Non-invasive high throughput approach for protein hydrophobicity determination based on surface tension.

abstract：:In this study, a useful method was developed to fabricate array patterns of microparticles not on electrode surfaces, but on arbitrary surfaces, using negative-dielectrophoresis (n-DEP). First, electrodes were designed and electric field simulations were performed to manipulate microparticles toward target areas. Base...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Ino K,Shiku H,Ozawa F,Yasukawa T,Matsue T

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of bioreactor configurations have been developed for the manufacture of products from mammalian cell hosts. Even in the most efficient of these, however, problems such as nutrient exhaustion, growth factor deprivation, and toxin accumulations may arise. Consequently, the current effort focused on the feasibil...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Mastrangelo AJ,Hardwick JM,Zou S,Betenbaugh MJ

更新日期：2000-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A model that portrays substrate profiles in a steady-state multispecies granular biofilm is developed and coupled with a biofilm detachment model. The model accounts for glucose, propionate, hydrogen, and acetate transformations performed by three bacterial trophic groups: acidogens, syntrophic bacterial consortia, an...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Tartakovsky B,Guiot SR

更新日期：1997-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Lutein and zeaxanthin are dietary carotenoids reported to be protective against age-related macular degeneration. Recently, the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii has received attention as a photosynthetic cell factory, but the potential of this alga for carotenoid production has not yet been evaluated. In this stud...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Baek K,Yu J,Jeong J,Sim SJ,Bae S,Jin E

更新日期：2018-03-01 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：:Extractive work-up of whole-cell biotransformations generally suffers from the formation of stable gels and slimes upon addition of the organic solvent to the cell suspension and the cell-free solution, respectively. This problem has been overcome by enzymatic lysis of emulsifying agents present in the medium through ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Jörg G,Leppchen K,Daussmann T,Bertau M

更新日期：2004-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell morphology is an important macroscopic indicator of cellular physiology and is increasingly used as a mean of probing culture state in vitro. Phase contrast microscopy (PCM) is a valuable tool for observing live cells morphology over long periods of time with minimal culture artifact. Two general approaches are c...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Juneau PM,Garnier A,Duchesne C

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biofouling is the undesirable adhesion and development of microorganisms and macroorganisms in a water environment. An electrochemical antifouling system based on management of primary adhesion of microorganisms was developed employing titanium electrode for antifouling of seawater cooling pipes and marine infrastruct...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Wake H,Takahashi H,Takimoto T,Takayanagi H,Ozawa K,Kadoi H,Okochi M,Matsunaga T

更新日期：2006-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A comprehensive study of the application of continuous zone electrophoresis to preparative separation of proteins in free solution is presented. First, the influence of electric field strength, buffer residence time in the chamber, sample flow rate, and sample concentration on separation resolution and throughput were...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Nath S,Schütte H,Hustedt H,Deckwer WD

更新日期：1993-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel fed-batch approach for the production of L-phenylalanine (L-Phe) with recombinant E. coli is presented concerning the on-line control of the key fermentation parameters glucose and tyrosine. Two different production strains possessing either the tyrosine feedback resistant aroF(fbr) (encoding tyrosine feedback...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Gerigk M,Bujnicki R,Ganpo-Nkwenkwa E,Bongaerts J,Sprenger G,Takors R

更新日期：2002-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:A rapid method is developed to analyze the kinetics of thermal inactivation of enzymes that exhibit a nonlinear biphasic log(activity)-time relationship. Thermal destruction experiments on alcohol dehydrogenase from baker's yeast demonstrate the applicability of the method. The method is based on physical consideratio...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Nath S

更新日期：1996-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:In large-scale mammalian cell culture, the key toxic by-products assessed and monitored are lactate and ammonia. Often no distinction between the two isoforms of lactate is made. Here, we present profiles of both D- and L-lactate. D-Lactate is the end molecule of the methylglyoxal pathway. D-Lactate unlike L-lactate i...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Paoli T,Faulkner J,O'kennedy R,Keshavarz-Moore E

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This communication demonstrates that two-phase aqueous mixed (nonionic/ionic) micellar systems have the potential for improving the separation of proteins from viruses. Specifically, two separation experiments were performed to show that the addition of the anionic surfactant sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) to the two-ph...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Kamei DT,King JA,Wang DI,Blankschtein D

更新日期：2002-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:An aeration tank/sedimentation tank system is considered for large variations of organic loading. In this case, it is important to take into account the variability of the characteristics describing the oxidation of activated sludge as well as its sedimentation. The minimum cost of the treatment system is also evaluat...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Vasiliev VB,Vavilin VA

