Isolation of a respiratory-deficient Kluyveromyces fragilis mutant for the production of ethanol from Jerusalem artichoke.

abstract：:Medium-chain-length-polyhydroxyalkanoic acids (MCL-PHAs) formed in Pseudomonas spp. have a rather broad distribution of monomer-units whose precursors are supplied via beta-oxidation degradation of MCL fatty acids fed as the carbon source and/or via PhaG enzyme catalyzing the acyl-group transfer from 3-hydroxyacyl-ACP...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Choi MH,Xu J,Rho JK,Shim JH,Yoon SC

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Potentiometric and amperometric measurements were made with microbial fuel cells containing E. coli or yeast as the anodic reducing agent and glucose as the oxidizable substrate. The catalytic effects of thionine and resorufin on the anode reaction were investigated. Results on the potentiometry, polarization, and cou...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Bennetto HP,Stirling JL,Tanaka K,Vega CA

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dissociation constant, K(d) , is an important parameter for characterizing protein-protein interaction affinities. SUMOylation is one of the important protein post-translational modifications and it involves a multi-step enzymatic cascade reaction, resulting in peptide activation and substrate conjugation. Multipl...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Song Y,Rodgers VG,Schultz JS,Liao J

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This research focused on how the extent and type of primary solid-liquid separation can affect the performance of guard filtration and chromatography, in this instance hydrophobic interaction chromatography. The system used in the study was yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) with the target molecule being an intracellul...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Bracewell DG,Boychyn M,Baldascini H,Storey SA,Bulmer M,More J,Hoare M

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article, we present the factors which influence the stability of the emulsion forming under the circumstances of the direct extraction of penicillin fermentation broth and the conditions of demulsification. A laboratory method has been developed for testing demulsifiers and a quantitative evaluation of the pro...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Szabó C

更新日期：1992-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Novel amphoteric particles are prepared by an interfacial polyaddition reaction of ethylene glycol diglycidyl ether (EGDGE) and L-lysine in a water-in-oil (W/O) miniemulsion system. The zeta-potential of the copolymer particle as a function of pH indicates a sigmoid curve with an isoelectric point at pH 8.7 due to the...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Taira S,Du YZ,Kodaka M

更新日期：2006-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:For the application of immobilized enzymes, fixed bed reactors are used almost exclusively. Fixed bed reactors have specific disadvantages, especially for processes with a deactivating catalyst. Therefore, we have studied a novel reactor type with continuous transport of the immobilized biocatalyst. Flow of biocatalys...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Vos HJ,Groen DJ,Potters JJ,Luyben KC

更新日期：1990-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The methanotrophic bacterium Methylococcus capsulatus is capable of assimilating methane and oxygen into protein-rich biomass, however, the diverse metabolism of the microorganism also allows for several undesired cometabolic side-reactions to occur. In this study, the ammonia cometabolism in Methylococcus capsulatus ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Petersen LAH,Lieven C,Nandy SK,Villadsen J,Jørgensen SB,Christensen I,Gernaey KV

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This reports on the determination of the overall oxygen transfer coefficient in a mechanically agitated vessel using a randomly pulsed dynamic method. This method consists in exciting the system by randomly switching the inlet gas stream with air or nitrogen with an identical volumetric flow rate. A pseudo-random bina...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Gauthier L,Thibault J,LeDuy A

更新日期：1991-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the major bottlenecks in the bioconversion of lignocelluosic feedstocks to liquid ethanol is the recalcitrance of residue following pretreatment, specifically softwood derived residues. Peroxide delignification has previously been shown to effectively aid in the removal of condensed lignaceous moieties from sub...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Cullis IF,Mansfield SD

更新日期：2010-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, the respiratory quotient (RQ) of microbes measured in situ in a fermentor by exit-gas analysis has been used successfully, for instance, in a fed-batch culture of baker's yeast as a criterion to control the feeding rate.(1-3) It is significant here to keep RQ values close to unity throughout; any deviations ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Aiba S,Furuse H

更新日期：1990-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The cell cycle dependency of foreign gene expression in recombinant mouse L cells was investigated. Two different recombinant mouse L cell lines having the glucocorticoid receptor-encoding gene and the lacZ reporter gene were used in this study. The lacZ gene expression was controlled by the glucocorticoid-inducible m...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Gu MB,Todd P,Kompala DS

更新日期：1996-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:It is shown that the mass transfer resistance can significantly distort the linearity of the Lineweaver-Burk plot of the kinetic data for a microbial culture which forms aggregates. For small flocs, the linearity of the Lineweaver-Burk plot is largely retained, but a different slope and intercept will be obtained comp...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Ngian KF,Lin SH,Martin WR

