Hydrophobic salts markedly diminish viscosity of concentrated protein solutions.

abstract：:The microbial degradation of quinoline by Comamonas acidovorans was studied in a laboratory scale stirred tank reactor. In continuous culture experiments using quinoline as a sole source of carbon and nitrogen, it was shown by means of mass balances that quinoline was converted completely to biomass, carbon dioxide, a...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Miethling R,Hecht V,Deckwer WD

更新日期：1993-08-20 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：:Conventional wet chemistry methods to determine biomass composition are labor- and time-intensive and require larger amounts of biomass (300 mg) than is often available. To overcome these limitations and to support a high-throughput pretreatment and hydrolysis (HTPH) screening system, this article reports on the devel...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： DeMartini JD,Studer MH,Wyman CE

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Novel amphoteric particles are prepared by an interfacial polyaddition reaction of ethylene glycol diglycidyl ether (EGDGE) and L-lysine in a water-in-oil (W/O) miniemulsion system. The zeta-potential of the copolymer particle as a function of pH indicates a sigmoid curve with an isoelectric point at pH 8.7 due to the...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Taira S,Du YZ,Kodaka M

更新日期：2006-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:An integrated solvent (ABE) fermentation and product removal process was investigated. A stable solvent productivity of 3.5 g/L h was achieved by using cells of Clostridium acetobutylicum immobilized onto a packed bed of bonechar, coupled with continuous product removal by pervaporation. Using a concentrated feed solu...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Friedl A,Qureshi N,Maddox IS

更新日期：1991-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Two strains of Pseudomonas able to grow on phenol or p-nitrophenol (PNP) were isolated from sewage. Pseudomonas sp. PN101 mineralized and formed nitrite from PNP but did not mineralize phenol, and Pseudomonas sp. PH111 mineralized phenol but not PNP. Phenol increased the lag period before Pseudomonas sp. PN101 grew on...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Murakami Y,Alexander M

更新日期：1989-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The glycerol fed-batch fermentation by Klebsiella pneumoniae CGMCC 1.6366 exhibited the sequential synthesis of products, including acetate, 1,3-propanediol (1,3-PD), 2,3-butanediol, ethanol, succinate, and lactate. The dominant flux distribution was shifted from acetate formation to 1,3-PD formation in early- exponen...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Zheng ZM,Xu YZ,Liu HJ,Guo NN,Cai ZZ,Liu DH

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fungal biofilters have been recently studied as an alternative to the bacterial systems for the elimination of hydrophobic volatile organic compounds (VOC). Fungi foster reduced transport limitation of hydrophobic VOCs due to their hydrophobic surface and extended gas exchange area associated to the hyphal growth. Nev...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Vergara-Fernández A,Hernández S,Revah S

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel deuterium ((2)H) NMR technique as developed for measuring the total number of deuterons exchanged by lyophilised protein samples following hydrogen-deuterium (H-D) exchange. Using this methodology differences in the H-D exchange behaviour of the proteolytic enzyme subtilisin Carlsberg hydrated either in air or...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Hutcheon GA,Parker MC,Moore BD

更新日期：2000-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A phenomenological model of biocide action against microbial biofilms was derived. Processes incorporated in the model include bulk flow in and out of a well-mixed reactor, transport of dissolved species into the biofilm, substrate consumption by bacterial metabolism, bacterial growth, advection of cell mass within th...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Stewart PS,Hamilton MA,Goldstein BR,Schneider BT

更新日期：1996-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Microplates with integrated optical oxygen sensors are a new tool to study metabolic rates and enzyme activities. Precise measurements are possible only if oxygen exchange between the sample and the environment is known. In this study we quantify gas exchange in plastic microplates. Dissolved oxygen was detected using...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Arain S,Weiss S,Heinzle E,John GT,Krause C,Klimant I

更新日期：2005-05-05 00:00:00

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：:A model that was used to describe toxicity from high concentrations of chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons (CAHs) on reductively dechlorinating cultures in batch reactors (Sabalowsky and Semprini (in press)) was extended here to simulate observations in continuous flow suspended and attached growth reactors. The reduct...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Sabalowsky AR,Semprini L

