Biosynthesis of bismuth selenide nanoparticles using chalcogen-metabolizing bacteria.

abstract：:A strong promoter increases transcription of the genes of interest and enhances the production of various valuable substances. For a hyperthermophilic archaeon Thermococcus onnurineus NA1, which can produce H2 from carbon monoxide oxidation, we searched for a novel endogenous strong promoter by transcriptome analysis ...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Lee SH,Kim MS,Jung HC,Lee J,Lee JH,Lee HS,Kang SG

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fatty acids are a promising raw material for substance production because of their highly reduced and anhydrous nature, which can provide higher fermentation yields than sugars. However, they are insoluble in water and are poorly utilized by microbes in industrial fermentation production. We used fatty acids as raw ma...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Doi H,Hoshino Y,Nakase K,Usuda Y

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) content and volumetric productivity were achieved by fed-batch culture of Halomonas boliviensis using a defined medium. Initial shake flask cultivations in a minimal medium revealed that the growth of H. boliviensis was supported only when the medium was supplemented with aspartic ac...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Quillaguamán J,Doan-Van T,Guzmán H,Guzmán D,Martín J,Everest A,Hatti-Kaul R

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Only two polyethylene glycol terephthalate (PET)-degrading enzymes have been reported, and their mechanism for the biochemical degradation of PET remains unclear. To identify a novel PET-degrading enzyme, a putative cutinase gene (cut190) was cloned from the thermophile Saccharomonospora viridis AHK190 and expressed i...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Kawai F,Oda M,Tamashiro T,Waku T,Tanaka N,Yamamoto M,Mizushima H,Miyakawa T,Tanokura M

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interest in industrial biotechnology and its importance opens up challenging possibilities of research in this area. Surfactants have long been among the most versatile of process chemicals. Their market is extremely competitive and manufacturers will have to expand their arsenal to develop products for the year 2...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Cameotra SS,Makkar RS

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elimination of acetate overflow in aerobic cultivation of Escherichia coli would improve many bioprocesses as acetate accumulation in the growth environment leads to numerous negative effects, e.g. loss of carbon, inhibition of growth, target product synthesis, etc. Despite many years of studies, the mechanism and reg...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Peebo K,Valgepea K,Nahku R,Riis G,Oun M,Adamberg K,Vilu R

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 4, 6, and 8 h was employed, respectively, in three reactors to study the effects of HRT on granulation with a newly developed fast granulation strategy, i.e., a strategy by combining strong hydraulic selection pressure with high organic loading rate (OLR). Granules with clear bounda...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Liu YQ,Zhang X,Zhang R,Liu WT,Tay JH

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Taxol is an anticancer identified in both endophytic fungus and its host plant. Plant Taxol is a diterpenoid with geranylgeranyl diphosphate (GGPP) mediates the biosynthesis of its terpenoid moiety. Previous report has suggested that fungal Taxol may require terpenoid pathway for its biosynthesis. Here in this study, ...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Soliman SSM,Mosa KA,El-Keblawy AA,Husseiny MI

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 454 pyrosequencing technique was applied to evaluate microbial community composition in sediment and water samples collected from the river receiving effluents from a swine farm and a farmhouse restaurant, respectively. For each sample, 4,600 effective sequences were selected and used to do the bacterial diversity...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Lu XM,Lu PZ

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biofilms in drinking water distribution systems (DWDSs) could cause several types of problems, such as the deterioration of water quality, corrosion of pipe walls, and potential proliferation of opportunistic pathogens. In this study, ten biofilm samples from different pipe materials, including ductile cast iron pipe ...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Ren H,Wang W,Liu Y,Liu S,Lou L,Cheng D,He X,Zhou X,Qiu S,Fu L,Liu J,Hu B

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cultures of Microcoleus consortia polluted with two different types of crude oil, one with high content in aliphatic hydrocarbons (Casablanca) and the other rich in sulphur and aromatic compounds (Maya), were grown for 50 days and studied for changes in oil composition. No toxic effects from these oils were observed o...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： De Oteyza TG,Grimalt JO,Diestra E,Solé A,Esteve I

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Saccharomyces cerevisiae was transformed with the Pichia stipitis CBS 6054 XYL1 and XYL2 genes encoding xylose reductase (XR) and xylitol dehydrogenase (XDH) respectively. The XYL1 and XYL2 genes were placed under the control of the alcohol dehydrogenase 1 (ADH1) and phosphoglycerate kinase (PGK1) promoters in the yea...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Walfridsson M,Anderlund M,Bao X,Hahn-Hägerdal B

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stereoselective carbon-carbon bond formation with aldolases has become an indispensable tool in preparative synthetic chemistry. In particular, the dihydroxyacetone phosphate (DHAP)-dependent aldolases are attractive because four different types are available that allow access to a complete set of diastereomers of vic...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Schümperli M,Pellaux R,Panke S

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phaffia rhodozyma (now Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous) and Haematococcus pluvialis are known as the major prominent microorganisms able to synthesize astaxanthin natural pigment. Important research efforts have been made to determine optimal conditions for astaxanthin synthesis. When the focus is on astaxanthin product...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Domínguez-Bocanegra AR,Ponce-Noyola T,Torres-Muñoz JA

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli-the powerhouse for recombinant protein production-is rapidly gaining status as a reliable and efficient host for secretory expression. An improved understanding of protein translocation processes and its mechanisms has inspired and accelerated the development of new tools and applications in this fiel...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Low KO,Muhammad Mahadi N,Md Illias R

