Power production in MFCs inoculated with Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 or mixed cultures.

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：:The Ff filamentous bacteriophages show potential as a new class of therapeutics, displaying utility in materials science as well as pharmaceutical applications. These phages are produced by the infection of E. coli, a Gram-negative bacterium which unavoidably sheds endotoxins into the extracellular space during growth...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Branston SD,Wright J,Keshavarz-Moore E

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells are the predominant host cell line for the production of biopharmaceuticals, a growing industry currently worth more than $188 billion USD in global sales. CHO cells undergo programmed cell death (apoptosis) following different stresses encountered in cell culture, such as substrate l...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Henry MN,MacDonald MA,Orellana CA,Gray PP,Gillard M,Baker K,Nielsen LK,Marcellin E,Mahler S,Martínez VS

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reducing viscosities of concentrated solutions of therapeutic proteins is important for their subcutaneous and intravenous delivery. Although inorganic salts and optimizing the pH were previously reported to dramatically lower the viscosity of a monoclonal antibody solution, herein we have determined these effects not...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Du W,Klibanov AM

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a mathematical model which includes TNF-alpha initiated survival and apoptotic cascades, as well as nuclear transcription of IkappaB. These pathways play a crucial role in deciding cell fate in response to inflammation and infection. Our model incorporates known specific protein-protein interactions as iden...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Rangamani P,Sirovich L

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A bioremediation process to remove Co(2+) from aqueous solution is investigated in this study using a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) protocol to rapidly obtain multiple 2D spatially resolved Co(2+) ion concentration maps. The MRI technique is described in detail and its ability to determine the evolution in both axi...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Graf von der Schulenburg DA,Holland DJ,Paterson-Beedle M,Macaskie LE,Gladden LF,Johns ML

更新日期：2008-03-01 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：:Mechanical forces regulate the structure and function of many tissues in vivo; recent results indicate that the mechanical environment can decisively influence the development of engineered tissues cultured in vitro. To investigate the effects of the hydrodynamic environment on tissue-engineered cartilage, primary bov...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Gooch KJ,Kwon JH,Blunk T,Langer R,Freed LE,Vunjak-Novakovic G

更新日期：2001-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The compound 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) has attracted much attention due to its versatility as an important bio-based platform chemical. Here, we engineered Raoultella ornithinolytica BF60 as a whole-cell biocatalyst for a highly efficient synthesis of 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) from HMF. Specifically, vario...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Yuan H,Liu Y,Li J,Shin HD,Du G,Shi Z,Chen J,Liu L

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A two-stage deterministic model of the growth of Saccharomyces cerevisiae is presented. The cell cycle of this organism was used to suggest the basic model structure. The model represents the preparatory processes of substrate uptake and conversion separately from replication and division. The regulation of the fracti...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Bijkerk AH,Hall RJ

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemicellulose residues can be hydrolyzed into a sugar syrup using dilute mineral acids. Although this syrup represents a potential feedstock for biofuel production, toxic compounds generated during hydrolysis limit microbial metabolism. Escherichia coli LY01, an ethanologenic biocatalyst engineered to ferment the mixe...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Zaldivar J,Ingram LO

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The whole cell tyrosine phenol-lyase (TPL, E.C. 4.1.99.2) activity of Erwinia herbicola (ATCC 21434) was microen-capsulated. We studied the use of this for the conversion of ammonia and pyruvate along with phenol or catechol, respectively, into L-tyrosine or dihydroxyphenyl-L-alanine (L-dopa). The reactions are releva...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Lloyd-George I,Chang TM

更新日期：1995-12-20 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：:Cobalt chromium (CoCr) alloy is widely used in orthopedic implants but its functional longevity is susceptible to inflammation related complications. Reduction of the development of chronic inflammation on the biomaterial surface would enhance direct bone-implant bonding and improve implant survival and long-term resu...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Tan HC,Poh CK,Cai Y,Soe MT,Wang W

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although sophorolipids (SLs) produced by S. bombicola are a real showcase for the industrialization of microbial biosurfactants, some important drawbacks are associated with this efficient biological process, e.g., the simultaneous production of acidic and lactonic SLs. Depending on the application, there is a require...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Roelants SL,Ciesielska K,De Maeseneire SL,Moens H,Everaert B,Verweire S,Denon Q,Vanlerberghe B,Van Bogaert IN,Van der Meeren P,Devreese B,Soetaert W

