Oxygen transfer modeling and simulations for an industrial continuous airlift fermentor.

abstract：:The relationship between local mass transfer coefficient and fluid velocity in heterogenous biofilms was investigated by combining microelectrodes and confocal scanning laser microscopy (CSLM). The biofilms were grown for up to 7 days and consisted of cell clusters separated by interstitial channels. Mass transfer coe...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Stoodley P,Yang S,Lappin-Scott H,Lewandowski Z

更新日期：1997-12-20 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

abstract：:Dielectric spectroscopy was applied to two industrial high cell density culture processes and used to determine on-line the concentration of CHO cells immobilized on macroporous microcarriers in a stirred bioreactor and in a packed-bed of disk carriers. The cell concentration predicted from the spectroscopic data was ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Ducommun P,Kadouri A,von Stockar U,Marison IW

更新日期：2002-02-05 00:00:00

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：: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：:Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) terployesters P(3HB-co-3HV-co-3HHx) consisting of 3-hydroxybutyrate (3HB), 3-hydroxyvalerate (3HV), and 3-hydroxyhexanoate (3HHx) were produced by wild-type Aeromonas hydrophila 4AK4, its recombinant harboring PHA synthesis genes phaPCJ encoding PHA binding protein phasin, PHA synthase, and...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Zhang HF,Ma L,Wang ZH,Chen GQ

更新日期：2009-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood vessel development is critical for the continued growth and progression of solid tumors and, therefore, makes an attractive target for improving cancer therapy. Indeed, vascular-targeted therapies have been extensively explored but they have shown minimal efficacy as monotherapies. Combretastatin A4 (CA-4) is a ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Liu Y,Kim YJ,Siriwon N,Rohrs JA,Yu Z,Wanga P

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemostat cultivation of Aspergillus niger and other filamentous fungi is often hindered by the spontaneous appearance of morphologic mutants. Using the Variomixing bioreactor and applying different chemostat conditions we tried to optimize morphologic stability in both ammonium- and glucose-limited cultures. In most ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： van de Vondervoort PJ,Poulsen BR,Ruijter GJ,Schuleit T,Visser J,Iversen JJ

更新日期：2004-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the effects of factors secreted by different cell lines on human monoclonal antibody (MAb) integrity, 600 mg of a human MAb, which specifically binds to human erythrocytes, were produced in a perfusion process. After purification by protein A affinity chromatography, the MAb was used for integrity testi...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Ackermann M,Jäger V,Marx U

更新日期：1995-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The adsorption of cellulase on cellulose and a lignacious residue was examined by using cellulase from Trichoderma reesei, hardwood pretreated by dilute sulfuric acid under high pressure, and a lignacious residue prepared by a complete enzymatic hydrolysis of the pretreated wood. A significant amount of cellulase was ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Ooshima H,Burns DS,Converse AO

更新日期：1990-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Buffered aqueous two-phase systems are effective extraction systems for separating amphoteric hydrocarbons like, for example, polypeptides from aqueous phases. The design and basic engineering of such processes requires the knowledge of the liquid-liquid equilibrium. The study presented here aims to contribute to the ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Grossmann C,Tintinger R,Zhu J,Maurer G

更新日期：1998-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A two-member methane-utilizing mixed culture of bacteria, formed by combining two pure cultures isolated from a naturally occurring methane-utilizing mixed culture, was studied in continuous culture. From the nutritional requirements and substrate ranges of the pure cultures, a mechanism for the interspecific interact...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Lamb SC,Garver JC

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The implementation of control algorithms to batch bioreactors is often complicated by variations in process dynamics that occur during the course of fermentation. Such a wide operating range often renders the performance of fixed gain proportional-integral-differential (PID) controllers unsatisfactory. In this work, d...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Cardello RJ,San KY

更新日期：1988-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Among the host of substratum properties that affect animal cell behavior, surface morphology has received relatively little attention. The earliest effect of surface morphology on animal cells was discovered almost a century ago when it was found that cells became oriented in response to the underlying topography. Thi...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Singhvi R,Stephanopoulos G,Wang DI

更新日期：1994-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Enzymatic acrylation is a process of potentially strong interest to the chemical industry. Direct esterification involving acrylic acid is unfortunately rather slow, with inhibition phenomena appearing at high acid concentrations. In the present study the acrylation of 1-octanol catalyzed by immobilized Candida antarc...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Nordblad M,Adlercreutz P

