A simple method for quantifying activity and survival of microorganisms involved in bioremediation processes.

abstract：:Fluorescence spectroscopy, UV-visible absorption spectroscopy, circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy, viscometry, cyclic voltammetry (CV), and differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) were applied to investigate the competitive interaction of DNA with two aromatic α-aminobisphosphonates and neutral red dye (NR, intercalato...

journal_title：Applied biochemistry and biotechnology

authors： Gholivand MB,Peyman H,Gholivand K,Roshanfekr H,Taherpour AA,Yaghobi R

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lysozymes are known as ubiquitously distributed immune effectors with hydrolytic activity against peptidoglycan, the major bacterial cell wall polymer, to trigger cell lysis. In the present study, the full-length cDNA sequence of a novel sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus invertebrate-type lysozyme (sp-iLys) was...

journal_title：Applied biochemistry and biotechnology

authors： Huang P,Shi J,Sun Q,Dong X,Zhang N

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:S-Adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase (SAHase) encoded by sahase gene is a determinant when catalyzing the reversible conversion of adenosine and homocysteine to S-adenosylhomocysteine in most living organisms. The sahase gene was isolated from the genome of the highly thermostable anaerobic bacteria Thermotoga maritima, a...

journal_title：Applied biochemistry and biotechnology

authors： Lozada-Ramírez JD,Sánchez-Ferrer A,García-Carmona F

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nephelium lappaceum L., commonly known as "rambutan," is a typical tropical tree and is well known for its juicy and sweet fruit which has an exotic flavor. Chemical studies on rambutan have led to the identification of various components such as monoterpene lactones and volatile compounds. Here, a 22.5-kDa trypsin in...

journal_title：Applied biochemistry and biotechnology

authors： Fang EF,Ng TB

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the production of ethanol from lignocellulosic biomass, the hydrolysis of the acetylated pentosans in hemicellulose during pretreatment produces acetic acid in the prehydrolysate. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is currently investigating a simultaneous saccharification and cofermentation (SSCF) pro...

journal_title：Applied biochemistry and biotechnology

authors： Lawford HG,Rousseau JD

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulation of the cysteine protease activity is imperative for proper functioning of the various organ systems. Elevated activities of cysteine proteinases due to impaired regulation by the endogenous cysteine proteinase inhibitors (cystatins) have been linked to liver malignancies. To gain an insight into these regul...

journal_title：Applied biochemistry and biotechnology

authors： Shah A,Priyadarshini M,Khan MS,Aatif M,Amin F,Bano B

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five autotrophic strains isolated from non-photosynthetic microbial communities (NPMCs), which were screened from oceans with high CO2 fixing capability, were identified as Ochrobactrum sp. WH-2, Stenotrophomonas sp. WH-11, Ochrobactrum sp. WH-13, Castellaniella sp. WH-14, and Sinomicrobium oceani WH-15. The CO2 fixat...

journal_title：Applied biochemistry and biotechnology

authors： Hu J,Wang L,Zhang S,Xi X,Le Y,Fu X,Tsang Y,Gao M

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main goal of this paper was to elaborate the possibility of industrial application of biosorption properties of Enteromorpha prolifera (production of mineral feed additives for livestock). In this study, biosorption process was used in the binding of chromium(III) ions from aqueous solution by the green macroalga....

journal_title：Applied biochemistry and biotechnology

authors： Michalak I,Chojnacka K

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, the concept of producing biodiesel from renewable lipid sources has regained international attention. In Brazil, a national program was launched in 2002 to evaluate the technical, economic, and environmental competitiveness of biodiesel in relation to the commercially available diesel oil. Several res...

journal_title：Applied biochemistry and biotechnology

authors： Ramos LP,Wilhelm HM

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to evaluate the influence of the culture medium supplementation with mineral ions, focusing on the growth of Streptococcus zooepidemicus as well as on the production and average molecular weight (MW) of hyaluronic acid (HA). The ions were investigated in terms of individual absence from the totally su...

