Autoradiographic determination of mass-transfer limitations in immobilized cell reactors.

abstract：:Cellulosomes are large plant cell wall degrading complexes secreted by some anaerobic bacteria. They are typically composed of a major scaffolding protein containing multiple receptors called cohesins, which tightly anchor a small complementary module termed dockerin harbored by the cellulosomal enzymes. In the presen...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Vita N,Borne R,Fierobe HP

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Equilibrium adsorption studies on Escherichia coli and Saccharomyces sp. revealed the capacity and affinity of these organisms for the surfaces of powdered charcoal and nickel. In simple salt solutions both organisms readily adsorbed to each solid with an affinity and maximum loading capacity individual to each cell-s...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Protheroe RG,Cumming RH,Matchett A

更新日期：1989-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:An unadapted mixed methanogenic sludge transformed formaldehyde into methanol and formate. The methanol to formate ratio obtained was 1:1. Formaldehyde conversion proceeded without any lag phase, suggesting the constitutive character of the formaldehyde conversion enzymes involved. Because the rate of formaldehyde con...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

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

更新日期：2002-08-05 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：:A novel process has been developed which uses reversed micelles to isolate denatured protein molecules from each other and allows them to refold individually. These reversed micelles are aqueous phase droplets stabilized by the surfactant AOT and suspended in isooctane. By adjusting conditions such that only one prote...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Hagen AJ,Hatton TA,Wang DI

更新日期：1990-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Bioprocess identification starts with collection of process information. Usually there is a variety of information available, consisting of actual measurement data, historical data, empirical kinetic and yield correlations, and general knowledge available from literature. A central problem is to find out how the vario...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Noorman HJ,Romein B,Luyben KC,Heijnen JJ

更新日期：1996-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The feasibility of producing ethanol in a continuous system from cellulose using Clostridirrrn thermocellum was investigated. This anaerobic and therniophilic bacterium was able to degrade cellulose directly into ethanol with acetic acid, hydrogen. and carbon dioxide as by-products of this fermentation. The fermentati...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Zertuche L,Zall RR

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rare sugars have various known biological functions and potential for applications in pharmaceutical, cosmetics, and food industries. Here we designed and constructed a recombination pathway in Corynebacterium glutamicum, in which dihydroxyacetone phosphate (DHAP), an intermediate of the glycolytic pathway, and a vari...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Yang J,Zhu Y,Li J,Men Y,Sun Y,Ma Y

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：:Continuous cellulase production by Trichoderma viride QM 9123, immobilized in 6 mm diameter, spherical, stainless steel biomass support particles, has been achieved using a medium containing glucose as the main carbon source. Experiments were carried out in a 10-L spouted bed fermentor. In this type of reactor-recycle...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Webb C,Fukuda H,Atkinson B

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of influenza vaccines are manufactured using embryonated hens' eggs. The potential occurrence of a pandemic outbreak of avian influenza might reduce or even eliminate the supply of eggs, leaving the human population at risk. Also, the egg-based production technology is intrinsically cumbersome and not eas...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： George M,Farooq M,Dang T,Cortes B,Liu J,Maranga L

更新日期：2010-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracellular metabolite concentration and enzyme activity measurements were made to explain the new metabolic and growth phenomena seen in the micro-aerobic, continuous yeast cultures described in Part I. The results of these assays suggested mechanisms for the observed maximum in the specific ethanol productivity as...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Grosz R,Stephanopoulos G

更新日期：1990-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The compound 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) has attracted much attention due to its versatility as an important bio-based platform chemical. Here, we engineered Raoultella ornithinolytica BF60 as a whole-cell biocatalyst for a highly efficient synthesis of 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) from HMF. Specifically, vario...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Yuan H,Liu Y,Li J,Shin HD,Du G,Shi Z,Chen J,Liu L

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current human gene therapy relies on genetic modification of the patient's own cells. An alternate nonautologous approach is to use universal cell lines engineered to secrete therapeutic products. Protection with immunoisolation devices before implantation would allow the use of the same recombinant cell line for trea...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Tse M,Uludag H,Sefton MV,Chang PL

更新日期：1996-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A production process for B. thuringiensis (Bt) bioinsecticides was designed in detail, including alternative batch, low-density fed-batch (LDFB), and high-density fed-batch (HDFB) fermentation configurations. Capital and operating costs, as well as profitability based on simple rate of return, were performed using a p...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Rowe GE,Margaritis A

更新日期：2004-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrogen production by Anabaena variabilis ATCC 29413 and of its mutant PK84, grown in batch cultures, was studied in a photobioreactor. The highest volumetric H(2) production rates of native and mutant strains were found in cultures grown at gradually increased irradiation. The native strain evolved H(2) only under a...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Tsygankov AA,Borodin VB,Rao KK,Hall DO

