A novel dielectrophoresis-based device for the selective retention of viable cells in cell culture media.

abstract：:Most biotherapeutic drugs are recombinant monoclonal antibodies which are mostly produced in monoclonal cell lines derived from Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells. Various clones expressing a monoclonal recombinant antibody were analyzed and a correlation of the antibody concentration and the relative mRNA level of cal...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Kober L,Zehe C,Bode J

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole cell pyruvate decarboxylase (PDC) from Candida utilis enhanced the enzymatic production of (R)-phenylacetylcarbinol (PAC) in an aqueous/octanol biotransformation compared to the partially purified PDC especially for a lower range of initial activities (0.3-2.5 U/mL). With an initial activity of 1.1 U/mL and at a...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Satianegara G,Rogers PL,Rosche B

更新日期：2006-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Recycle batch fermentations using immobilized cells of Propionibacterium acidipropionici were studied for propionate production from whey permeate, de-lactose whey permeate, and acid whey. Cells were immobilized in a spirally wound fibrous sheet packed in a 0.5-L column reactor, which was connected to a 5-L stirred ta...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Yang ST,Huang Y,Hong G

更新日期：1995-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:In regenerative medicine, computer models describing bioreactor processes can assist in designing optimal process conditions leading to robust and economically viable products. In this study, we started from a (3D) mechanistic model describing the growth of neotissue, comprised of cells, and extracellular matrix, in a...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Mehrian M,Guyot Y,Papantoniou I,Olofsson S,Sonnaert M,Misener R,Geris L

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The high hydrophobicity of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) strongly reduces their bioavailability in aged contaminated soils, thus limiting their bioremediation. The biodegradation of PAHs in soils can be enhanced by employing surface-active agents. However, chemical surfactants are often recalcitrant and exer...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Fava F,Berselli S,Conte P,Piccolo A,Marchetti L

更新日期：2004-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Two kinds of disposable bioreactors, air-lift disposable bioreactors (ADB) and wave disposable bioreactors (WDB) were compared with stirred-tank reactors (5-L STR). These bioreactors were successfully applied to transgenic rice cell cultures for the production of recombinant human cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4-immu...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Kwon JY,Yang YS,Cheon SH,Nam HJ,Jin GH,Kim DI

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adsorption of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans to coal surfaces has been studied. Adsorption experiments were conducted on coal samples from eight different Eastern coal fields. In all cases the adsorption process was at least 90% complete within the first two minutes following inoculation. The results of these experimen...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Bagdigian RM,Myerson AS

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sec-alcohol dehydrogenase activity of whole cells of Rhodococcus ruber DSM 44541 has been employed as an efficient biocatalytic redox system due to the use of acetone and 2-propanol at elevated concentrations for cofactor regeneration in the oxidation and reduction mode, respectively, and external addition of NADH...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Stampfer W,Kosjek B,Kroutil W,Faber K

更新日期：2003-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:In this short review, we describe the use of high molecular weight proteins produced in the glands of several arthropods-commonly called silks-for the purpose to enhance human skin wound healing. To this end an extensive literature search has been performed, the publications have been categorized concerning silk prepa...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Reimers K,Liebsch C,Radtke C,Kuhbier JW,Vogt PM

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effective diffusivity of oxygen, D(e), in Ca-alginate and PVA-SbQ gels was measured using a two-chamber vessel with a membrane between the two chambers. The effect of cell density, C(c), on D(e) in Ca-alginate gels was studied. The effective diffusivity of oxygen decreased with increasing cell density, to C(c) = 1...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Sun Y,Furusaki S,Yamauchi A,Ichimura K

更新日期：1989-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:In biotechnology and biomedicine reliable models of cell proliferation kinetics need to capture the relevant phenomena taking place during the mitotic cycle. To this aim, a novel mathematical model helpful to investigate the intrinsic kinetics of in vitro culture of adherent cells up to confluence is proposed in this ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Fadda S,Cincotti A,Cao G

更新日期：2012-03-01 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：:Flow visualization using fluorescent microparticles and cell viability investigations are carried out to examine the mechanisms by which cells are seeded into scaffolds driven by surface acoustic waves. The former consists of observing both the external flow prior to the entry of the suspension into the scaffold and t...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Bok M,Li H,Yeo LY,Friend JR

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enzyme engineering is a powerful tool to fine-tune the enzymes. It is a technique by which the stability, activity, and specificity of the enzymes can be altered. The characteristic properties of an enzyme can be amended by immobilization and protein engineering. Among them, protein engineering is the most promising, ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Ali M,Ishqi HM,Husain Q

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The misfolding of polypeptide chains and aggregation into the insoluble inclusion body state is a serious problem for biotechnology and biomedical research. Developing a rational strategy to control aggregation requires understanding the mechanism of polymerization. We investigated the in vitro aggregation of P22 tail...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Speed MA,King J,Wang DI