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lignin, one of the major components of lignocellulosic biomass, plays an inhibitory role on the enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose. This work examines the role of lignin in pretreated hardwood, where extents of cellulose hydrolysis decrease, rather than increase with increasing severity of liquid hot water pretreatment...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Ko JK,Kim Y,Ximenes E,Ladisch MR

更新日期：2015-02-01 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：:Plasmid propagation in populations of unstable, binary fission recombinant organisms has been studied using a segregated, population balance mathematical model. Segregated models have the advantage of direct incorporation of basic information on mechanisms and kinetics of plasmid replication and segregation at the sin...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Seo JH,Bailey JE

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium formicoaceticum homofermentatively converts lactate to acetate at 37 degrees C and pH 6.6-9.6. However, this fermentation is strongly inhibited by acetic acid at acidic pH. The specific growth rate of this organism decreased from a maximum at pH 7.6 to zero at pH 6.6. This inhibition effect was found to be...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Tang IC,Okos MR,Yang ST

更新日期：1989-10-20 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：: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：:The biotransformation of benzaldehyde and glucose to L-phenylacetylcarbinol (PAC) using Candida utilis was demonstrated in a solid-liquid two-phase partitioning bioreactor (TPPB) with the aim of reducing substrate, product, and by-product toxicity via sequestration. Previous work in the field had used octanol as the s...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Khan TR,Daugulis AJ

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preparative-scale purification of plasmid DNA has been attempted by diverse methods, including precipitation with solvents, salts, and detergents and chromatography with ion-exchange, reversed-phase, and size-exclusion columns. Chromatographic methods such as hydrophobic interaction chromatography (HIC), reversed phas...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Lander RJ,Winters MA,Meacle FJ,Buckland BC,Lee AL

更新日期：2002-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The heterotrophic marine alga Crypthecodinium cohnii is known to produce docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), a polyunsaturated fatty acid with food and pharmaceutical applications, during batch cultivation on complex media containing sea salt, yeast extract, and glucose. In the present study, fed-batch cultivation was studied...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： De Swaaf ME,Sijtsma L,Pronk JT

更新日期：2003-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell-based tissue engineering is limited by the size of cell-containing constructs that can be successfully cultured in vitro. This limit is largely a result of the slow diffusion of molecules such as oxygen into the interior of three-dimensional scaffolds in static culture. Bioreactor culture has been shown to overco...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Yeatts AB,Geibel EM,Fears FF,Fisher JP

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a simple and robust transient expression system utilizing the 25 kDa branched cationic polymer polyethylenimine (PEI) as a vehicle to deliver plasmid DNA into suspension-adapted Chinese hamster ovary cells synchronized in G2/M phase of the cell cycle by anti-mitotic microtubule disrupting agents. The...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Tait AS,Brown CJ,Galbraith DJ,Hines MJ,Hoare M,Birch JR,James DC

更新日期：2004-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:One potential advantage of an extremely thermophilic metabolic engineering host (T opt ≥ 70°C) is facilitated recovery of volatile chemicals from the vapor phase of an active fermenting culture. This process would reduce purification costs and concomitantly alleviate toxicity to the cells by continuously removing solv...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Zeldes BM,Straub CT,Otten JK,Adams MWW,Kelly RM

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Connexin-43 (Cx43) containing giant liposomes (GL) were prepared by a baculovirus expression-liposome fusion method. Recombinant budded viruses expressing Cx43 were prepared and then fused with GLs containing DOPG/DOPC at pH 4.5. Connexon formation on the GL membrane was observed by transmission electron microscope. H...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Kamiya K,Tsumoto K,Arakawa S,Shimizu S,Morita I,Yoshimura T,Akiyoshi K

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alginate microparticles produced by emulsification/internal gelation were investigated as a promising carrier for insulin delivery. The procedure involves the dispersion of alginate solution containing insulin protein, into a water immiscible phase. Gelation is triggered in situ by instantaneous release of ionic calci...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Reis CP,Ribeiro AJ,Neufeld RJ,Veiga F

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Innovation in monoclonal antibody (mAb) production continues to be driven by cell engineering strategies to increase yield and improve product quality. In a previous study, to investigate the effectiveness of transporter overexpression strategies, we prepared a taurine transporter-overexpressing host cell line (DXB11/...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Tabuchi H,Sugiyama T

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00