Sorption and precipitation of metals in activated sludge.

abstract：:Fluorotelomer alcohols [FTOHs, F(CF(2))(n) CH(2)CH(2)OH, n = 4, 6, and 8] are emerging environmental contaminants. Biotransformation of FTOHs by mixed bacterial cultures has been reported; however, little is known about the microorganisms responsible for the biotransformation. Here we reported biotransformation of FTO...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Kim MH,Wang N,McDonald T,Chu KH

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shikimic acid is one of several industrially interesting chiral starting materials formed in the aromatic amino acid pathway of plants and microorganisms. In this study, the physiology of a shikimic acid producing strain of Escherichia coli (derived from W3110) deleted in aroL (shikimic acid kinase II gene), was compa...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Johansson L,Lindskog A,Silfversparre G,Cimander C,Nielsen KF,Lidén G

更新日期：2005-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Two shock loads of a commercial detergent (I-150 mg chemical oxygen demand (COD)/L, fed for 56 h; II-300 mg COD/L fed for 222 h) were applied in a lab-scale Expanded Granular Sludge Blanket (EGSB) reactor, fed with 1,500 mg COD/L of ethanol. The impact of the surfactant was assessed in terms of granular sludge morphol...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Costa JC,Abreu AA,Ferreira EC,Alves MM

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the fragmentation activities of Thermomonospora fusca cellulases E(2), E(3), E(5), Trichoderma reesei CBHI, and their mixtures were measured to study synergism in fragmentation. Fragmentation studies revealed that only two pure cellulases, T. fusca E(2) and E(5) had significant fragmentation activity. T...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Walker LP,Wilson DB,Irvin DC,McQuire C,Price M

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite wide applications of l-tyrosine in the market, microbial overproduction of l-tyrosine has been a great challenge due to the complex gene regulations involved in its biosynthetic pathway. To this end, effects of knocking out tyrR on the l-tyrosine production were further explored during the strain development. ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Kim B,Binkley R,Kim HU,Lee SY

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The treatment of meta- and para-nitrobenzoic acid in an industrial wastestream by Comamonas sp. JS46 and Comamonas sp. JS47 is investigated. The most important feature of the wastestream is the constantly changing concentration ratio of the two isomers. The most extreme occurrence is considered here: the complete chan...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Goodall JL,Thomas SM,Spain JC,Peretti SW

更新日期：1998-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Penicillinase (beta-lactamase I, EC 3.5.2.6) secreted by Bacillus cereus, strain 569/H, was covalently attached to aminoethyl cellulose via glutaraldehyde. The immobilized derivative shows increased thermostability and decreased susceptibility to conformational changes induced by certain substrates of penicillinase. T...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Klemes Y,Citri N

更新日期：1979-05-01 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：:Biofouling is the undesirable adhesion and development of microorganisms and macroorganisms in a water environment. An electrochemical antifouling system based on management of primary adhesion of microorganisms was developed employing titanium electrode for antifouling of seawater cooling pipes and marine infrastruct...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Wake H,Takahashi H,Takimoto T,Takayanagi H,Ozawa K,Kadoi H,Okochi M,Matsunaga T

更新日期：2006-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A model previously developed to characterize enzymatic in activation behavior was used to explain the non-first-order biphasic and grace period phenomena that are often observed with oligomeric enzymes. Luciferase and urease were used as model enzyme such as luciferase, the oligomer initially dissociates reversibly in...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Lencki RW,Arul J,Neufeld RJ

更新日期：1992-12-20 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：:Lipase (EC 3.1.1.3., from Pseudomonas sp.) was entrapped in collagen membrane containing liquid crystal (4-methoxybenzilidene-4'-n-butylaniline). The activity of the lipase-liquid crystal membrane at an applied voltage of 4 V was 3.4 compared to a membrane tested without imposition of an external electric field. A lin...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Karube I,Yugeta Y,Suzuki S

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A software sensor was developed to determine the volumetric biomass activity of animal cell cultivations on-line. It was based on the on-line estimation of the ATP-production rate from the oxygen uptake and the lactic-acid production rate. The sensor was verified for a batch culture of Vero cells, and a batch and a co...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Dorresteijn RC,Numan KH,de Gooijer CD,Tramper J,Beuvery EC

更新日期：1996-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A sequencing batch membrane biofilm reactor (SBMBfR) was developed for simultaneous carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus removal from wastewater. This reactor was composed of two functional parts: (1) a gas-permeable membrane on which a nitrifying biofilm formed and (2) a bulk solution in which bacteria, mainly denitrifyi...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Terada A,Yamamoto T,Tsuneda S,Hirata A

