Improved virus purification processes for vaccines and gene therapy.

abstract：:The removal of substate molecules from aerobic microbial cultures is due to both consumption by microorganisms and stripping by the air stream. The air stripping component can be described by a constant parameter for low concentrations of volatile substrates. This air stripping parameter was found to have a value of 0...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Singh N,Hill GA

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbial secondary metabolites are one of the sources of therapeutic molecules in the pharmaceutical industry. Product quality and high yields of secondary metabolites are the main goals for the commercial success of a fermentation process. Our novel approach was based on the decision-tree algorithm to determine the ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Bradamante S,Barenghi L,Beretta G,Bonfa' M,Rollini M,Manzoni M

更新日期：2002-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of solution Eh on the rate of ferrous iron oxidation by Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans is characterized. The experimental approach was based on the use of a two-chamber bioelectrochemical cell, which can determine the ferrous iron oxidation rate at controlled potential. Results enabled the formulation of...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Meruane G,Salhe C,Wiertz J,Vargas T

更新日期：2002-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Buddleja davidii is a unique biomass that has many attractive agroenergy features, especially its wide range of growth habitat. The anatomical characteristics of B. davidii were investigated before and after ethanol organosolv pretreatment (one of the leading pretreatment technologies) in order to further understand t...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Hallac BB,Ray M,Murphy RJ,Ragauskas AJ

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acid phosphatase thermal deactivation follows a complex path: an initial decay toward an equilibrium distribution of at least two intermediate structures, mutually at the equilibrium, followed by a final breakdown toward a completely inactive enzyme configuration. The results obtained in the presence of sorbitol have ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Gianfreda L,Toscano G,Pirozzi D,Greco G Jr

更新日期：1991-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the role of green sulfur bacteria inlight-responsive electricity generation in microbial electrochemical cells (MXCs). We operated MXCs containing either monocultures or defined cocultures of previously enriched phototrophic Chlorobium and anode-respiring Geobacter under anaerobic conditions in the abs...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Badalamenti JP,Torres CI,Krajmalnik-Brown R

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine the feasibility of using high pressure CO2 for sterilization of Ginseng powder, as an alternative method to conventional techniques such as gamma-irradiation and ethylene oxide. The Ginseng sample used in this study was originally contaminated with fungi and 5 x 10(7) bacteria/g ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Dehghani F,Annabi N,Titus M,Valtchev P,Tumilar A

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Water permeability (Lp), calculated from the volume variations of cells subjected to an osmotic shock, is classically used to characterize cell membrane properties. In this work, we have shown the importance of the kind of mixing reactor used to measure the Lp parameter. A mathematical model including the mixing time ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： de Marañón IM,Gervais P,Molin P

更新日期：1997-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterokinase and recombinant enterokinase light chain (rEK(L)) have been used widely to cleave fusion proteins with the target sequence of (Asp)(4)-Lys. In this work, we show that their utility as a site-specific cleavage agent is compromised by sporadic cleavage at other sites, albeit at low levels. Further degradati...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Choi SI,Song HW,Moon JW,Seong BL

更新日期：2001-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Membrane morphology is compared to protein depostion under passive adsorption and ultrafiltration conditions. Solute resistance of protein deposits for membranes of varying roughness, structure, and permeability can vary dramatically with operating conditions. Using Brunauer-Emmett-Teller adsorption isotherm (BET), st...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Chen V,Kim KJ,Fane AG

更新日期：1995-07-20 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：:One of the major bottlenecks in the bioconversion of lignocelluosic feedstocks to liquid ethanol is the recalcitrance of residue following pretreatment, specifically softwood derived residues. Peroxide delignification has previously been shown to effectively aid in the removal of condensed lignaceous moieties from sub...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Cullis IF,Mansfield SD

更新日期：2010-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:An experimental device was constructed to allow nearly simultaneous measurements to be made on temperature and gas composition at different depths in a solid-substrate fermentation bed. The time-dependent values of temperature, mol % O(2) and mol % CO(2) were measured at five positions in beds 6.35 cm (2.5 in.) deep. ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Rathbun BL,Shuler ML

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The S-System formalism provides a popular, versatile and mathematically tractable representation of metabolic pathways. At steady-state, after a logarithmic transformation, the S-System representation reduces into a system of linear equations. Thus, the maximization of a particular metabolite concentration or a flux s...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Petkov SB,Maranas CD

更新日期：1997-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:N-linked glycan distribution affects important end-use characteristics such as the bioactivity and efficacy of many therapeutic proteins, (including monoclonal antibodies), in vivo. Yet, obtaining desired glycan distributions consistently during batch-to-batch production can be challenging for biopharmaceutical manufa...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： St Amand MM,Radhakrishnan D,Robinson AS,Ogunnaike BA

