Continuous propionic acid fermentation by immobilized Propionibacterium acidipropionici in a novel packed-bed bioreactor.

abstract：:Squalene is a lipophilic and non-volatile triterpene with many industrial applications for food, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics. Metabolic engineering focused on optimization of the production pathway suffer from little success in improving titers because of a limited space of the cell membrane accommodating the lipop...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Meng Y,Shao X,Wang Y,Li Y,Zheng X,Wei G,Kim SW,Wang C

更新日期：2020-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Biological sulfate reduction was studied in laboratory-scale gas-lift reactors. Synthesis gas (gas mixtures of H(2)/CO/CO(2)) was used as energy and carbon source. The required biomass retention was obtained by aggregation and immobilization on pumice particles. Special attention was paid to the effect of CO addition ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： van Houten RT,van der Spoel H,van Aelst AC,Hulshoff Pol LW,Lettinga G

更新日期：1996-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Point and 95% confidence interval estimates of the true growth yield and maintenance coefficient are reported for four pure cultures andtwo mixed cultures of Lactobacillus bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus grown anaerobically on 3% nonfat dry milk using batch followed by fed batch culture. An improved method o...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Oner MD,Erickson LE,Yang SS

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An immobilized enzyme reactor has been developed to remove heparin, the anticoagulant that is required in all extracorporeal devices for patients undergoing open-heart surgery or kidney dialysis. The device uses the enzyme heparinase (EC 4.2.2.7), which is covalently linked to agarose with cyanogen bromide. A critical...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Bernstein H,Yang VC,Langer R

更新日期：1987-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:NS0, a nonsecreting mouse myeloma cell, is a major host line used for recombinant antibody production. These cells have a cholesterol-dependent phenotype and rely on an exogenous supply of cholesterol for their survival and growth. To better understand the physiology underlying cholesterol dependence, we compared NS0 ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Seth G,Philp RJ,Denoya CD,McGrath K,Stutzman-Engwall KJ,Yap M,Hu WS

更新日期：2005-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The specific molecular interactions of alpha-helical peptide, human glucagon (i.e., intermolecular self-association and specific receptor-binding affinity) provided a rationale for using the glucagon as the fusion expression partner to achieve high productivity of foreign proteins both in vivo (in bacterial fusion-exp...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Kim DY,Lee J,Saraswat V,Park YH

更新日期：2000-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:High-level expression of recombinant penicillin acylase (PAC) using the strong trc promoter system in Escherichia coli is frequently limited by the processing and folding of PAC precursors (proPAC) in the periplasm, resulting in physiological stress and inclusion body formation in this compartment. Periplasmic heat-sh...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Wu MS,Pan KL,Chou CP

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer is the leading cause of death in industrialized countries. Cancer therapy often involves monoclonal antibodies or small-molecule drugs, but carbohydrate-binding lectins such as mistletoe (Viscum album) viscumin offer a potential alternative treatment strategy. Viscumin is toxic in mammalian cells, ruling them o...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Gengenbach BB,Keil LL,Opdensteinen P,Müschen CR,Melmer G,Lentzen H,Bührmann J,Buyel JF

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microparticle-enhanced cultivation (MPEC) was applied as a novel method for improved biomass and product formation during cultivation of filamentous microorganisms. Exemplarily, chloroperoxidase (CPO) formation by Caldariomyces fumago was analyzed in the presence and absence of microparticles of different size. Partic...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Kaup BA,Ehrich K,Pescheck M,Schrader J

更新日期：2008-02-15 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：:The United States produces more than 10 million tons of waste oils and fats each year. This paper aims to establish a new biomanufacturing platform that converts waste oils or fats into a series of value-added products. Our research employs the oleaginous yeast Yarrowia lipolytica as a case study for citric acid (CA) ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Liu N,Soong YV,Mirzaee I,Olsen A,Yu P,Wong HW,Xie D

更新日期：2021-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent works have pointed to the use of volatile electrolytes such as carbon dioxide (CO2) dissolved in aqueous solutions as a promising alternative to the precipitating agents conventionally used for protein recovery in the food and pharmaceutical industries. In this work we investigated experimental and theoretical ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Tashima AK,Ottens M,Van der Wielen LA,Cintra DE,Pauli JR,Filho Pde A,Miranda EA

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Substrate transfer rates from organic to aqueous phases were measured in the presence and absence of biocatalyst in the reaction medium, using modified Lewis cells. These measurements, in combination with intrinsic aqueous phase biocatalytic reaction kinetics, were used to confirm that benzyl acetate hydrolysis by pig...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Woodley JM,Brazier AJ,Lilly MD

更新日期：1991-01-20 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：:Advanced cell and gene therapies such as chimeric antigen receptor T-cell immunotherapies (CAR-T), present a novel therapeutic modality for the treatment of acute and chronic conditions including acute lymphoblastic leukemia and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. However, the development of such immunotherapies requires the manufa...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Costariol E,Rotondi M,Amini A,Hewitt CJ,Nienow AW,Heathman TRJ,Micheletti M,Rafiq QA