更新日期：2010-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Neural networks are formed by accurate connectivity of neurons and glial cells in the brain. These networks employ a three-dimensional bio-surface that both assigns precise coordinates to cells during development and facilitates their connectivity and functionality throughout life. Using specific topographic and chemi...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Bani-Yaghoub M,Tremblay R,Voicu R,Mealing G,Monette R,Py C,Faid K,Sikorska M

更新日期：2005-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial magnetic particles (BMPs) were used for the identification of cyanobacterial DNA. Genus-specific oligonucleotide probes for the detection of Anabaena spp., Microcystis spp., Nostoc spp., Oscillatoria spp., and Synechococcus spp. were designed from the variable region of the cyanobacterial 16S rDNA of 148 str...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Matsunaga T,Nakayama H,Okochi M,Takeyama H

更新日期：2001-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Anaerobic methanethiol (MT) degradation by mesophilic (30 degrees C) alkaliphilic (pH 10) communities was studied in a lab-scale Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Bed (UASB) reactor inoculated with a mixture of sediments from the Wadden Sea (The Netherlands), Soap Lake (Central Washington), and Russian soda lakes. MT degradatio...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： van Leerdam RC,Bonilla-Salinas M,de Bok FA,Bruning H,Lens PN,Stams AJ,Janssen AJ

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the hydrodynamic characteristics of a liquid-solid fluidized-bed bioreactor using elastic particles (PVA gel beads) of various diameters as carriers. The drag coefficient-Reynolds number, velocity-voidage, and expansion index-Reynolds number relationships observed during fluidization of PVA gel bea...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Wu JY,Chen KC,Chen CT,Hwang SC

更新日期：2003-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The release kinetics of beta-galactosidase protein have been determined during small-scale ultrasonication of E. coli cells. Among several studied parameters, ionic strength and cell concentration have the least influence on the rate of protein recovery, whereas sample volume and acoustic power dramatically affect the...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Feliu JX,Cubarsi R,Villaverde A

更新日期：1998-06-05 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：: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：:Flocculation of yeast cells occurs during the fermentation of beer. Partway through the fermentation the cells become flocculent and start to form flocs. If the environmental conditions, such as medium composition and fluid velocities in the tank, are optimal, the flocs will grow in size large enough to settle. After ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： van Hamersveld EH,van der Lans RG,Caulet PJ,Luyben KC

更新日期：1998-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A new biomass productivity model was parameterized for Chlorella vulgaris using short-term (<30 min) oxygen productivities from algal microcosms exposed to 6 light intensities (20-420 W/m(2)) and 6 temperatures (5-42 °C). The model was then validated against experimental biomass productivities recorded in bench-scale ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Béchet Q,Chambonnière P,Shilton A,Guizard G,Guieysse B

更新日期：2015-05-01 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：:Biofilm growth in porous media is difficult to study non-invasively due to the opaqueness and heterogeneity of the systems. Magnetic resonance is utilized to non-invasively study water dynamics within porous media. Displacement-relaxation correlation experiments were performed on fluid flow during biofilm growth in a ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Vogt SJ,Sanderlin AB,Seymour JD,Codd SL

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bamboo carbohydrates were hydrolyzed with commercial amylases and a mixture of fungal culture broths containing cellulolytic and hemicellulolytic enzymes. The effects of cooking temperature and the size of fiber particles were also investigated. It was found that the higher the cooking temperature, the higher the rate...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： De Menezes TJ,Dos Santos CL,Azzini A

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of an initial study of enzymatic catalysis in metastable supersaturated solutions of carbohydrates are presented. It has been shown that such solutions, formed in the presence of small amounts of water and alcohol as plasticizers, are sufficiently stable under ambient conditions to enable enzymatic transfo...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Millqvist-Fureby A,Gill IS,Vulfson EN

更新日期：1998-10-20 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：:A detailed mechanistic model of enzymatic cellulose hydrolysis has been developed. The behavior of individual cellulase enzymes and parameters describing the cellulose surface properties are included. Results obtained for individual enzymes (T. reesei endoglucanase 2 and cellobiohydrolase I) and systems with both enzy...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Levine SE,Fox JM,Blanch HW,Clark DS

更新日期：2010-09-01 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：: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