Kaur G,Cheung HC,Xu W,Wong JV,Chan FF,Li Y,McReynolds L,Huang L

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Utilising whole cells of recombinant Escherichia coli K27 (pCYP102, pGEc47) containing active cytochrome P450BM-3 monooxygenase [E.C. 1. 14.14.1], multiple oxidations of saturated and unsaturated fatty acids were performed by the enzyme under conditions of excess oxygen. The amount of oxygen dissolved in the culture m...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Schneider S,Wubbolts MG,Oesterhelt G,Sanglard D,Witholt B

更新日期：1999-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The kinetic properties of acetate-degrading methanogenic granular sludge of different mean diameters were assessed at different up-flow velocities (V(up)). Using this approach, the influence of internal and external mass transfer could be estimated. First, the apparent Monod constant (K(S)) for each data set was calcu...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Gonzalez-Gil G,Seghezzo L,Lettinga G,Kleerebezem R

更新日期：2001-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Sugarcane bagasse is an abundant and sustainable resource, generated as a by-product of sugarcane milling. The cellulosic material within bagasse can be broken down into glucose molecules and fermented to produce ethanol, making it a promising feedstock for biofuel production. Mild acid pretreatment hydrolyses the hem...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Greenwood AA,Farrell TW,O'Hara IM

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The anaerobic digestion of a cellulose-enriched fraction of domestic refuse by means of rumen microorganisms in an "artificial rumen" digester was studied. Various combinations of solid and liquid retention times and loading rates were applied to establish optimum conditions for the acidogenic phase digestion of the r...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Gijzen HJ,Zwart KB,Teunissen MJ,Vogels GD

更新日期：1988-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A second generation flow contraction device was developed and modeled which allows cells to be subjected to well-defined hydrodynamic forces. Studies were conducted with this system on wild-type Chinese Hamster Ovary cells (CHO-K1) and a strain of CHO cells which expresses the human Bcl-2 triangle gene (CHO-bcl-2). In...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Mollet M,Godoy-Silva R,Berdugo C,Chalmers JJ

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00