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a dual-chambered bioreactor (DCB) that incorporates a membrane to study stratified 3D cell populations for skin tissue engineering. The DCB provides adjacent flow lines within a common chamber; the inclusion of the membrane regulates flow layering or mixing, which can be exploited to produce layers o...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Navarro J,Swayambunathan J,Janes ME,Santoro M,Mikos AG,Fisher JP

更新日期：2019-12-01 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：:In this study, omics-based analysis tools were used to explore the effect of glucose starvation and culture duration on monoclonal antibody (mAb) production in fed-batch CHO cell culture to gain better insight into how these parameters can be controlled to ensure optimal mAb productivity and quality. Titer and N-glyco...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Fan Y,Jimenez Del Val I,Müller C,Lund AM,Sen JW,Rasmussen SK,Kontoravdi C,Baycin-Hizal D,Betenbaugh MJ,Weilguny D,Andersen MR

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of organic solvents on the equilibrium position of lipase-catalyzed esterification of glycerol and decanoic acid has been investigated. The reaction is carried out in an aqueous-organic two-phase system. In polar solvents, high mole fractions of monoacylglycerol and low mole fractions of triacylglycerol and...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Janseen AE,Van der Padt A,Van Sonsbeek HM,Van't Riet K

更新日期：1993-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant cell walls are composed primarily of cellulose, hemicelluloses, lignins, and pectins. Of these components, lignins exhibit unique chemistry and physiological functions. Although lignins can be used as a product feedstock or as a fuel, lignins are also generally seen as a barrier to efficient enzymatic breakdown ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Donohoe BS,Decker SR,Tucker MP,Himmel ME,Vinzant TB

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article we present magnetic resonance microscopy (MRM) characterization of the advective transport in a biofilm capillary reactor. The biofilm generates non-axial flows that are up to 20% of the maximum axial velocity. The presence of secondary velocities of this magnitude alters the mass transport in the bior...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Gjersing EL,Codd SL,Seymour JD,Stewart PS

更新日期：2005-03-30 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 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：:The combination of Sephadex G-15 and ion-exchange resin columns allows one-step desalting and separation of cellodextrins using water as the sole eluent. The column apparatus described in this paper has the potential of producing up to 3 g cellodextrins in one day. In addition, the columns described are stable and do ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Markovits A

更新日期：1978-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Derivatives of Escherichia coli C were engineered to produce primarily succinate or malate in mineral salts media using simple fermentations (anaerobic stirred batch with pH control) without the addition of plasmids or foreign genes. This was done by a combination of gene deletions (genetic engineering) and metabolic ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Jantama K,Haupt MJ,Svoronos SA,Zhang X,Moore JC,Shanmugam KT,Ingram LO

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The application of the unscented Kalman filter to control starvation-induced programmed cell death-apoptosis-in Chinese hamster ovary cells was investigated. Neural network-based sensitivity analysis identified glutamine and asparagine as two major amino acids that play a key role in the suppression of apoptosis. Dyna...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Simon L,Karim MN

更新日期：2002-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Many bacteria used for biotechnological applications are naturally motile. Their "bio-nanopropeller" driven movement allows searching for better environments in a process called chemotaxis. Since bacteria are extremely small in size compared to the bulk fluid volumes in bioreactors, single cell motility is not conside...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Arora S,Bhat V,Mittal A

更新日期：2007-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A model for cometabolism is verified experimentally for a defined methanotrophic mixed culture. The model includes the effects of cell growth, endogenous cell decay, product toxicity, and competitive inhibition with the assumption that cometabolic transformation rates are enhanced by reducing power obtained from oxida...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Chang WK,Criddle CS

更新日期：1997-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Efficient xylose utilization will facilitate microbial conversion of lignocellulosic sugar mixtures into valuable products. In Escherichia coli, xylose catabolism is controlled by carbon catabolite repression (CCR). However, in E. coli such as the succinate-producing strain KJ122 with disrupted CCR, xylose utilization...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Kurgan G,Sievert C,Flores A,Schneider A,Billings T,Panyon L,Morris C,Taylor E,Kurgan L,Cartwright R,Wang X

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many bioprocesses depend on the effective formation of a biofilm on a solid support. In the present study, three different surface treatments (sandblasting, pure-O(2) plasma, and He-O(2) plasma treatments) were conducted on polypropylene (PP) Pall rings used as a support in biotrickling filters for air pollution contr...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Prado OJ,Popat SC,Chen G,Walker SL,Lafuente J,Gabriel D,Deshusses MA

更新日期：2009-08-15 00:00:00