Hydrogel-based methods for engineering cellular microenvironment with spatiotemporal gradients.

abstract：:Lactic acid, an anaerobic product of glycolysis, can be theoretically produced by synthetic route; however, it is commercially produced by homo-fermentative batch mode of operations. Factors affecting its production and strategies improving it are considered while devising an optimized protocol. Although a hetero-ferm...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Yadav AK,Chaudhari AB,Kothari RM

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abiotic stress has become a challenge to food security due to occurrences of climate change and environmental degradation. Plants initiate molecular, cellular and physiological changes to respond and adapt to various types of abiotic stress. Understanding of plant response mechanisms will aid in strategies aimed at im...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Srivastava AK,Penna S,Nguyen DV,Tran LS

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many reporter genes, such as gfp, gusA, and lacZ, are widely used for research into plants, animals, and microorganisms. Reporter genes, which offer high levels of sensitivity and convenience of detection, have been utilized in transgenic technology, promoter analysis, drug screening, and other areas. Directed molecul...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Xiong AS,Peng RH,Zhuang J,Davies J,Zhang J,Yao QH

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erythritol is a natural sweetener commonly used in the food and pharmaceutical industries. Produced by microorganisms as an osmoprotectant, it is an ideal sucrose substitute for diabetics or overweight persons due to its almost zero calorie content. Currently, erythritol is produced on an industrial scale through the ...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Rzechonek DA,Dobrowolski A,Rymowicz W,Mirończuk AM

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With more and more plastics being employed in human lives and increasing pressure being placed on capacities available for plastic waste disposal, the need for biodegradable plastics and biodegradation of plastic wastes has assumed increasing importance in the last few years. This review looks at the technological adv...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Zheng Y,Yanful EK,Bassi AS

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aerobic granules are the potential tools to develop modern wastewater treatment technologies with improved nutrient removal efficiency. These granules have several promising advantages over conventional activated sludge-based wastewater treatment processes. This technology has the potential of reducing the infrastruct...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Sarma SJ,Tay JH

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biosensor technology began in the 1960s to revolutionize instrumentation and measurement. Despite the glucose sensor market success that revolutionized medical diagnostics, and artificial pancreas promise currently the approval stage, the industry is reluctant to capitalize on other relevant university-produced knowle...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Siontorou CG,Batzias FA

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chitosan, copolymer of glucosamine and N-acetyl glucosamine is mainly derived from chitin, which is present in cell walls of crustaceans and some other microorganisms, such as fungi. Chitosan is emerging as an important biopolymer having a broad range of applications in different fields. On a commercial scale, chitosa...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Dhillon GS,Kaur S,Brar SK,Verma M

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mushrooms have become increasingly important as a reliable food source. They have also been recognized as an important source of bioactive compounds of high nutritional and medicinal values. The nucleobases, nucleosides and nucleotides found in mushrooms play important roles in the regulation of various physiological ...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Phan CW,Wang JK,Cheah SC,Naidu M,David P,Sabaratnam V

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant DNA technology enables the creation of well-defined alterations in the genetic material of an organism. Methods to manipulate recombinant DNA in the filamentous fungi (a group of microorganisms that includes species of academic as well as commercial interest) have recently been developed. This has been the...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Rambosek J,Leach J

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Second generation biofuel production depends on lignocellulosic (LC) biomass transformation into simple sugars and their subsequent fermentation into alcohols. However, the main obstacle in this process is the efficient breakdown of the recalcitrant cellulose to sugar monomers. Hence, efficient feedstock pretreatment ...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Portillo Mdel C,Saadeddin A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salt-tolerant plants grow in a wide variety of saline habitats, from coastal regions, salt marshes and mudflats to inland deserts, salt flats and steppes. Halophytes living in these extreme environments have to deal with frequent changes in salinity level. This can be done by developing adaptive responses including th...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Ksouri R,Ksouri WM,Jallali I,Debez A,Magné C,Hiroko I,Abdelly C

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Triterpenoid saponins are structurally diverse secondary metabolites. They are the main active ingredient of many medicinal plants and have a wide range of pharmacological effects. Traditional production of triterpenoid saponins, directly extracted from cultivated plants, cannot meet the rapidly growing demand of phar...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Yao L,Wang J,He J,Huang L,Gao W

更新日期：2021-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitrilases are widely distributed in nature and are able to hydrolyze nitriles into their corresponding carboxylic acids and ammonia. In industry, nitrilases have been used as green biocatalysts for the production of high value-added products. To date, biocatalysts are considered to be important alternatives to chemic...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Shen JD,Cai X,Liu ZQ,Zheng YG

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Innovation holds the potential for economic prosperity. Biotechnology (BT) has proved to be a viable vehicle for the development and utilization of technologies, which has brought not only advances to society, but also career opportunities to nation-states that have enabling conditions. In this review, we assess the c...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Dettenhofer M,Ondrejovič M,Slavica A,Kurtanjek Ž,Tapaloaga D,Rodian Tapaloaga P,Kapur Pojskić L,Durmić-Pašić A,Begović J,Nedović V,Dundar M,Gartland KMA,Miertuš S