更新日期：1997-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:An alpha-galactosidase and a beta-mannanase produced by the hyperthermophilic bacterium, Thermotoga neapolitana 5068 (TN5068), separately and together, were evaluated for their ability to hydrolyze guar gum in relation to viscosity reduction of guar-based hydraulic fracturing fluids used in oil and gas well stimulatio...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： McCutchen CM,Duffaud GD,Leduc P,Petersen AR,Tayal A,Khan SA,Kelly RM

更新日期：1996-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli and Desulfovibrio desulfuricans reduce Tc(VII) (TcO(4)(-)) with formate or hydrogen as electron donors. The reaction is catalyzed by the hydrogenase component of the formate hydrogenlyase complex (FHL) of E. coli and is associated with a periplasmic hydrogenase activity in D. desulfuricans. Tc(VII) re...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Lloyd JR,Thomas GH,Finlay JA,Cole JA,Macaskie LE

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The production of ethanol from carob pod extract by free and immobilized Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells in batch and fed-batch culture was investigated. Fed-batch culture proved to be a better fermentation system for the production of ethanol than batch culture. In fed-batch culture, both free and immobilized S. cerev...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Roukas T

更新日期：1994-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:UV-visible spectroscopy (UV-Vis) is routinely used in microbiology as a tool to check the optical density (OD) pertaining to the growth stages of microbial cultures at the single wavelength of 600 nm, better known as the OD600 . Typically, modern UV-Vis spectrophotometers can scan in the region of approximately 200-10...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Chapman J,Orrell-Trigg R,Kwoon KY,Truong VK,Cozzolino D

更新日期：2021-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes the development and application of a bioaffinity chromatographic system for the one-step purification of an NADP(+)-dependent secondary alcohol dehydrogenase from the obligate anaerobe, Thermoanaerobacter brockii (TBADH, EC 1.1.1.2). The general approach is based upon improving the selectivity of ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： McMahon M,Mulcahy P

更新日期：2002-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A means of rapidly renaturing denatured protein was devised and evaluated. Three liquids were laminarly layered in a centrifuge tube, in which two solutions sandwiched liquid paraffin so as to form a pseudolipid bilayer. Denatured and aggregted protein placed on the upper surface of liquid paraffin was renatured as it...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Yoshii H,Kojima T,Furuta T,Yasunishi A

更新日期：1994-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:To widen the biological control function of a genetically modified Bacillus thuringiensis subsp leesis strain BMB-005, an acyl homoserine lactonase (AHL lactonase) gene aiiA transcribed by the promoter of insecticidal crystal protein coding gene cry3A, was transformed into strain BMB-005. The amount of AHL lactonase p...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Zhu C,Yu Z,Sun M

更新日期：2006-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The bioartificial pancreas encapsulating pancreatic islets in immunoprotective hydrogel is a promising therapy for Type 1 diabetes. As pancreatic islets are highly metabolically active and exquisitely sensitive to hypoxia, maintaining O2 supply after transplantation remains a major challenge. In this study, we address...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Mouré A,Bacou E,Bosch S,Jegou D,Salama A,Riochet D,Gauthier O,Blancho G,Soulillou JP,Poncelet D,Olmos E,Bach JM,Mosser M

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maintenance of high cell viability was the main characteristic of our new strains of thermotolerant Saccharomyces. Total sugar conversion to ethanol was observed for sugarcane juice fermentation at 38-40 degrees C in less than 10 h and without continuous aeration of the culture. Invertase activity differed among the s...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Laluce C,Palmieri MC,Lopes da Cruz RC

更新日期：1991-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The scope in improving enzyme productivities from the cellulose fermentation process is examined in laboratory-scale fermentors. The maximum productivity (30 IU/liter hr) is attained in a continuous-culture process with cell recycle using modified medium containing 0.5% cellulose. Optimum dilution rate and recycle rat...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Ghose TK,Sahai V

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The DeltaSf of one unit carbon formula weight of Escherichia coli K-12 cells, when grown on succinic acid, was calculated to be -80.13 J/deg. This value could then be used to calculate the entropy change accompanying the anabolism and metabolism of succinic acid to be 30.82 J/deg and 32.40 J/mol deg, respectively. The...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Battley EH

更新日期：1993-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Oral delivery of insulin to diabetic patients is highly desirable because it would be non-invasive and more closely mimic normal physiology, but this route of administration typically results in low bioavailability due to low pH and enzymatic degradation along the gastrointestinal tract. To explore an alternative appr...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Ng DT,Sarkar CA

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The progression of liver disease from normal to cirrhotic state is characterized by modulation of the stiffness of the extracellular matrix (ECM). Mimicking this modulation in vitro scaffold could provide a better insight into hepatic cell behavior. In this study, interpenetrating poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-gelatin...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Sarkar J,Kamble SC,Patil R,Kumar A,Gosavi SW

更新日期：2020-02-01 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：:Bioprocesses operated in batch mode can induce adverse effects like overflow metabolism, substrate inhibition, osmotic inhibition, oxygen limitation, and catabolite repression. To avoid these adverse effects, fed-batch is the predominant operation mode in industrial production. Nevertheless, screening for optimal prod...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Habicher T,Czotscher V,Klein T,Daub A,Keil T,Büchs J

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00