更新日期：2006-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reports a study of the performance of membrane-attached biofilms grown in a single tube extractive membrane bioreactor (STEMS) used for the treatment of a synthetic wastewater containing a toxic VOC (1,2-dichloroethane [DCE]). Mass balances show that complete mineralization of DCE was achieved, and that t...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Dos Santos LM,Livingston AG

更新日期：1995-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Two instruments were developed to mechanize the handling of anaerobic microorganisms for microbial mutant isolation. The instruments automatically dispense liquid or agar medium to large and small 96-well platesand petridishes. Protocols were developed for inoculating different microorganisms, and calibration curves o...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Stieglitz B,Defelice CP

更新日期：1986-09-01 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：:A novel chemistry has been developed for the production of capsules composed of a hydrophobic liquid core surrounded by a cross-linked polyacrylamide/alginate membrane. These liquid-core capsules may be used in capsular perstraction for the removal of inhibitory products from bioprocesses and bioconversions. They have...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Wyss A,von Stockar U,Marison IW

更新日期：2004-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Many sites of environmental concern contain groundwater contaminated with nonaqueous phase liquids (NAPL). In such sites interfacial processes may affect both the equilibrium and kinetic behavior of the system. In particular, insoluble hydrocarbon partitioning and microbial biodegradation of insoluble hydrocarbon are ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Sekelsky AM,Shreve GS

更新日期：1999-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Pre-filtration using ion exchange membrane adsorbers can improve parvovirus filter throughput of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs). The membranes work by binding trace foulants, and although some antibody product also binds, yields > or =99% are easily achieved by overloading. Results show that foulant adsorption is depend...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Brown A,Bechtel C,Bill J,Liu H,Liu J,McDonald D,Pai S,Radhamohan A,Renslow R,Thayer B,Yohe S,Dowd C

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is known that the rolA, rolB, and rolC genes of Agrobacterium rhizogenes T-DNA affect processes of plant development and activate the synthesis of secondary metabolites in transformed plant cells. Although a synergistic activity of the rol genes on root formation is well-documented, little is known about their indi...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Shkryl YN,Veremeichik GN,Bulgakov VP,Tchernoded GK,Mischenko NP,Fedoreyev SA,Zhuravlev YN

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A MATLAB-based program was developed to simulate the distributions of states and behaviors of microbial storage product-accumulating bacteria in suspended growth systems. Currently available computer simulators of these systems predict dynamic behaviors by numerically solving differential biokinetic equations using av...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Schuler AJ

更新日期：2005-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The selectivity of protein extraction by reversed micellar solutions can be improved by the addition of affinity cosurfactants bearing ligands which bind strongly to the target protein. The interactions between cosurfactant and protein, as well as the interfacial activity of both the free cosurfactant and the protein-...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Kelley BD,Wang DI,Hatton TA

更新日期：1993-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Phage Φ80 can infect Escherichia coli in a stealthy manner and persist by forming lysogens. Such Φ80 lysogens are fairly common and often go undetected unless the host is grown at temperatures below 37°C. Since low growth temperatures are required for growing temperature-sensitive mutants and often preferred for large...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Srinivas S,Cronan JE

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stability of heterologous protein expression during production is critical for regulatory approval of vaccine and therapeutic products. Leishmania GP63, a zinc metalloproteinase that is a potential vaccine candidate, has been expressed on the surface of Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells. Flow cytometry was used to fol...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Morrison CJ,McMaster WR,Piret JM

更新日期：1997-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing the throughput and efficiency of cell culture process development has become increasingly important to rapidly screen and optimize cell culture media and process parameters. This study describes the application of a miniaturized bioreactor system as a scaled-down model for cell culture process development u...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Chen A,Chitta R,Chang D,Amanullah A

更新日期：2009-01-01 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 purpose of this article is to provide a few concrete examples of the potential to acceptably reduce the scope of validation and qualification testing based on scientific justification for the specific area of microbial fermentation. The key areas explored include: autoclave operational qualification (OQ) testing, ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Junker B

更新日期：2001-07-05 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：:In this study, white rot fungus, Polyporus brumalis, was applied to degrade dibutyl phthalate (DBP), a major environmental pollutant. The degradation potential and resulting products were evaluated with HPLC and GC/MS. As DBP concentration increased to 250, 750, and 1,250 microM, the mycelial growth of P. brumalis was...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Lee SM,Lee JW,Koo BW,Kim MK,Choi DH,Choi IG

更新日期：2007-08-15 00:00:00