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biocatalysis in non-aqueous media has undergone tremendous development during the last decade, and numerous reactions have been introduced and optimized for synthetic applications. In contrast to aqueous enzymology, biotransformations in organic solvents offer unique industrially attractive advantages, such as: drasti...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Castro GR,Knubovets T

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many algae have immense capability to sorb metals, and there is considerable potential for using them to treat wastewaters. Metal sorption involves binding on the cell surface and to intracellular ligands. The adsorbed metal is several times greater than intracellular metal. Carboxyl group is most important for metal ...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Mehta SK,Gaur JP

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 2014 Ebola outbreak, the largest recorded, took us largely unprepared, with no available vaccine or specific treatment. In this context, the World Health Organization declared that the humanitarian use of experimental therapies against Ebola Virus (EBOV) is ethical. In particular, an experimental treatment consist...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： González-González E,Alvarez MM,Márquez-Ipiña AR,Trujillo-de Santiago G,Rodríguez-Martínez LM,Annabi N,Khademhosseini A

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since several decades ago, the application of pervaporation (PV) technology has been mainly aimed at the separation of different types of water-organic, organic-water and organic-organic mixtures, reaching its large-scale application in industry for the dehydration of organics. Today, the versatility and high selectiv...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Castro-Muñoz R,Galiano F,Figoli A

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calf rennet, which consists of over 90% chymosin, is commonly used in cheese industries for the curdling of milk. Various animal, plant and microbial sources have been exploited as possible alternatives to calf rennet. The coagulating properties of the enzymatic preparations (coagulants) from these sources differ in t...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Kumar A,Grover S,Sharma J,Batish VK

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipopolysaccharide (LPS), the major component of the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria, often pose a serious risk not only when delivered in the bloodstream but also in air, the environment and several industrial fields such as pharmaceutics or food. LPS is constituted of three regions; the O-specific chain, th...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Basauri A,González-Fernández C,Fallanza M,Bringas E,Fernandez-Lopez R,Giner L,Moncalián G,de la Cruz F,Ortiz I

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Filamentous fungi play an important role not only in the bio-manufacturing of value-added products, but also in bioenergy and environmental research. The bioprocess manipulation of filamentous fungi is more difficult than that of other microbial species because of their different pellet morphologies and the presence o...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Zhang J,Zhang J

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The beneficial effects of endophytes on plant growth are important for agricultural ecosystems because they reduce the need for fertilizers and decrease soil and water pollution while compensating for environmental perturbations. Endophytic fungi are a novel source of bioactive secondary metabolites; moreover, recentl...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Khan AL,Hussain J,Al-Harrasi A,Al-Rawahi A,Lee IJ

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Utilization of microbial oil for biodiesel production has gained growing interest due to the increase in prices and the shortage of the oils and fats traditionally used in biodiesel production. However, it is still in the laboratory study stage due to the high cost of production. Employing organic wastes as raw materi...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Chen J,Li J,Zhang X,Tyagi RD,Dong W

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental design is a form of process analysis in which certain factors are selected to obtain the desired responses of interest. It may also be used for the determination of the effects of various independent factors on a dependent factor. The bioengineering discipline includes many different areas of scientific i...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Keskin Gündoğdu T,Deniz İ,Çalışkan G,Şahin ES,Azbar N

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Vitamin K series, particularly menaquinone, have been attracting research attention, due to the potential in reducing both osteoporosis and cardiovascular diseases. This review provides an overview of the types of vitamin K and their health benefits. This is followed by a critical review of the various biotechnolo...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Berenjian A,Mahanama R,Kavanagh J,Dehghani F

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alginate has been widely used in various applications since its first extraction. What makes this biopolymer useful is its high biocompatibility and humid gelation conditions. Both of these features bring it into prominence as an ideal immobilization material. However, there are some complicated aspects of cell immobi...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Selimoglu SM,Elibol M

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteases have a broad range of applications in industrial processes and products and are representative of most worldwide enzyme sales. The genus Bacillus is probably the most important bacterial source of proteases and is capable of producing high yields of neutral and alkaline proteolytic enzymes with remarkable pr...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Contesini FJ,Melo RR,Sato HH

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbial diversity provides an immense reservoir of functions and supports key steps in maintaining ecosystem balance through matter decomposition processes and nutrient recycling. The use of microorganisms for biomolecule production is now common, but often involves single-strain cultures. In this review, we highlig...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Jobard M,Pessiot J,Nouaille R,Fonty G,Sime-Ngando T

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endophytic microbes are present in nearly all of the plant species known to date but how they enter and flourish inside a host plant and display multiple benefits like plant growth promotion (PGP), biodegradation, and stress alleviation are still unexplored. Until now, the majority of the research has been conducted a...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Dubey A,Malla MA,Kumar A,Dayanandan S,Khan ML

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00