Sugar cane bagasse as a possible source of fermentable carbohydrates. II. Optimization of the xylose isomerase reaction for isomerization of xylose as well as sugar cane bagasse hydrolyzate to xylulose in laboratory-scale units.

abstract：:The removal of N-compounds in the sequencing batch airlift reactor (SBAR) containing granular sludge was studied under conditions of decreased dissolved oxygen (DO). A simulation model was developed to describe and evaluate the effects of several process conditions in the SBAR on N-removal performance. The model descr...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Beun JJ,Heijnen JJ,van Loosdrecht MC

更新日期：2001-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Lentiviral vectors (LVs) enveloped with an engineered Sindbis virus glycoprotein can specifically bind to dendritic cells (DCs) through the surface receptor DC-SIGN and induce antigen expression, thus providing an efficient method for delivering DC-directed vaccines. In this study, we constructed a stable producer lin...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Lee CL,Chou M,Dai B,Xiao L,Wang P

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sucrose utilization pathway was established in Ralstonia eutropha NCIMB11599 and R. eutropha 437-540 by introducing the Mannheimia succiniciproducens MBEL55E sacC gene that encodes β-fructofuranosidase. These engineered strains were examined for the production of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) [P(3HB)] and poly(3-hydroxybu...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Park SJ,Jang YA,Noh W,Oh YH,Lee H,David Y,Baylon MG,Shin J,Yang JE,Choi SY,Lee SH,Lee SY

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Overexpression of recombinant proteins in Escherichia coli often leads to a severe growth retardation of the host cells. The phage T7 promoter phi10 in a pET vector was utilized to express human superoxide dismutase. Induction with IPTG lead to an increase in protein content and cell size and a termination of cell div...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Soriano E,Borth N,Katinger H,Mattanovich D

更新日期：2002-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A soil with aged contamination from lubricating oil (LO) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) was treated in a bioslurry reactor to investigate in-soil biosurfactant production by Pseudomonas aeruginosa, the most abundant indigenous, culturable, hydrocarbon-degrading microorganism. After 2 days of growth on LO, a depl...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Hudak AJ,Cassidy DP

更新日期：2004-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The calculation of many derived fermentation variables such as the respiratory quotient (RQ) and mass transfer coefficient (K(L)a) requires the differences between the molar percentages of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the fermentor inlet and exit gas, called the %OUR and %CER. Noise and bias in %CER data is of order t...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Royce PN,Thornhill NF

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel technique for immobilization of Candida rugosa lipase onto anionic colloidal gas aphrons (CGAs) is described. CGAs are spherical microbubbles (10-100 microm) composed of an inner gas core surrounded by a surfactant shell. In this initial study, greater than 80% lipase (w/w) was effectively retained on the CGAs...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： O'Connell PJ,Varley J

更新日期：2001-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Spores, although often considered metabolically inert, catalyze a variety of reactions. The use of spores instead of mycelium for bioconversions has several advantages. In this paper, we describe the difference in susceptibility of mycelium and spores against toxic substrates and products. A higher resistance of spore...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Wolken WA,Tramper J,van der Werf MJ

更新日期：2002-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Membrane morphology is compared to protein depostion under passive adsorption and ultrafiltration conditions. Solute resistance of protein deposits for membranes of varying roughness, structure, and permeability can vary dramatically with operating conditions. Using Brunauer-Emmett-Teller adsorption isotherm (BET), st...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Chen V,Kim KJ,Fane AG

更新日期：1995-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Several experimental data on continuous cultures of hybridoma cells show that monoclonal antibody productivity is a decreasing function of dilution rate. It has been suggested that this unusual behavior may be due to the arrest of a fraction of cycling cells at a critical point of Phase G(1). Although this hypothesis ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Cazzador L,Mariani L

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A gene for ethionine resistance isolated from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae DKD-5D-H conferred on the yeast cells resistance to seleno-L-methionine and capability to produce S-adenosyl-L-methionine in the cells. An enzymatic study of the L-methionine synthetic pathway of L-methionine proto- and auxotrophs and in ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Shiomi N,Fukuda H,Fukuda Y,Murata K,Kimura A

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sensitivity of a conceptual model of a foam emulsion bioreactor (FEBR) used for the control of toluene vapors in air was examined. Model parametric sensitivity studies showed which parameters affect the removal of toluene (as model pollutant) in the FEBR the most significantly, and enabled definition of the limits...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Kan E,Deshusses MA

更新日期：2009-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, a useful method was developed to fabricate array patterns of microparticles not on electrode surfaces, but on arbitrary surfaces, using negative-dielectrophoresis (n-DEP). First, electrodes were designed and electric field simulations were performed to manipulate microparticles toward target areas. Base...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Ino K,Shiku H,Ozawa F,Yasukawa T,Matsue T

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ethanol-producing bioreactors employing cells of Zymomonas mobilis attached to glass-fiber pads were operated continuously for as long as 28 days. Ethanol production, which is related to bed-associated biomass levels, was found to occur in three distinct phases: an exponential phase, a linear phase, and a "steady-stat...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Arcuri EJ

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The application of the unscented Kalman filter to control starvation-induced programmed cell death-apoptosis-in Chinese hamster ovary cells was investigated. Neural network-based sensitivity analysis identified glutamine and asparagine as two major amino acids that play a key role in the suppression of apoptosis. Dyna...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Simon L,Karim MN

更新日期：2002-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The flotation of Streptomyces pilosus was studied in the absence and presence of adsorbed Pb(II) ions on the cell walls and with and without using sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS) as collector. Adsorption of SDS onto the organism in the absence and presence of Pb(II) ions was also investigated. It was found that in the abs...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Sadowski Z,Golab Z,Smith RW

