Biological sulfate reduction using synthesis gas as energy and carbon source.

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：:The initial steps of glycerol dissimilation and 1,3-propanediol (1, 3-PD) formation by Klebsiella pneumoniae anaerobically grown on glycerol were studied by quantifying the in vitro and in vivo activities of enzymes in continuous culture under conditions of steady state and oscillation and during transient phases. The...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Ahrens K,Menzel K,Zeng A,Deckwer W

更新日期：1998-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Reactive oxygen species (ROS), encompassing all oxygen radical or non-radical oxidizing agents, play key roles in disease progression. Controlled delivery of antioxidants is therapeutically relevant in such oxidant-stressed environments. Encapsulating small hydrophilic molecules into hydrophobic polymer microparticles...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Murphy NP,Lampe KJ

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of a hydrogen-sensitive palladium-metal oxide semiconductor (Pd-MOS) sensor in combination with a membrane for liquid-to-gas transfer for the detection of dissolved hydrogen was investigated. The system was evaluated with known concentrations of dissolved hydrogen in water. The lowest concentration detected wi...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Björnsson L,Hörnsten EG,Mattiasson B

更新日期：2001-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Stricter regulations on volatile organic compounds and hazardous air pollutants have increased the demand for abatement technologies. Biofiltration, a process in which contaminated air is passed through a biologically active bed, can be used to remove these pollutants from air streams. In this study, a fungal vapor-ph...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Woertz JR,Kinney KA,McIntosh ND,Szaniszlo PJ

更新日期：2001-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Detachment from biofilms was evaluated using a mixed culture biofilm grown on primary wastewater in a tube reactor. The growth of biofilms and the detachment of biomass from biofilms are strongly influenced by hydrodynamic conditions. In a long-term study, three biofilms were cultivated in a biofilm tube reactor. The ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Horn H,Reiff H,Morgenroth E

更新日期：2003-03-05 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：:Air emissions from the pulp and paper industry frequently contain reduced sulfur compounds (RSC), such as dimethyl sulfide (DMS) mixed with volatile organic compounds (VOC) (e.g., methanol, MeOH) and it is desirable to treat either one or both of these groups of compounds. The objective of this study was to assess the...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Zhang Y,Liss SN,Allen DG

更新日期：2006-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Supercritical fluid technology offers the possibility to produce dry powder formulations of biocompatible materials, overcoming the drawbacks of classical micronization processes. In this work, Supercritical Assisted Atomization (SAA) has been used to micronize alpha-cyclodextrin (alpha-CD) and hydroxypropyl-beta-cycl...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Reverchon E,Antonacci A

更新日期：2006-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:In view of a possible application of the alpha-amylase from Bacillus licheniformis as a time-temperature integrator for evaluation of heat processes,(11) thermal inactivation kinetics of the dissolved and covalently immobilized enzyme were studied in the temperature range 90-108 degrees C. The D-values (95 degrees C) ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： De Cordt S,Vanhoof K,Hu J,Maesmans G,Hendrickx M,Tobback P

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spatial cell-material interaction remains vital issue in forming biodegradable scaffolds in Tissue Engineering. In this study, to understand the influence of spatial architecture on cellular behavior, 2D and 3D chitosan scaffolds of 50-190 kD and >310 kD MW were synthesized through air drying and controlled rate f...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Huang Y,Siewe M,Madihally SV

更新日期：2006-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The production of Bacillus thuringiensis spores was investigated in a bioreactor incorporating a ceramic membrane filter to improve spore concentration and volumetric productivity. Two cultivation methods were used in this study: a total cell retention culture (TCRC), and a two-stage continuous culture with partial ce...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Kang BC,Lee SY,Chang HN

更新日期：1993-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Nucleotide sugar-dependent ("Leloir") glycosyltransferases (GTs), represent a new paradigm for the application of biocatalytic glycosylations to the production of fine chemicals. However, it remains to be shown that GT processes meet the high efficiency targets of industrial biotransformations. We demonstrate in this ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Schmölzer K,Lemmerer M,Gutmann A,Nidetzky B

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A semiequilibrium model of chromatography has been developed to account for the elution profile of high concentration bands. The use of this model requires the prior determination of the equilibrium isotherms of the studied compounds in the chromatographic phase system. The model is applied here to a study of the isoc...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Katti A,Huang JX,Guiochon G