更新日期：2008-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, an analysis of the transition between the inactive ("closed") and active ("open") conformations of Candida rugosa lipase in solution is performed using irreversible enzyme inhibitors, cyclic saligenin phosphates. It is shown that >90% inhibition of the enzyme activity toward water-soluble substrates (es...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Turner NA,Needs EC,Khan JA,Vulfson EN

更新日期：2001-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A recombinant strain of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium (mutant in propionate-activation activity) was metabolically engineered to control the composition of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxy- valerate) (PHBV), a polyhydroxyalkanoate copolymer with commercially desirable properties. A gene (prpE) encoding pr...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Aldor I,Keasling JD

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A systematic, kinetic study and comparison of the leaching of mixed metal sulfides by galvanic conversion and in the presence of bacteria has been carried out for the first time using both powder (-100 to -400 mesh) and larger (bulk) specimen systems. The rates of dissolution of copper from chalcopyrite and zinc from ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Mehta AP,Murr LE

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a kinetic model that describes a heterogeneous reaction system for the production of D-p-hydroxyphenylglycine from D,L-p-hydroxyphenyl-hydantoin using D-hydantoinase of Bacillus stearothermophilus SD1 and N-carbamoylase of Agrobacterium tumefaciens NRRL B11291. As a biocatalyst, whole cells with separatel...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Park JH,Oh KH,Lee DC,Kim HS

更新日期：2002-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Biofilms commonly develop in flowing aqueous environments, where the flow causes the biofilm to deform. Because biofilm deformation affects the flow regime, and because biofilms behave as complex heterogeneous viscoelastic materials, few models are able to predict biofilm deformation. In this study, a phase-field (PF)...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Li M,Matouš K,Nerenberg R

更新日期：2020-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Biomanufacturing exhibits inherent variability that can lead to variation in performance attributes and batch failure. To help ensure process consistency and product quality the development of predictive models and integrated control strategies is a promising approach. In this study, a feedback controller was develope...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Schmitt J,Downey B,Beller J,Russell B,Quach A,Lyon D,Curran M,Mulukutla BC,Chu C

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diffusion characteristics of sucrose, a nutrient, and yohimbine, a secondary metabolite, in alginate gel beads, with or without entrapped periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus) or apple (Malus domestica) cells, were investigated. Effective diffusivities of both solutes in the gel beads were determined by two different m...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Pu HT,Yang RY

更新日期：1988-09-20 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：:Calculation of kinetic constants of an enzymatic reaction in organic solvents requires knowledge of the functional active-site concentration in organic solvents, and this can be significantly different than that in water. An experimental method for active-site titration of serine proteases in organic media has been de...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Wangikar PP,Carmichael D,Clark DS,Dordick JS

更新日期：1996-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of microalgal biomass for metal pollutant bioremediation might be improved by genetic engineering to modify the selectivity or capacity of metal biosorption. A plant cadmium (Cd) and zinc (Zn) transporter (AtHMA4) was used as a transgene to increase the ability of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii to tolerate 0.2 mM C...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Ibuot A,Webster RE,Williams LE,Pittman JK

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic islet transplantation is a promising alternative to whole-pancreas transplantation as a treatment of type 1 diabetes mellitus. This technique has been extensively developed during the past few years, with the main purpose of minimizing the complications arising from the standard protocols used in organ tran...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Perez-Basterrechea M,Esteban MM,Vega JA,Obaya AJ

更新日期：2018-12-01 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：:Escherichia coli cells with formate hydrogenlyase activity that were immobilized in agar beads produced hydrogen from glucose at the approximate yield of 0.6 mole of hydrogen per mole. Succinate or thiosulphate added to glucose increased hydrogen production two-fold. Thiosulphate did not increase the rate of hydrogen ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Nandi R,Dey S,Sengupta S

更新日期：2001-11-20 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：:Overexpression of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p27 and exposure to low temperature (30 degrees C) represent two strategies to establish controlled proliferation processes for production of therapeutic proteins using Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells. Here we analyze the effect of growth inhibition on the qual...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Kaufmann H,Mazur X,Marone R,Bailey JE,Fussenegger M

更新日期：2001-03-20 00:00:00