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The direct microbial conversion (DMC) process for the production of ethanol from lignocellulosic biomass is limited by low volumetric ethanol production rates due to the low cell densities of Clostridium thermosaccharolyticum which is a key organism for ethanol production in this process. Hence, this study focuses on ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Mistry FR,Cooney CL

更新日期：1989-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of external calcium concentrations on biosynthesis of ginsenoside Rb1 and several calcium signal sensors were quantitatively investigated in suspension cultures of Panax notoginseng cells. It was observed that the synthesis of intracellular ginsenoside Rb1 in 3-day incubation was dependent on the medium Ca...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Yue CJ,Zhong JJ

更新日期：2005-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The results from this study demonstrate that neutral resins can selectively concentrate specific indole alkaloids from dilute aqueous mixtures. Adsorption was observed to provide a one to two order of magnitude improvement in concentrating these alkaloids, as compared to an equivalent single-staged extraction. Since t...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Payne GF,Shuler ML

更新日期：1988-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Although widely used in experimental and industrial situations, genetically engineered plasmids containing the lac promoter from Escherichia coli are subject to catabolite repression when grown in glucose-containing media. Several methods of overcoming this problem have been investigated by studying the expression of ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Warnes A,Stephenson JR,Fooks AR,Melling J,Brown MR

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell-division-cycle, temperature-sensitive mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae were investigated as a means of altering the morphological characteristics and subsequent physical properties of single-cell protein (SCP). Strain 4471, harboring mutation cdc 4, formed a visible complex mass at the nonpermissive temperatur...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Miyasaka Y,Rha C,Sinskey AJ

更新日期：1980-10-01 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：:The kinetics of cellular reproduction and the rate and extent of synthesis of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) were investigated for P. aeruginosa growing in glucose-limited chemostats. mu(max) and K(s) estimates of 0.4 h(-1) and 2 mg glucose C/L, respectively, at 25 degrees C were obtained for this bacterium....

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Robinson JA,Trulear MG,Characklis WG

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cyclic fed-batch bioprocess is designed and a significant improvement of rice alpha-amylase productivity of recombinant Yarrowia lipolytica is illustrated. A bioprocess control strategy developed and reported here entails use of a genetically stable recombinant cloned for heterologous protein, use of optimized media...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Chang CC,Ryu DD,Park CS,Kim JY

更新日期：1998-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A new type of liquid emulsion membrane containing reversed micelles for protein extraction is introduced. A three-step extraction mechanism is proposed including solubilization, transportation, and release of the protein. The surfactants Span80 and sodium di(2-ethylhexyl)sulfosuccinate (AOT) are used to stabilize the ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Stobbe H,Yunguang X,Zihao W,Jufu F

更新日期：1997-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Current techniques for characterizing biofilm physiology lack the signal filtering capability required for quantifying signals associated with real time biologically active transport. Though a great deal was learned from previous investigations, no results have been reported on the characterization of in vivo, real ti...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： McLamore ES,Porterfield DM,Banks MK

更新日期：2009-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The adsorption of cellulase on cellulose and a lignacious residue was examined by using cellulase from Trichoderma reesei, hardwood pretreated by dilute sulfuric acid under high pressure, and a lignacious residue prepared by a complete enzymatic hydrolysis of the pretreated wood. A significant amount of cellulase was ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Ooshima H,Burns DS,Converse AO

更新日期：1990-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Immobilized enzyme hollow fibers may be useful in the purification or treatment of whole blood under clinical conditions. In this study, catalytically pure heparinase was immobilized to cellulose to analyze the feasibility for the removal of heparin's anticoagulant activity from whole blood. The kinetics of catalytica...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Comfort AR,Albert E,Langer R

更新日期：1989-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A technology has been developed to achieve optimal attachment of adhesion-independent lymphocytes to microcarrier beads. The activation of T-lymphocytes by concanavalin A was tested under microgravity conditions in an experiment carried out in space during the first Spacelab Life Science Mission. Activation, measure...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Bechler B,Cogoli A,Cogoli-Greuter M,Müller O,Hunzinger E,Criswell SB

更新日期：1992-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A model for the prediction of protein partition coefficients in aqueous two-phase systems has been developed. This model accounts for both charge-independent and electrostatic effects. The determination of nonelectrostatic effects was based on the model of Eiteman and Gainer for uncharged solutes while the electrostat...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Sebastião MJ,Martel P,Baptista A,Petersen SB,Cabral JM,Aires-Barros MR

更新日期：1997-11-05 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