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic engineering offers a practical route for enhancing the insect biological control potential of entomopathogenic fungi such as Beauveria bassiana. To date, however, such efforts have relied upon transformation protocols that utilize antibiotic or herbicidal resistance markers as selection agents for the introduc...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Ying SH,Feng MG,Keyhani NO

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The production of the anticoagulant drug heparin from non-animal sources has a number of advantages over the current commercial production of heparin. These advantages include better source material availability, improved quality control, and reduced concerns about animal virus or prion impurities. A bioengineered hep...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Wang Z,Yang B,Zhang Z,Ly M,Takieddin M,Mousa S,Liu J,Dordick JS,Linhardt RJ

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The knowledge of biosynthesis gene clusters, production improving methods, and bioactivity mechanisms is very important for the development of filamentous fungi metabolites. Metabolic engineering and heterologous expression methods can be applied to improve desired metabolite production, when their biosynthesis pathwa...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Yin Y,Cai M,Zhou X,Li Z,Zhang Y

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seasonal shifts of dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) and the dynamics of microbial communities for nitrogen transformation were investigated in the water column of Chesapeake Bay. The relative abundance of nitrogen over phosphorus (N) showed a strong seasonal and spatial pattern: gradually decreased from upstream to ...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Hong Y,Xu X,Kan J,Chen F

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With their ability to lyse Gram-positive bacteria, phage lytic enzymes (or lysins) have received a great deal of attention as novel anti-infective agents. The number of known genes encoding these peptidoglycan hydrolases has increased markedly in recent years, due in large part to advances in DNA sequencing technology...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Schmitz JE,Ossiprandi MC,Rumah KR,Fischetti VA

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four potential dehydrogenases identified through literature and bioinformatic searches were tested for L-arabonate production from L-arabinose in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The most efficient enzyme, annotated as a D-galactose 1-dehydrogenase from the pea root nodule bacterium Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trif...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Aro-Kärkkäinen N,Toivari M,Maaheimo H,Ylilauri M,Pentikäinen OT,Andberg M,Oja M,Penttilä M,Wiebe MG,Ruohonen L,Koivula A

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reduction of water-insoluble indigo by the recently isolated moderate thermophile, Clostridium isatidis, has been studied with the aim of developing a sustainable technology for industrial indigo reduction. The ability to reduce indigo was not shared with C. aurantibutyricum, C. celatum and C. papyrosolvens, but C...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Nicholson SK,John P

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aflatoxins are toxic and carcinogenic metabolites of several Aspergillus species. The effect of nitrate on aflatoxin production and expression of the key regulatory genes involved in aflatoxin biosynthesis, aflR and aflJ, were compared among isolates of the S(B) and S(BG) strains of A. flavus. Aflatoxin production by ...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Ehrlich KC,Cotty PJ

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus cereus is widely distributed food-borne pathogenic bacterium. Due to the harmness to human hearth and the generation of multidrug-resistant B. cereus, it is urgent to develop novel antimicrobial agents. Phage and phage endolysin were taken as novel antimicrobial substance for their specific lytic activity aga...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Peng Q,Yuan Y

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sialylated oligosaccharides are known to have beneficial effects, such as increasing the level of bifidobacteria, reducing the levels of blood endotoxin and blood ammonia, and enhancing the body's immune system. However, it is unknown whether sialylated lactuloses have modulatory effects on the intestinal microbiota. ...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Song M,Zeng J,Jia T,Gao H,Zhang R,Jiang J,Li G,Su T

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A freshwater algicidal bacterial strain, Lzh-5, isolated from Lake Taihu, with strong algicidal activity against Microcystis aeruginosa, was identified as Bacillus sp. based on its phenotypic characteristics and 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene sequence. The algicidal mode of Bacillus sp. Lzh-5 was indirect, attacking M....

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Li Z,Geng M,Yang H

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyphosphosphate kinases (PPKs) catalyse the reversible transfer of the γ-phosphate group of a nucleoside-triphosphate to a growing chain of polyphosphate. Most known PPKs are specific for ATP, but some can also use GTP as a phosphate donor. In this study, we describe the properties of a PPK2-type PPK of the β-proteo...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Hildenbrand JC,Teleki A,Jendrossek D

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we applied a 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) metagenomics approach to survey inanimate hospital environments (IHEs) in a respiratory care center (RCC). A total of 16 samples, including 9 from medical devices and 7 from workstations, were analyzed. Besides, clinical isolates were retrospectively analyzed during...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Tang CY,Yiu SM,Kuo HY,Tan TS,Liao KH,Liu CC,Hon WK,Liou ML

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aldolases are a specific group of lyases that catalyze the reversible stereoselective addition of a donor compound (nucleophile) onto an acceptor compound (electrophile). Whereas most aldolases are specific for their donor compound in the aldolization reaction, they often tolerate a wide range of aldehydes as acceptor...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Samland AK,Sprenger GA

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trichoderma harzianum is a widely distributed soil fungus that antagonizes numerous fungal phytopathogens. The antagonism of T. harzianum usually correlates with the production of antifungal activities including the secretion of fungal cell walls that degrade enzymes such as chitinases. Chitinases Chit42 and Chit33 fr...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Limón MC,Chacón MR,Mejías R,Delgado-Jarana J,Rincón AM,Codón AC,Benítez T

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00