journal_title：Applied biochemistry and biotechnology

authors： Pires AM,Eguchi SY,Santana MH

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Graphene-containing 13-93 bioactive glass and poly(ε-caprolactone)-based bilayer, electrically conductive scaffolds were prepared for osteochondral tissue repair. Biological response of osteoblastic MC3T3-E1 and chondrogenic ATDC5 cells to the composite scaffolds was assessed under mono-culture and co-culture conditio...

journal_title：Applied biochemistry and biotechnology

authors： Deliormanlı AM,Atmaca H

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hexavalent chromium, Cr(6+), is a common and toxic pollutant in soils and waters. Reduction of the mobile Cr(6+) to the less mobile and less toxic trivalent chromium, Cr(3+), can be achieved with conventional chemical reduction technologies. Alternatively, Cr(6+) can be biochemically reduced to Cr(3+) by anaerobic mic...

journal_title：Applied biochemistry and biotechnology

authors： Turick CE,Camp CE,Apel WA

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A semi-pilot continuous process (SPCP) for enzymatic biodiesel synthesis utilizing near-critical carbon dioxide (NcCO₂) as the reaction medium was developed with the aim of reducing the reaction time and alleviating the catalyst inhibition by methanol. Biodiesel synthesis was evaluated in both lab-scale and semi-pilot...

journal_title：Applied biochemistry and biotechnology

authors： Lee M,Lee D,Cho J,Kim S,Park C

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When cultured in minimal growth medium, the B38 strain of Bacillus subtilis did not exhibit any antibacterial activity against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) clinical isolate. Coculturing B38 strain with viable MRSA cells weakly increased antibacterial activity production (20 AU/ml). Addition of de...

journal_title：Applied biochemistry and biotechnology

authors： Tabbene O,Karkouch I,Slimene IB,Elfeddy N,Cosette P,Mangoni ML,Jouenne T,Limam F

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this investigation was to study the effect of Streptomyces erumpens cells immobilized in various matrices, i.e., agar-agar, polyacrylamide, and luffa (Luffa cylindrica L.) sponge for production of alpha-amylase. Luffa sponge was found to be 21% and 51% more effective in enzyme yield than agar-agar and p...

journal_title：Applied biochemistry and biotechnology

authors： Kar S,Swain MR,Ray RC

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The saccharification of marine microalgae using amylase from marine bacteria in saline conditions was investigated. An amylase-producing bacterium, Pseudoalterimonas undina NKMB 0074 was isolated and identified. The green microalga NKG 120701 was determined to have the highest concentration of intracellular carbohydra...

journal_title：Applied biochemistry and biotechnology

authors： Matsumoto M,Yokouchi H,Suzuki N,Ohata H,Matsunaga T

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present work, protective effect of tetrahydrocurcumin (THC) against oxidative damages in cadmium (Cd)-induced toxicity in rats was evaluated. Cd is an important environmental and industrial toxicant that affects almost all the organs, especially liver. Liver is the major organ responsible for the metabolism and...

journal_title：Applied biochemistry and biotechnology

authors： Ramakrishnan R,Elangovan P,Pari L

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The three-dimensional distribution (x, y, and z) of ultrasound-induced microalgal cell disruption in a sonochemical reactor was predicted by solving the Helmholtz equation using a three-dimensional acoustic module in the COMSOL Multiphysics software. The simulated local ultrasound pressure at any given location (x, y,...

journal_title：Applied biochemistry and biotechnology

authors： Wang M,Yuan W,Hale A

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycopeptides produced by Streptomyces species are the drugs used against beta-lactam drug-resistant staphylococcal infections, and vancomycin is important among them. Increased prevalence of resistant strains increased the usage of vancomycin worldwide and also promoted attempts for indigenous production. The optimum...

journal_title：Applied biochemistry and biotechnology

authors： Padma PN,Rao AB,Yadav JS,Reddy G

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vegetative insecticidal proteins (VIPs) of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) have a broad-spectrum insecticidal activity against Lepidopteran pests and no cross-resistance with the insecticidal crystal protein Cry protein. So there are great potentials for the control of agricultural pests and the resolution of resistan...

journal_title：Applied biochemistry and biotechnology

authors： Chi B,Li H,Zhang J,Wei P,Gao J,Liu R

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential of dilute-acid prehydrolysis as a pretreatment method for sugarcane bagasse, rice hulls, peanut shells, and cassava stalks was investigated. The prehydrolysis was performed at 122 degrees C during 20, 40, or 60 min using 2% H(2)SO(4) at a solid-to-liquid ratio of 1:10. Sugar formation increased with incr...

