Downscaling screening cultures in a multifunctional bioreactor array-on-a-chip for speeding up optimization of yeast-based lactic acid bioproduction.

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：:There has been much effort exerted to reduce one carbon (C1) gas emission to address climate change. As one promising way to more conveniently utilize C1 gas, several technologies have been developed to convert C1 gas into useful chemicals such as formic acid (FA). In this study, systems metabolic engineering was util...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Ahn JH,Bang J,Kim WJ,Lee SY

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A titration bioassay, designed to accurately determine the activity of acetoclastic methanogens, is described that also allows evaluation of inhibition due to potential toxicants on the active biomass. The instrument is made of a pH-stat connected to an anaerobic batch reactor. Acetate is blended and mixed with anaero...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Rozzi A,Castellazzi L,Speece RE

更新日期：2002-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlorophyllide a was coupled with alpha-(3-aminopropyl)-omega-methoxypoly(oxyethylene) (PEG-NH2) to form a PEG-chlorophyllide conjugate through an acid-amide bond. The conjugate catalyzed the reduction of methylviologen in the presence of 2-mercaptoethanol. It also catalyzed the photoreduction of NADP+ or NAD+ in the ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Asada H,Itoh T,Kodera Y,Matsushima A,Hiroto M,Nishimura H,Inada Y

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a model for nutrient removal in an aerobic granular sludge system. This model can quantitatively describe the start-up of the system by coupling a model for studying the population dynamics of the granules in the reactor (reactor-scale model) and a model for studying the microbial community structure in t...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Kagawa Y,Tahata J,Kishida N,Matsumoto S,Picioreanu C,van Loosdrecht MC,Tsuneda S

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Model presented in this work demonstrates the combination of cell-cycle model with a model describing the growth and conversion kinetics of hybridoma cells in a steady-state continuous culture. The cell-cycle model is based upon a population balance model as described by Cazzador et al. and assumes the existence o...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Martens DE,Sipkema EM,de Gooijer CD,Beuvery EC,Tramper J

更新日期：1995-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) are invaluable research tools for studying gene functions in mammalian cells. siRNAs are mainly produced by chemical synthesis or by enzymatic digestion of double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) produced in vitro. Recently, bacterial cells, engineered with ectopic plant viral siRNA binding protein...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Kaur G,Cheung HC,Xu W,Wong JV,Chan FF,Li Y,McReynolds L,Huang L

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isothermal microcalorimeters (IMC) are highly sensitive instruments that allow the measurement of heat flow in the microwatt range. Due to their detection of minute thermal heat, IMC techniques have been used in numerous biological applications, including the study of fermentation processes, pharmaceutical development...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Santoro R,Braissant O,Müller B,Wirz D,Daniels AU,Martin I,Wendt D

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A microscale model for the transport and coupled reaction of microbes and chemicals in an idealized two-dimensional porous media has been developed. This model includes the flow, transport, and bioreaction of nutrients, electron acceptors, and microbial cells in a saturated granular porous media. The fluid and chemica...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Dillon R,Fauci L

更新日期：2000-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetically engineered microbes have been intensively investigated as a means for the cost-effective production of isoprenoids. Bacillus subtilis is a promising microbial host for this purpose because of its fast growth rate and GRAS (generally regarded as safe) status. To date, development of this host has been impai...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Zhou K,Zou R,Zhang C,Stephanopoulos G,Too HP

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteochondral tissue engineering aims to regenerate functional tissue-mimicking physiological properties of injured cartilage and its subchondral bone. Given the distinct structural and biochemical difference between bone and cartilage, bilayered scaffolds, and bioreactors are commonly employed. We present an osteocho...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Xue R,Chung B,Tamaddon M,Carr J,Liu C,Cartmell SH

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The internal regulatory processes, which underlie a variety of behavior in microbial growth on multiple substrates, are viewed as a manifestation of an invariant strategy to optimize some goal of the cells. A goal-seeking or cybernetic model is proposed here, with the optimization obased on a short-term perspective of...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Kompala DS,Ramkrishna D,Tsao GT

更新日期：1984-11-01 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：:While elastin-like polypeptides and peptides (ELPs) have been used for various stimulus-responsive applications, details of their switching remain unclear. We therefore constructed a novel series of filamentous phage particles displaying a high surface density of short ELPs. The surface display of ELPs did not disrupt...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Hathorne AP,Bermudez H

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method is described to estimate the microbial biomass of a sample, to enumerate the cells, and to distinguish the portion of metabolically active cells in the population by measuring the binding of phenyldicarbaundecaborane (PCB(-)) to the cells. This method can also be used for the analysis of a complex population ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Daugelavicius R,Bakiene E,Berzinskiene J,Bamford DH

