Diffusion coefficients of glucose and ethanol in cell-free and cell-occupied calcium alginate membranes.

abstract：:Uranium contamination is a serious concern at several sites motivating the development of novel treatment strategies such as the Geobacter-mediated reductive immobilization of uranium. However, this bioremediation strategy has not yet been optimized for the sustained uranium removal. While several reactive-transport m...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Zhao J,Scheibe TD,Mahadevan R

更新日期：2011-07-01 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：:We study the role of nano-scale cues in controlling neuronal growth. We use photolithography to fabricate substrates with repeatable line-pattern ridges of nano-scale heights. We find that neuronal processes, which are of micron size, have strong interactions with ridges even as low as 10 nm. The interaction between t...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Baranes K,Chejanovsky N,Alon N,Sharoni A,Shefi O

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

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：:For all bacteria, nearly every antimicrobial fails since a subpopulation of the bacteria enter a dormant state known as persistence, in which the antimicrobials are rendered ineffective due to the lack of metabolism. This tolerance to antibiotics makes microbial infections the leading cause of death worldwide and make...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Chowdhury N,Wood TL,Martínez-Vázquez M,García-Contreras R,Wood TK

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of biofilm areal cell density, species composition, and the presence of abiotic particles on the disinfection and removal of bacterial biofilms by monochloramine was investigated. Mono- and binary population biofilms of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella pneumoniae were grown on stainless-steel slides...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Srinivasan R,Stewart PS,Griebe T,Chen CI,Xu X

更新日期：1995-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The impact of process environment changes on process performance is one of the most crucial process safety issues when cultivating mammalian cells in a bioreactor. In contrast, directed shifting of process parameters can also be used as an optimization tool providing higher cell and product yields. Compared to other s...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Trummer E,Fauland K,Seidinger S,Schriebl K,Lattenmayer C,Kunert R,Vorauer-Uhl K,Weik R,Borth N,Katinger H,Müller D

更新日期：2006-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the regulatory networks which control specific macrophage phenotypes is essential in identifying novel targets to correct macrophage mediated clinical disorders, often accompanied by inflammatory events. Since mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) have been shown to play key roles in regulating immune functio...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Barminko JA,Nativ NI,Schloss R,Yarmush ML

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:L-Threonine, a kind of essential amino acid, has numerous applications in food, pharmaceutical, and aquaculture industries. Fermentative l-threonine production from glucose has been achieved in Escherichia coli. However, there are still several limiting factors hindering further improvement of l-threonine productivity...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Liu J,Li H,Xiong H,Xie X,Chen N,Zhao G,Caiyin Q,Zhu H,Qiao J

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The enzymology and kinetics of tyrosine phenol lyase (TPL) from Erwinia herbicola, and tyrosine decarboxylase (TDC) from Streptococcus faecalis have been investigated for potential use in a coimmobilized multienzyme biocatalytic system for the production of dopamine. In this multienzyme biotransformation using whole c...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Anderson WA,Moo-Young M,Legge RL

更新日期：1992-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel endoglucanase gene, celM , was cloned from a thermal spring metagenome. The gene was expressed in Escherichia coli, and the protein was extracted and purified. The protein catalyzed the hydrolysis of amorphous cellulose in a wide range of temperatures, 30-95°C, with optimal activity at 80°C. It was able to tol...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Joshi N,Kaushal G,Singh SP

更新日期：2021-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrogel membranes have been fabricated that incorporate antibody/antigen moieties. The permeability of large solutes through these membranes is dependent on the presence of soluble antigen that can compete with the internal interactions between antibody and antigen leading to an increase in gel mesh size. Specificall...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Zhang R,Bowyer A,Eisenthal R,Hubble J

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin is an important biotherapeutic protein, and it is also a model protein used to study amyloid diseases, such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. The preparation of the protein can lead to small amounts of aggregate in the solution, which in turn may lead to irreproducible in vitro results. Using several pre-treatme...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Heldt CL,Sorci M,Posada D,Hirsa A,Belfort G

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A facile methodology has been developed for covalently derivatizing the surfaces of common materials with a designed antibacterial polycation, poly(vinyl-N-pyridinium bromide), wherein the first, key step involves surface coating with a nanolayer of silica. Various commercial synthetic polymers derivatized in this man...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Tiller JC,Lee SB,Lewis K,Klibanov AM