更新日期：1999-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipase from Pseudomonas fluorescens biotype I was immobilized by adsorption of anion exchange resin using glutaraldehyde to enhance the adsorption. The activity yield of the immobilized lipase was very low (below 1%) when lipase activity was measured using emulsion substrate. The activity yield was 10-70% when lipase ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Kosugi Y,Tanaka H,Tomizuka N

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cultural conditions optimum for beta-galactosidase production by Saccharomyces anamensis are pH 4.5, temperature 26 +/- 2 degrees C, and 30 h of incubation period. Addition of lactose at 24 h fermentation greatly increase the level of enzyme. Optimum pHl, temperature, pH stability, and thermostability of yeast beta-ga...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Banerjee M,Chakrabarty A,Majumdar SK

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Relative levels of many individual proteins in Escherichia coli HB101 strains with 0, 37, 56, and 240 plasmids per chromosome were determined by computer image analysis of two-dimensional gel electrophoresis patterns. The plasmids investigated had very similar sequences except for small domains encoding the repressor ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Birnbaum S,Bailey JE

更新日期：1991-04-05 00:00:00

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：:Gene transcription is regulated by transcription factors that can bind to specific regions on DNA. Antigene oligonucleotides (oligos) can bind to specific regions on DNA and form a triplex with the double-stranded DNA. The triplex can competitively inhibit the binding of transcription factors and, as a result, transcr...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Cheng B,Fournier RL,Relue PA

更新日期：2000-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The high commercial values of eicosapentaenoic (EPA) and docosahexaenoic (DHA) acids have driven a strain-improvement program, aimed at increasing the content of those fatty acids in the microalga Pavlova lutheri (SMBA 60) as parent strain. After a round of mutation using UV-light as mutagenic agent, an isolate strain...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Meireles LA,Guedes AC,Malcata FX

更新日期：2003-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Current approaches for purifying plasmids from bacterial production systems exploit the physiochemical properties of nucleic acids in non-specific capture systems. In this study, an affinity system for plasmid DNA (pDNA) purification has been developed utilizing the interaction between the lac operon (lacO) sequence c...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Forde GM,Ghose S,Slater NK,Hine AV,Darby RA,Hitchcock AG

更新日期：2006-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A balance between proliferation and cell death is critical for achieving desirable high cell densities in mammalian cell culture. In this study, we evaluate a recently discovered anti-apoptotic gene, aven, and examine its effectiveness alone and in combination with a member of the Bcl-2 family, bcl-xL. The commerciall...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Figueroa B Jr,Chen S,Oyler GA,Hardwick JM,Betenbaugh MJ

更新日期：2004-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) technique was used to directly detect an intact form of insect pathogen: the baculovirus, Autographa californica multiple nuclear polyhedrosis virus (AcMNPV). An SPR sensor chip with three bio-functional layers was used to detect the intact AcMNPV: amine-reactive crosslinker with a disu...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Baac H,Hajós JP,Lee J,Kim D,Kim SJ,Shuler ML

更新日期：2006-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Alkyl beta-D-glucosides were synthesized from D-glucose and alcohols by reverse hydrolysis using the commercially available almond beta-D-glucosidase in 9:1 (v/v) acetonitrile-water medium. The main characteristics of this enzyme-catalyzed glucosylation were established by using 2-hydroxybenzyl alcohol. The reaction i...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Vic G,Biton J,Le Beller D,Michel JM,Thomas D

更新日期：1995-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Herein, we report the development of a microbial bioprocess for high-level production of 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA), a valuable non-proteinogenic amino acid with multiple applications in medical, agricultural, and food industries, using Escherichia coli as a cell factory. We first implemented the Shemin (i.e., C4) ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Miscevic D,Mao JY,Kefale T,Abedi D,Moo-Young M,Perry Chou C

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The secretion of heterologous IgG proteins in the baculovirus-insect cell expression system is accompanied by substantial insoluble immunoglobulin in the infected cells. The accumulation of these insoluble forms suggests a limitation in the processing and secretory pathway of the infected cells. As a result, cytosolic...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Ailor E,Betenbaugh MJ

更新日期：1998-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver tissue engineering aims to create transplantable liver grafts that can serve as substitutes for donor's livers. One major challenge in creating a fully functional liver tissue has been to recreate the biliary drainage in an engineered liver construct through integration of bile canaliculi (BC) with the biliary d...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Hafiz EOA,Bulutoglu B,Mansy SS,Chen Y,Abu-Taleb H,Soliman SAM,El-Hindawi AAF,Yarmush ML,Uygun BE

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A model for cometabolism is verified experimentally for a defined methanotrophic mixed culture. The model includes the effects of cell growth, endogenous cell decay, product toxicity, and competitive inhibition with the assumption that cometabolic transformation rates are enhanced by reducing power obtained from oxida...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Chang WK,Criddle CS

更新日期：1997-12-05 00:00:00