journal_title：Applied biochemistry and biotechnology

authors： Martin C,Alriksson B,Sjöde A,Nilvebrant NO,Jönsson LJ

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biopolymers and biopreservatives produced by microorganisms play an essential role in food technology. Polyhydroxyalkanoates and bacteriocins produced by bacteria are promising components to safeguard the environment and for food preservation applications. Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB)-based antimicrobial films were prepa...

journal_title：Applied biochemistry and biotechnology

authors： Narayanan A,Neera,Mallesha,Ramana KV

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Significant components of cost-effective medium for Magnusiomyces capitatus A4C extracellular lipase (ECL) production were optimized via a five-level factorial design. A simplistic, economical, and green approach was adopted for biomimetic mineralization to prepare multilayered nano-entrapped ECL, which were then appl...

journal_title：Applied biochemistry and biotechnology

authors： Baloch KA,Upaichit A,Cheirsilp B

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:γ-Aminobutyric acid (γ-GABA) is a non-proteinogenic amino acid, which acts as a major regulator in the central nervous system. Glutamate decarboxylase (namely GAD, EC 4.1.1.15) is known to be an ideal enzyme for γ-GABA production using L-glutamic acid as substrate. In this study, we cloned and expressed GAD gene from ...

journal_title：Applied biochemistry and biotechnology

authors： Xiong Q,Xu Z,Xu L,Yao Z,Li S,Xu H

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) enzyme plays a vital role in the insulin signaling pathway as well as in other pathways that are involved in the growth, migration, and survival of cells. In the insulin signaling pathway, PI3K proteins that include p50α, p85α, p85β, p55γ, p110α, p110β, and p110γ are associated with th...

journal_title：Applied biochemistry and biotechnology

authors： Chakraborty C,Doss CG,Bhatia R,Agoramoorthy G

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The production of a thermophilic 2-deoxyribose-5-phosphate aldolases (DERA) in Escherichia coli BL21 under continuous lactose induction strategy was investigated. The process was combined with the exponential feeding method, controlling the feeding rate to maintain the specific growth rate at 0.15 h(-1). The results i...

journal_title：Applied biochemistry and biotechnology

authors： Pei XL,Wang QY,Li CL,Qiu XF,Xie KL,Huang LF,Wang AM,Zeng ZW,Xie T

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The partition behavior of proteins, nucleic acids, cell membranes, cell organelles and whole cells has been studied in liquid-liquid two-phase systems composed of water, poly-(ethylene glycol), and an hydroxypropyl starch. The properties of the systems are in many respects comparable with the traditional poly(ethylene...

journal_title：Applied biochemistry and biotechnology

authors： Sturesson S,Tjerneld F,Johansson G

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Feather waste, generated in large quantities as a byproduct of commercial poultry processing, is almost pure keratin, which is not easily degradable by common proteolytic enzymes. Feather-degrading bacteria were isolated from a Brazilian poultry industrial waste. Among these isolates, a strain identified as kr2 was th...

journal_title：Applied biochemistry and biotechnology

authors： Sangali S,Brandelli A

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diacetyl production via alpha-acetolactic acid (ALA) extracellular decarboxylation in Lactococcus lactis spp. lactis bv. diacetylactis SD 933 cultures has been assessed under anaerobiosis both in batch and continuous fermentations at pH 5.5 and 8.0 by studying the effects of alpha-acetolactate decarboxylase (ADC) addi...

journal_title：Applied biochemistry and biotechnology

authors： Rondags E,Halliday E,Marc I

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we investigated structural changes in alpha-glucosidase during urea denaturation. Alpha-glucosidase was inactivated by urea in a dose-dependent manner. The inactivation was a first-order reaction with a monophase process. Urea inhibited alpha-glucosidase in a mixed-type reaction. We found that an increa...

journal_title：Applied biochemistry and biotechnology

authors： Wu XQ,Wang J,Lü ZR,Tang HM,Park D,Oh SH,Bhak J,Shi L,Park YD,Zou F

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00