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shake flask and stirred tank bioleaching experiments showed that the dissolution of chalcopyrite is inhibited by ferric ion concentrations as low as 200 mg L(-1) and redox potentials >420 mV (vs. Ag/AgCl). Chemical leaching of chalcopyrite (4% suspension, surface area 2.3 m2 g(-1)) was enhanced fourfold in the presenc...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Third KA,Cord-Ruwisch R,Watling HR

更新日期：2002-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Phenols are important industrial chemicals, and because they can be volatile, also appear as air pollutants. We examined the potential of tyrosinase to react with the volatile phenol p-cresol. Three lines of evidence support the conclusion that volatile phenols react with tyrosinase and are coupled (i.e., chemisorbed)...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Wu LQ,Chen T,Wallace KK,Vazquez-Duhalt R,Payne GF

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanoparticles (NPs) are able to deliver a variety of substances into eukaryotic cells. However, their usage is often hampered by a lack of specificity, leading to the undesired uptake of NPs by virtually all cell types. In contrast to this, yeast is known to be specifically taken up into immune cells after entering th...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Kiefer R,Jurisic M,Dahlem C,Koch M,Schmitt MJ,Kiemer AK,Schneider M,Breinig F

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of microalgal biomass for metal pollutant bioremediation might be improved by genetic engineering to modify the selectivity or capacity of metal biosorption. A plant cadmium (Cd) and zinc (Zn) transporter (AtHMA4) was used as a transgene to increase the ability of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii to tolerate 0.2 mM C...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Ibuot A,Webster RE,Williams LE,Pittman JK

更新日期：2020-10-01 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：:The scope in improving enzyme productivities from the cellulose fermentation process is examined in laboratory-scale fermentors. The maximum productivity (30 IU/liter hr) is attained in a continuous-culture process with cell recycle using modified medium containing 0.5% cellulose. Optimum dilution rate and recycle rat...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Ghose TK,Sahai V

更新日期：1979-02-01 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 new ultrafiltration technique based on a multimembrane stack has been developed to fractionate solutes closer in size than conventionally possible. The technique is illustrated here by obtaining a pure protein product from a binary protein mixture. By employing membranes in series without any gaskets or spacers in-b...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Feins M,Sirkar KK

更新日期：2004-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:An alkali stable polyamidase was isolated from a new strain of Nocardia farcinica. The enzyme consists of four subunits with a total molecular weight of 190 kDa. The polyamidase cleaved amide and ester bonds of water insoluble model substrates like adipic acid bishexylamide and bis(benzoyloxyethyl)terephthalate and hy...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Heumann S,Eberl A,Fischer-Colbrie G,Pobeheim H,Kaufmann F,Ribitsch D,Cavaco-Paulo A,Guebitz GM

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High hydrostatic pressure (HHP) stabilized glucose oxidase (GOx) against thermal inactivation. The apparent first-order kinetics of inactivation of GOx were investigated at 0.1-300 MPa and 58.8-80.0°C. At 240 MPa and 74.5°C, GOx inactivated at a rate 50 times slower than at atmospheric pressure at the same temperature...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Halalipour A,Duff MR Jr,Howell EE,Reyes-De-Corcuera JI

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kluyveromyces marxianus is a promising nonconventional yeast for biobased chemical production due to its rapid growth rate, high TCA cycle flux, and tolerance to low pH and high temperature. Unlike Saccharomyces cerevisiae, K. marxianus grows on low-cost substrates to cell densities that equal or surpass densities in ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： McTaggart TL,Bever D,Bassett S,Da Silva NA

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using (13)C-labeled glucose fed to a penicillin-overproducing strain of Penicillium chrysogenum, the intracellular fluxes were quantified, and the presence of two new pathways, not previously described in this organism, is suggested. Thus, glycine was synthesized not only by serine hydroxymethyltransferase, but also b...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Christensen B,Nielsen J

更新日期：2000-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood vessel development is critical for the continued growth and progression of solid tumors and, therefore, makes an attractive target for improving cancer therapy. Indeed, vascular-targeted therapies have been extensively explored but they have shown minimal efficacy as monotherapies. Combretastatin A4 (CA-4) is a ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Liu Y,Kim YJ,Siriwon N,Rohrs JA,Yu Z,Wanga P

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lignocellulosic biofuels and chemicals have great potential to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and mitigate air pollution by cutting down on greenhouse gas emissions. Chemical, thermal, and enzymatic processes are used to release the sugars from the lignocellulosic biomass for conversion to biofuels. These proce...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Kasirajan L,Maupin-Furlow JA

更新日期：2020-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:A chimeric Fab was expressed in Chinese hamster ovary cells under the control of the CMV promoter in a two-stage production process. Cells were first grown to 90% confluence at 37 degrees C in a proliferation phase, followed by a production phase at either 37 degrees C or 28 degrees C. Medium supplemented with serum a...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Schatz SM,Kerschbaumer RJ,Gerstenbauer G,Kral M,Dorner F,Scheiflinger F

更新日期：2003-11-20 00:00:00