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current animal and 2-D cell culture models employed in metastasis research and drug discovery remain poor mimics of human cancer physiology. Here we describe a "metastasis-on-a-chip" system allowing real time tracking of fluorescent colon cancer cells migrating from hydrogel-fabricated gut constructs to downstream liv...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Skardal A,Devarasetty M,Forsythe S,Atala A,Soker S

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Propionic acid (PA) and its salts are widely used in the food, pharmaceutical, and chemical industries. Microbial production of PA by propionibacteria is a typical product-inhibited process, and acid resistance is crucial in the improvement of PA titers and productivity. We previously identified two key acid resistanc...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Guan N,Li J,Shin HD,Du G,Chen J,Liu L

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For the commercial exploitation of lipase biocatalysis to be successful, it is essential that effective supports are selected for lipase immobilization. In this study hydrophobic controlled-pore glasses have been used as model systems for the immobilization of Rhizomucor miehei lipase. The effect of pore diameter and ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Bosley JA,Clayton JC

更新日期：1994-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Three cell lines, that is, the human breast cancer cell line (MCF-7) and the human mammary epithelial cell line (S-1) and its malignant form (T4-2) were embedded in a reconstituted basement membrane (Matrigel) that had 20-nL pyramid-shaped silicon microstructures. The proliferative behavior of the MCF-7 cells was depe...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Torisawa YS,Nashimoto Y,Yasukawa T,Shiku H,Matsue T

更新日期：2007-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of microheterogeneity on enzyme inactivation kinetics is examined. A continuous normal distribution of the thermal activation energy is assumed, and using this, a simple mathematical model is developed to find the activity-time trajectories for a microheterogeneous enzyme. Using an example, the model is ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Malhotra A,Sadana A

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolic engineering of isopropyl alcohol (IPA)-producing Escherichia coli strains was conducted along with 13 C-metabolic flux analysis (MFA). A metabolically engineered E. coli strain expressing the adc gene derived from Clostridium acetobutylicum and the IPADH gene from C. beijerinckii did not produce IPA during i...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Okahashi N,Matsuda F,Yoshikawa K,Shirai T,Matsumoto Y,Wada M,Shimizu H

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The paper reviews the state-of-the-art in computational modeling of thrombus formation and growth and related phenomena including platelet margination, activation, adhesion, and embolization. Presently, there is a high degree of empiricism in the modeling of thrombus formation. Based on the experimentally observed phy...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Hosseinzadegan H,Tafti DK

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alcoholic fermentation of cheese whey permeate was investigated using a recombinant flocculating Saccharomyces cerevisiae, expressing the LAC4 (coding for beta-galactosidase) and LAC12 (coding for lactose permease) genes of Kluyveromyces marxianus enabling for lactose metabolization. Data on yeast fermentation and gro...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Domingues L,Lima N,Teixeira JA

更新日期：2001-03-05 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：:A stable Tn-5B1-4 insect cell line co-expressing the recombinant GFPuv-beta1,3-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase 2 (GFPuv-beta3GnT2) protein fused to a melittin signal sequence with a lectin-like molecular chaperone, human calnexin (hCNX) or human calreticulin (hCRT), was constructed. The expression of either of these m...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Kato T,Murata T,Usui T,Park EY

更新日期：2005-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterokinase and recombinant enterokinase light chain (rEK(L)) have been used widely to cleave fusion proteins with the target sequence of (Asp)(4)-Lys. In this work, we show that their utility as a site-specific cleavage agent is compromised by sporadic cleavage at other sites, albeit at low levels. Further degradati...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Choi SI,Song HW,Moon JW,Seong BL

更新日期：2001-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A transient, two-culture model simulating methane production from biomass has been developed. The simulator, based partially on the work by Andrews and McCarty, is capable of calculating the hydrolysis products of several common organic materials, accommodating various substrate feeding modes, and simulating the trans...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Kleinstreuer C,Poweigha T

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A three-pool growth model of an individual Escherichia coli cell is described herein. The model is based on a previously developed chemically structured complex single cell growth model. The reduction in model complexity and the identification of the essential modes of motion, over the time scale of growth, is achieve...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Joshi A,Palsson BO

更新日期：1988-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the effects of the electric charges and fields on the viability of airborne microorganisms were investigated. The electric charges of different magnitude and polarity were imparted on airborne microbial cells by a means of induction charging. The airborne microorganisms carrying different electric charg...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Mainelis G,Górny RL,Reponen T,Trunov M,Grinshpun SA,Baron P,Yadav J,Willeke K

更新日期：2002-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Pretreatment of rice straw by using renewable cholinium amino acids ionic liquids ([Ch][AA] ILs)-water mixtures and the subsequent enzymatic hydrolysis of the residues were conducted in the present work. Of the eight mixtures composed of ILs and water, most were found to be effective for rice straw pretreatment. After...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Hou XD,Li N,Zong MH

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00