更新日期：1991-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The lignin peroxidases (LIP) and manganese peroxidases (MNP) of Phanerochaete chrysosporium catalyze a wide range of lignin depolymerization reactions with lignin models and synthetic lignins in solution. However, their ability to degrade insoluble natural lignin in aqueous media has not been demonstrated. Insoluble i...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Thompson DN,Hames BR,Reddy CA,Grethlein HE

更新日期：1998-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A spinning cylindrical filter is often used to retain mammalian cells in a continuous perfusion bioreactor. This device, known as a spinfilter, has typically been with pore size smaller than the cell particles (single cells or aggregates) in order to achieve cell separation. For single cells in suspension, such an ope...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Yabannavar VM,Singh V,Connelly NV

更新日期：1992-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:In vivo mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) survival is relevant to therapeutic applications requiring engraftment and potentially to nonengraftment applications as well. MSCs are a mixture of progenitors at different stages of cellular aging, but the contribution of this heterogeneity to the survival of MSC implants is unkno...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Madsen SD,Jones SH,Tucker HA,Giler MK,Muller DC,Discher CT,Russell KC,Dobek GL,Sammarco MC,Bunnell BA,O'Connor KC

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An alpha-galactosidase and a beta-mannanase produced by the hyperthermophilic bacterium, Thermotoga neapolitana 5068 (TN5068), separately and together, were evaluated for their ability to hydrolyze guar gum in relation to viscosity reduction of guar-based hydraulic fracturing fluids used in oil and gas well stimulatio...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： McCutchen CM,Duffaud GD,Leduc P,Petersen AR,Tayal A,Khan SA,Kelly RM

更新日期：1996-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A new ultrafiltration technique based on a multimembrane stack has been developed to fractionate solutes closer in size than conventionally possible. The technique is illustrated here by obtaining a pure protein product from a binary protein mixture. By employing membranes in series without any gaskets or spacers in-b...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Feins M,Sirkar KK

更新日期：2004-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:As nitrogen discharge limits are becoming more stringent, short-cut nitrogen systems and tertiary nitrogen polishing steps are gaining popularity. For partial nitritation or nitritation-denitritation systems, anaerobic ammonia oxidation (anammox) polishing may be feasible to remove residual ammonia and nitrite from th...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Regmi P,Holgate B,Miller MW,Park H,Chandran K,Wett B,Murthy S,Bott CB

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myristic acid esterification has been performed by an immobilized lipase from Mucor Miehei both in n-hexane and in supercritical carbon dioxide (SCCO(2)). The enzyme is stable in SCCO(2) at 15 MPa and 323 K. The reaction rate is influenced by the concentration of water and by the reaction medium composition. A reactio...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Dumont T,Barth D,Corbier C,Branlant G,Perrut M

更新日期：1992-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Batch kinetic and inhibition studies were performed for the aerobic cometabolism of 1,1,1-trichloroethane (1,1,1-TCA), 1,1-dichloroethylene (1,1-DCE), and 1,1-dichloroethane (1,1-DCA) by a butane-grown mixed culture. These chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons (CAHs) are often found together as cocontaminants in groundwa...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Kim Y,Arp DJ,Semprini L

更新日期：2002-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased stability at alkaline pH should be a valuable attribute for the utilization of penicillin acylase in bioreactors employed to convert penicillins into 6-aminopenicillanic acid, a precursor of semisynthetic penicillins. In these systems, base is added for pH control, which results in local alkaline conditions ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Del Río G,Rodríguez ME,Munguía ME,López-Munguí A,Soberón X

更新日期：1995-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Oil residues arising from the Christos-Bitas spillage were found to contain 28% of oil extractable by carbon tetrachloride; the remainder consisted of water and undefined solids. Christos-Bitas mousse was added to 1.18 m(3) liquor inoculated with oil-contaminated marine mud, and aerated with a 1.5-hp vortex pump and v...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Berwick PG

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells are characterized by a low glucose catabolic efficiency, resulting in undesirable lactate production. Here, it is hypothesized that such low efficiency is determined by the transport of pyruvate into the mitochondria. The mitochondrial pyruvate carrier (MPC), responsible for introduci...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Bulté DB,Palomares LA,Parra CG,Martínez JA,Contreras MA,Noriega LG,Ramírez OT

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Identification of conditions for guided and specific differentiation of human stem cell and progenitor cells is important for continued development and engineering of in vitro cell culture systems for use in regenerative medicine, drug discovery, and human toxicology. Three-dimensional (3D) and organotypic cell cultur...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Nierode GJ,Gopal S,Kwon P,Clark DS,Schaffer DV,Dordick JS

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bioartificial pancreas encapsulating pancreatic islets in immunoprotective hydrogel is a promising therapy for Type 1 diabetes. As pancreatic islets are highly metabolically active and exquisitely sensitive to hypoxia, maintaining O2 supply after transplantation remains a major challenge. In this study, we address...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Mouré A,Bacou E,Bosch S,Jegou D,Salama A,Riochet D,Gauthier O,Blancho G,Soulillou JP,Poncelet D,Olmos E,Bach JM,Mosser M

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CTLA4 is a membrane receptor on cytotoxic T cells whose interaction with the B7 counterreceptor on B cells is important in alloantigen responses. Soluble recombinant human and murine CTLA4 were produced using either Chinese hamster ovary or NS-0 cell lines. Expression vectors were constructed containing the gene codin...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Flesher AR,Marzowski J,Wang WC,Raff HV

更新日期：1995-06-05 00:00:00