更新日期：1990-07-01 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 reporter bacterium, Pseudomonas fluorescens HK44 (HK44), was characterized in an immobilized state to investigate utility for deployment as a remote sensor in the subsurface. A packed-bed reactor with alginate-immobilized HK44 simulated hydrodynamic conditions such as might be found in a subsurface environment. Th...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Webb OF,Bienkowski PR,Matrubutham U,Evans FA,Heitzer A,Sayler GS

更新日期：1997-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Multivalent cations have been known to be important components of activated sludge floc structure due to their bridging ability of the negatively charged sites on the biopolymer network. Recently in batch systems it was found that excess concentration of monovalent cations led to the deterioration in settleability, de...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Kara F,Gurakan GC,Sanin FD

更新日期：2008-06-01 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：:Saccharomyces cerevisiae (yeast) cells were employed as a source of alcohol dehydrogenase in the NAD(+)-to-NADH reaction. The cells were immobilized in calcium alginate monofilament fibers and used in a biological reactor. The alginate could not be heat sterilized since temperatures above 80 degrees C caused the polym...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Ibbotson PG,Spedding PL,Otterburn MS

更新日期：1990-10-05 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：:Hydroxycinnamic acids are known to inhibit microbial growth during fermentation of lignocellulosic biomass hydrolysates, and the ability to diminish hydroxycinnamic acid toxicity would allow for more effective biological conversion of biomass to fuels and other value-added products. In this work, we provide a proof-of...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Tomek KJ,Saldarriaga CR,Velasquez FP,Liu T,Hodge DB,Whitehead TA

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents a new formulation for the analysis of growth kinetics on multiple nutrients. The baseline for the theory is the concept that a noninteractive growth process occurs among perfectly substitutable nutrients if the locus of points of the substrate concentrations producing equal growth rate is linear. A...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Haas CN

更新日期：1994-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A kinetic model for anaerobic digestion of insoluble solid-state substrates was developed. Rate equations for cell growth and substrate consumption were derived based on the assumption that the microorganisms assimilate the substrate mainly at the point of contact where they grow. The model emphasizes effects of subst...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Huang SY,Chou MS

更新日期：1990-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In vivo kinetics of Saccharomyces cerevisiae are studied, in a time window of 150 s, by analyzing the response of O(2) and CO(2) in the fermentor off-gas after perturbation of chemostat cultures by metabolite pulses. Here, a new mathematical method is presented for the estimation of the in vivo oxygen uptake rate (OUR...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Wu L,Lange HC,Van Gulik WM,Heijnen JJ

更新日期：2003-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Constitutive activation of Wnt signaling plays an important role in colorectal and liver tumorigenesis. Cell-based assays using synthetic TCF/LEF (T-cell factor/lymphoid enhancer factor) reporters, as readouts of β-catenin/TCF-dependent transcriptional activity, have contributed greatly to the discovery of small molec...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Yamaguchi K,Zhu C,Ohsugi T,Yamaguchi Y,Ikenoue T,Furukawa Y

更新日期：2017-12-01 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：:Two-dimensional image analysis was applied to counting, sizing, and density determinations of granules in full-scale and laboratory-scale upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) digesters. An advantage of this technique for monitoring laboratory-scale digester sludge is the small amount of material required for analysi...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Dudley BT,Howgrave-Graham AR,Bruton AG,Wallis FM

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reactor systems based on tapered fluidized beds are being developed for aqueous bioprocesses in which adhering microorganisms or immobilized active biological fractions are used. The use of a fluidized bed prevents biomass buildup, accommodates particulates in the feed stream, is compatible with gas sparging, and allo...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Scott CD,Hancher CW

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A comparative study of the performance of solid and liquid non-aqueous phases (NAPs) to enhance the mass transfer and biodegradation of hexane by Pseudomonas aeruginosa in two-phase partitioning bioreactors (TPPBs) was undertaken. A preliminary NAP screening was thus carried out among the most common solid and liquid ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Hernández M,Quijano G,Thalasso F,Daugulis AJ,Villaverde S,Muñoz R

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The catalytic properties of bovine serum albumin (BSA) have been studied rather extensively. The protein has shown catalytic activities toward a variety of reactions in aqueous media. However, there appears to be no reports of reactions catalyzed exclusively in organic media. In this study, we report the catalytic pro...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Liu XC,Lemma-Gray P

更新日期：2001-09-20 00:00:00