Action of shear on enzymes: studies with alcohol dehydrogenase.

abstract：:The production of dry-grind corn ethanol results in the generation of intermediate products, thin and whole stillage, which require energy-intensive downstream processing for conversion into commercial animal feed products. Hydrothermal carbonization of thin and whole stillage coupled with anaerobic digestion was inve...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Wood BM,Jader LR,Schendel FJ,Hahn NJ,Valentas KJ,McNamara PJ,Novak PM,Heilmann SM

更新日期：2013-10-01 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：:One of the critical problems in scale-up of affinity chromatography is the mechanical strength of the support matrix against pressure. Because the costs of both the gel matrix and the ligand for the affinity chromatography are very high, the reusability of gel matrices is directly related to the total production cost....

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Kang K,Ryu D,Drohan WN,Orthner CL

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A priori knowledge of the dissolved oxygen (O2) concentration profile within a hepatic hollow fiber (HF) bioreactor is important in developing an effective bioartificial liver assist device (BLAD). O2 provision is limiting within HF bioreactors and we hypothesize that supplementing a hepatic HF bioreactor's circulatin...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Sullivan JP,Gordon JE,Palmer AF

更新日期：2006-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene expression microarrays are a relatively new technology, dating back just a few years, yet they have already become a very widely used tool in biology, and have evolved to a wide range of applications well beyond their original design intent. However, while the use of microarrays has expanded, and the issues of pe...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Grant GR,Manduchi E,Pizarro A,Stoeckert CJ Jr

更新日期：2003-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Two thermophilic bacteria, Thermus aquaticus ATCC 25104 and Thermus species ATCC 27978, were investigated for their abilities to degrade BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes). Thermus aquaticus and the Thermus sp. were grown in a nominal medium at 70 degrees C and 60 degrees C, respectively, and resting c...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Chen CI,Taylor RT

更新日期：1995-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A mutant of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which forms large, multicellular flocs in liquid culture, rapidly fermented media containing high concentrations of glucose (100-180 g/L) in a continuous nonaerated tower fermentor at 30 degrees C. The fermentor operated continuously for seven months. Batch and tower fermentor dat...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Jones ST,Korus RA,Admassu W,Heimsch RC

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemostat cultivation of Aspergillus niger and other filamentous fungi is often hindered by the spontaneous appearance of morphologic mutants. Using the Variomixing bioreactor and applying different chemostat conditions we tried to optimize morphologic stability in both ammonium- and glucose-limited cultures. In most ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： van de Vondervoort PJ,Poulsen BR,Ruijter GJ,Schuleit T,Visser J,Iversen JJ

更新日期：2004-05-05 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

abstract：:The heterotrophic marine alga Crypthecodinium cohnii is known to produce docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), a polyunsaturated fatty acid with food and pharmaceutical applications, during batch cultivation on complex media containing sea salt, yeast extract, and glucose. In the present study, fed-batch cultivation was studied...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： De Swaaf ME,Sijtsma L,Pronk JT

更新日期：2003-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The simultaneous biodegradation of the nonionic surfactant Tween 20 (Tw20) and pentachlorophenol (PCP) by Sphingomonas chlorophenolica sp. Strain RA2 (RA2) was measured. As a sole substrate, Tw20 biodegradation was best described by the Contois kinetic model. During concurrent biodegradation of Tw20 and PCP, the biode...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Bielefeldt AR,Cort T

更新日期：2005-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrafiltration through Carbosep M(4) mineral membrane of protein solutions of decreasing complexity (whey before and after centrifugation or clarification, beta-lactoglobulin) was studied. Mathematical models were used to explain variations in flux with time. Taking into account variations in protein retention and hy...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Taddei C,Daufin G,Aimar P,Sanchez V

更新日期：1989-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Expanded bed adsorption is a new downstream processing technique forcapture of proteins directly from unclarified feedstocks. Expanded bed adsorption reduces the number of operations in purification processes by combining clarification, concentration, and capture into one operation. It is based on stable fluidization ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Barnfield Frej AK,Hjorth R,Hammarström A

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have identified an error in the published integral form of the modified Michaelis-Menten equation that accounts for endogenous substrate production. The correct solution is presented and the error in both the substrate concentration, S, and the kinetic parameters Vm , Km , and R resulting from the incorrect solutio...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Goudar CT

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spatial cell-material interaction remains vital issue in forming biodegradable scaffolds in Tissue Engineering. In this study, to understand the influence of spatial architecture on cellular behavior, 2D and 3D chitosan scaffolds of 50-190 kD and >310 kD MW were synthesized through air drying and controlled rate f...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Huang Y,Siewe M,Madihally SV