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein localization in Saccharomyces cerevisiae was studied with two plasmid systems used as a model: one containing the SUC2 structural gene fused with the MFalpha1 (alpha-factor) promoter and signal-sequence, the other containing the entire SUC2 gene. Special emphasis was placed on the effect of promoter/signal-seq...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Marten MR,Seo JH

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The behavior of 20 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase in a two-phase system consisting of an emulsion of water with an immiscible organic solvent was investigated. The effect of several organic solvents on the stability, activity, and kinetic profile of the enzyme was considered. The most suitable system for carrying o...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Cremonesi P,Carrea G,Ferrara L,Antonini E

更新日期：1975-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A laboratory-scale multiphase hollow fiber membrane reactor was employed to investigate the lipase-catalyzed enzymatic resolution of racemic glycidyl butyrate. A mathematical formulation was developed to simulate the performance of this system. Model parameters were determined independently (except the effective rate ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Wu DR,Cramer SM,Belfort G

更新日期：1993-04-25 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：:Recombinant cell growth and protein synthesis by a recombinant Escherichia coli under various inducing conditions are compared to the predictions of a mathematical model. The mathematical model used was a combination of two literature models: (1) an empirical kinetic model for recombinant growth and product formation ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Betenbaugh MJ,Dhurjati P

更新日期：1990-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of ligand density on anion-exchange membrane chromatography (AEXmc) for the purification of recombinant baculoviruses (rBVs), potential viral vectors in clinical applications, is studied by surface plasmon resonance on customized AEX surfaces and gradient elution experiments on Sartobind D membrane prototyp...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Vicente T,Fáber R,Alves PM,Carrondo MJ,Mota JP

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the role of green sulfur bacteria inlight-responsive electricity generation in microbial electrochemical cells (MXCs). We operated MXCs containing either monocultures or defined cocultures of previously enriched phototrophic Chlorobium and anode-respiring Geobacter under anaerobic conditions in the abs...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Badalamenti JP,Torres CI,Krajmalnik-Brown R

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The denitrification capability of Cluster 1 Defluviicoccus vanus-related glycogen-accumulating organisms (DvGAOs) is investigated. A sequencing batch reactor (SBR) fed with acetate as the sole carbon source was operated under alternating anaerobic-aerobic conditions to enrich Cluster 1 DvGAOs. Fluorescence in situ hyb...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Wang X,Zeng RJ,Dai Y,Peng Y,Yuan Z

更新日期：2008-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro engineering systems can be powerful tools for studying tissue development in response to biophysical stimuli as well as for evaluating the functionality of engineered tissue grafts. It has been challenging, however, to develop systems that adequately integrate the application of biomimetic mechanical strain t...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Cook CA,Huri PY,Ginn BP,Gilbert-Honick J,Somers SM,Temple JP,Mao HQ,Grayson WL

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three micronization techniques, based on the use of supercritical carbon dioxide, were investigated to produce microspheres of a natural biocompatible polysaccharide. Particles smaller than 20 mum were obtained by means of the rapid expansion of a supercritical solution method (RESS), both with and without cosolvents....

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Benedetti L,Bertucco A,Pallado P

更新日期：1997-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of microalgae for biofuel production will be beneficial to society if we can produce biofuels at large scales with minimal mechanical energy input in the production process. Understanding micro-algal physiological responses under variable environmental conditions in bioreactors is essential for the optimizatio...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Hansen TJ,Hondzo M,Mashek MT,Mashek DG,Lefebvre PA

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pretreatment plays an important role in the efficient enzymatic hydrolysis of biomass into fermentable sugars for biofuels. A highly effective pretreatment method is reported for corn stover which combines mild alkali-extraction followed by ionic liquid (IL) dissolution of the polysaccharides and regeneration (recover...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Geng X,Henderson WA

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：:In analyzing microbial cellulose utilization, it would be useful to independently measure the mass concentration of cells and cellulase enzymes. Such measurements would allow investigation of the allocation of cellular resources between synthesis of cells and cellulase, in vivo cell- and cellulase-specific cellulose h...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Lynd LR,Zhang Y

更新日期：2002-02-15 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：:The rationale behind KISR's involvement in SCP is explained and emphasis towards the use of aerobic thermophilic/thermotolerant methanol-utilizing bacterial cultures is stressed. An attempt is made to correlate different pilot plant harvesting procedures for biomass recovery with product quality. The latter is express...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Prokop A,Ratcliffe HD,Fatayer MI,Al-Awadhi N,Khamis A,Murad M,Bond C,Hamdan IY

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methyl parathion hydrolase (MPH) has been displayed on the surface of microorganisms for the first time using only N- and C-terminal domains of the ice nucleation protein (INPNC) from Pseudomonas syringae INA5 as an anchoring motif. A shuttle vector pINCM coding for INPNC-MPH was constructed and used to target MPH ont...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Yang C,Cai N,Dong M,Jiang H,Li J,Qiao C,Mulchandani A,Chen W

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00