更新日期：2002-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Microplates with integrated optical oxygen sensors are a new tool to study metabolic rates and enzyme activities. Precise measurements are possible only if oxygen exchange between the sample and the environment is known. In this study we quantify gas exchange in plastic microplates. Dissolved oxygen was detected using...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Arain S,Weiss S,Heinzle E,John GT,Krause C,Klimant I

更新日期：2005-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Flocculation of yeast cells occurs during the fermentation of beer. Partway through the fermentation the cells become flocculent and start to form flocs. If the environmental conditions, such as medium composition and fluid velocities in the tank, are optimal, the flocs will grow in size large enough to settle. After ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： van Hamersveld EH,van der Lans RG,Caulet PJ,Luyben KC

更新日期：1998-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A method was developed for obtaining high signal-to-noise 13C NMR spectra of intracellular compounds in metabolically active cultured cells. The method allows TCA cycle labeling kinetics to be determined in real time without significant oxygen transport limitations. Cells were immobilized on the surface of nonporous m...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Mancuso A,Beardsley NJ,Wehrli S,Pickup S,Matschinsky FM,Glickson JD

更新日期：2004-09-30 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：:In biotechnology and biomedicine reliable models of cell proliferation kinetics need to capture the relevant phenomena taking place during the mitotic cycle. To this aim, a novel mathematical model helpful to investigate the intrinsic kinetics of in vitro culture of adherent cells up to confluence is proposed in this ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Fadda S,Cincotti A,Cao G

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reduced downstream costs, together with high purity recovery of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA), will accelerate the commercialization of high quality PHA-based products. In this work, a process was designed for effective recovery of the copolymer poly(hydroxybutyrate-co-hydroxyhexanoate) (P(HB-co-HHx)) containing high lev...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Riedel SL,Brigham CJ,Budde CF,Bader J,Rha C,Stahl U,Sinskey AJ

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Corynebacterium hydrocarboclastus KY 8835 grew in the acetate medium and accumulated 28mM Corynecins which was the highest production yield among the processes using various carbon sources. Selective production of Corynecin I (over 90% of all Corynecins), which had been desired for increase of the product yield, was a...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Nakano H,Tomita F,Yamaguchi K,Nagashima M,Suzuki T

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This research investigates the effect of solids retention time (SRT) on the acid-phase anaerobic digestion of primary sludge. A series of experiments were conducted using two continuous-flow 3-L units with the following configuration: a completely mixed reactor (CMR) with clarifier and solids recycle and an upflow ana...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Elefsiniotis P,Oldham WK

更新日期：1994-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies suggest that secretion of cloned proteins synthesized by recombinant Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells can be adenosine triphosphate (ATP) limited. Other research indicates that the presence of cloned Vitreoscilla hemoglobin (VHb) enhances ATP production in oxygen-limited Escherichia coli. To evaluate...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Pendse GJ,Bailey JE

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbial kinetics and energetics are discussed in connection with the formulation of unstructured growth models. The development of microbial energetics and the use of macroscopic methods in the study of microbial growth are briefly evaluated. The general approach to the modelling of microbial growth has been critica...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Esener AA,Roels JA,Kossen NW

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effective enzyme-mediated viscosity reduction, disaggregation, or "liquefaction," is required to overcome the rheological challenges resulting from the fibrous, hygroscopic nature of lignocellulosic biomass, particularly at the high solids loadings that will be required for an economically viable process. However, the...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： van der Zwan T,Hu J,Saddler JN

更新日期：2017-11-01 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：:Immobilization of Streptomyces phaerochromogenes was studied by radiation-induced polymerization of 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate at low temperatures. Radiation damage of the enzyme could be avoided by choosing irradiation at low temperatures. The enzymatic activity of immobilized cells increased remarkably with a decre...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Kumakura M,Yoshida M,Kaetsu I

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Linear relations among net conversion rates of primary metabolites in fermentation processes can be determined by using the macroscopic or pathway balancing methods. It is shown that the process observability can be improved by incorporating both the abiotic proton balance and the pH control reagent addition rate meas...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Siano SA

更新日期：1996-12-20 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：:The anaerobic oxidation of ammonium (anammox) uses nitrite as terminal electron acceptor. The nitrite can cause inhibition to the bacteria that catalyze the anammox reaction. The literature shows a great divergence on the levels of NO2 (-) causing inhibition. Moreover, the conditions influencing the resistance of anam...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Carvajal-Arroyo JM,Puyol D,Li G,Sierra-Álvarez R,Field JA

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00