更新日期：2006-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The investigation of new adjuvants is essential for the development of efficacious vaccines. Chitosan (CS), a derivative of chitin, has been shown to act as an adjuvant, improving vaccine-induced immune responses. However, the effect of CS molecular weight (MW) on this adjuvanticity has not been investigated, despite ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Lampe AT,Farris EJ,Brown DM,Pannier AK

更新日期：2020-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The study was done to evaluate the efficacy of using reuterin produced by Lactobacillus reuteri to sanitize biological tissues. The microorganism tested in the study was Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a common cause of nosocomial biomaterial-related infections. The inhibitory effect of reuterin on P. aeruginosa for an inocul...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Liang HF,Chen CN,Chang Y,Sung HW

更新日期：2003-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The extracellular matrix provides structural components that support the development of tissue morphology and the distribution of growth factors that modulate the overall cellular response to those growth factors. The ability to manipulate the presentation of factors in culture systems should provide an additional deg...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Jervis EJ,Guarna MM,Doheny JG,Haynes CA,Kilburn DG

更新日期：2005-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The transient and steady-state responses of hybridoma growth and metabolism to glutamine pulse and step changes have been examined. Metabolic quotients are reported for oxygen, glucose, lactate, ammonia, glutamine, alanine, and other amino acids. The specific glutamine consumption rate increased rapidly after all glut...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Miller WM,Wilke CR,Blanch HW

更新日期：1989-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Potentially damaging reactive oxygen species (ROS) are involved in a number of pathways ranging from signal transduction to apoptosis. Cells have adapted this alteration in redox status into a complex regulatory mechanism. ROS are specifically able to induce the expression of a multitude of genes. We constructed and c...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Lu C,Albano CR,Bentley WE,Rao G

更新日期：2005-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of dilution rates on the performance of a two-stage fermentation system for a recombinant Escherichia coli culture were studied. Dilution rate determines the apparent or averaged specific growth rate of a heterogeneous population of cells in the recombinant culture. The specific growth rate affects the gen...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Hortacsu A,Ryu DD

更新日期：1991-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Rifamycin B is an important polyketide antibiotic used in the treatment of tuberculosis and leprosy. We present results on medium optimization for Rifamycin B production via a barbital insensitive mutant strain of Amycolatopsis mediterranei S699. Machine-learning approaches such as Genetic algorithm (GA), Neighborhood...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Bapat PM,Wangikar PP

更新日期：2004-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Urea, ammonium, and free amino acid contents were quantified in biological aging of a young wine under two flor film forming yeast strains, Saccharomyces cerevisiae race capensis and S. cerevisiae race bayanus, and compared. Cell viability in the film was different for the two yeast strains. Thus, capensis maintained ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Mauricio JC,Ortega JM

更新日期：1997-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A detailed mechanistic model of enzymatic cellulose hydrolysis has been developed. The behavior of individual cellulase enzymes and parameters describing the cellulose surface properties are included. Results obtained for individual enzymes (T. reesei endoglucanase 2 and cellobiohydrolase I) and systems with both enzy...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Levine SE,Fox JM,Blanch HW,Clark DS

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conventional aerobic nitrification was adversely affected by single pulse inputs of six different classes of industrially relevant chemical toxins: an electrophilic solvent (1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene, CDNB), a heavy metal (cadmium), a hydrophobic chemical (1-octanol), an uncoupling agent (2,4-dinitrophenol, DNP), al...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Kelly RT 2nd,Henriques ID,Love NG

更新日期：2004-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:We demonstrate a novel application of (13)C pulsed field gradient (PFG) NMR to monitor mass transfer, due to both flow and diffusion, in a 3D complex porous support structure modified by biofilm growth. This enables timescales an order of magnitude larger than previously possible to be accessed with respect to displac...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Graf von der Schulenburg DA,Akpa BS,Gladden LF,Johns ML

更新日期：2008-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to evaluate the sensitivity of hepatocellular cultures to variations in both substrate stiffness and bioactive ligand presentation, hepatocytes were cultured on differentially compliant polyacrylamide gel discs functionalized with varying amounts of the ECM ligand, fibronectin (FN). Subconfluent cell cultures...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Semler EJ,Lancin PA,Dasgupta A,Moghe PV

更新日期：2005-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Two empirical models for the enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose are used to analyze the same set of experimental data to determine if one model is superior to the other. Both models adequately describe the data. The parameters in both models may be correlated to the hydrolysis conditions of enzyme, substrate, and produ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Holtzapple MT,Caram HS,Humphrey AE

更新日期：1984-08-01 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 modified mixing plane approach for steady state simulation of flow field in fully baffled biological reactor is presented and discussed. Without requiring any experimental input, this approach of dividing the vessel into suitable number of connected and disconnected zones; solving steady state equation separately in...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Dubey H,Das SK,Panda T

更新日期：2006-11-05 00:00:00