abstract：:A pot-culture experiment was conducted to observe the effects of acidic sludge addition to the soils on bioavailability and uptake of heavy metals in different parts of pea plant as well as its influence on the growth of that plant. It is observed from our result the abundances of total and bio-available heavy metals ...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Bose S,Chandrayan S,Rai V,Bhattacharyya AK,Ramanathan AL

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this work was to study the influence of influent chemical oxygen demand (COD), upflow velocity of wastewater, and cationic polymer additives in inoculum, on biomass granulation and COD removal efficiency in upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor for treating low strength wastewater. Statistical mode...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Bhunia P,Ghangrekar MM

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The medicinal potentials of the methanol extracts of the leaves and stems of Halleria lucida (Scrophulariaceae) were evaluated by assessing their antibacterial and antioxidant properties in vitro using standard procedures. The antioxidant activities of methanol extract of the leaves as determined by the ABTS, DPPH, pr...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Adedapo AA,Jimoh FO,Koduru S,Masika PJ,Afolayan AJ

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study is designed to examine the chemical composition and in vitro antioxidant activity of the essential oil and sub-fractions of the methanol extract of Marrubium globosum subsp. globosum. The GC and GC-MS analysis of the essential oil were resulted in the determination of 84 components representing 88.2% of the...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Sarikurkcu C,Tepe B,Daferera D,Polissiou M,Harmandar M

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beet vinasse (BV), a green manure constituted by Trifolium pratense L. uncomposted (TP) and composted with beet vinasse (at 1:1 rate, (TP+BV)1, and 2:1 rate, (TP+BV)2) at 10t organic matter ha(-1) rate were applied during a period of four years for purpose of restoration of a Xelloric Calciorthid located near Seville ...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Tejada M,Gonzalez JL,García-Martínez AM,Parrado J

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The economic feasibility of algal mass culture for biodiesel production is enhanced by the increase in biomass productivity and storage lipids. Effect of iron on growth and lipid accumulation in marine microalgae Chlorella vulgaris were investigated. In experiment I, supplementing the growth media with chelated FeCl3 ...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Liu ZY,Wang GC,Zhou BC

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Main goal of the study was present the results of some respirometric measurements of activated sludge biodegrading the substrate in the wastewater originated in selected sections of the dairy processing line. The following dairy production effluents were analyzed in the research: the pumping station wastewater (combin...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Janczukowicz W,Zieliński M,Debowski M

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to prepare a genuine biodiesel, it is essential to use methanol prepared from biomass but not natural gas for biodiesel production. Thus, we have proposed to use crude bio-methanol produced by wood gasification for biodiesel production. Since such a bio-methanol contains some impurities, an effect of its impu...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Isayama Y,Saka S

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was carried out to investigate the production of fungal biomass protein (FBP) in treatment of winery wastewater using microfungi. Three fungal strains, Trichoderma viride WEBL0702, Aspergillus niger WEBL0901 and Aspergillus oryzae WEBL0401, were selected in terms of microbial capability for FBP production a...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Zhang ZY,Jin B,Bai ZH,Wang XY

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The kinetics of epoxidation of cottonseed oil by peroxyacetic acid generated in situ from hydrogen peroxide and glacial acetic acid in the presence of liquid inorganic acid catalysts were studied. It was possible to obtain up to 78% relative conversion to oxirane with very less oxirane cleavage by in situ technique. T...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Dinda S,Patwardhan AV,Goud VV,Pradhan NC

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Composting of dead birds with caged layer manure (CLM) and farm yard manure (FYM) was carried out to study the feasibility of composting as an alternative for disposal in Tamil Nadu State, India. The dead birds were sequentially layered with manure substrate and carbon source as per recipes formulated in mini-compost ...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Sivakumar K,Saravana Kumar VR,Jagatheesan PN,Viswanathan K,Chandrasekaran D

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Batch experiments were conducted to study the biosorption characteristics of a cationic dye, Malachite Green (MG), onto aerobic granules. Effects of pH, aerobic granule dosage, contact time and solution temperature on MG biosorption by aerobic granules were evaluated. Simultaneity the thermodynamic analysis was also p...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Sun XF,Wang SG,Liu XW,Gong WX,Bao N,Gao BY,Zhang HY

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The formation and long-term stability of nitrifying granules in a sequencing batch reactor was investigated in this study. The results showed that nitrifying granules with a size of 240 microm and SVI of 40 ml g(-1) were formed on day 21 at a settling time of 10 min. Maintaining settling time at 15 min from day 57 to ...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Liu YQ,Wu WW,Tay JH,Wang JL

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An attempt was made to study the efficient use of rice straw and indigenous source of phosphorus and potassium in crop production through composting technology. Various enriched composts were prepared using rice straw, rock phosphate (RP), waste mica and bioinoculant (Aspergillus awamori) and kinetics of release of ph...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Nishanth D,Biswas DR

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extracellular dextransucrase from Leuconostoc mesenteroides NRRL B-640 was purified using polyethylene glycol fractionation (PEG) and gel-filtration. The cell free extract was subjected to fractionation by PEG-200, 400 and 1500. The 10% (w/v) PEG-1500 gave dextransucrase with maximum specific activity of 23 with 4...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Purama RK,Goyal A

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Addition of bacterial culture strain P7014 and its supernatant to the mushroom growing media resulted in mushroom mycelia run faster. Mycelial growth rate of Pleurotus eryngii was increased up to 1.6 fold and primordial formation was induced one day earlier. Moreover, it was supposed that addition of bacteria had bene...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Kim MK,Math RK,Cho KM,Shin KJ,Kim JO,Ryu JS,Lee YH,Yun HD

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the feasibility of using pre-treated plant liquors as organic carbon sources for the treatment of hydroponic wastewater containing high nitrate-N (>300 mg N/L). The waste plant material was pre-treated to extract organic carbon-rich liquors. When this plant liquor was used as an organic carbon ...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Park JB,Craggs RJ,Sukias JP

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Silicone rubbers are hydrophobic, a feature that may prove advantageous if this material is to be used as immobilization matrix in bioconversion systems where hydrophobic species are present, such as sterols and mycobacterial cells. Mycobacterium sp. cells with sitosterol side chain cleavage activity were accordingly ...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Claudino MJ,Soares D,Van Keulen F,Marques MP,Cabral JM,Fernandes P

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbial population dynamics were studied during the start-up and stabilization periods in thermophilic-dry anaerobic digestion at lab-scale. The experimental protocol was defined to quantify Eubacteria and Archaea using Fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) in a continuously stirred tank reactor (CSTR), without r...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Montero B,Garcia-Morales JL,Sales D,Solera R

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the biosorption of nickel(II) ion on deactivated protonated yeast was investigated as a function of temperature at different initial metal ion concentrations. The effect of temperature on the sorption was more significant at lower nickel(II) ion concentrations compared to higher concentrations. The prot...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Padmavathy V

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Agricultural use of organic residues offers an attractive method for their safe disposal and a valuable source of organic amendments and nutrients. A field experiment was conducted to investigate the influences of 0, 25, 50 and 100 t/ha spent mushroom compost (SMC), forced aeration compost (FAC) and inorganic fertiliz...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Courtney RG,Mullen GJ

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Contamination of soil and groundwater with mineral oil-based products is among the most common sources of pollution in Nigeria. This study evaluated the distribution of some heavy metals and hydrocarbon content in soil contaminated with waste-lubricating oil (spent oil), and the effectiveness of some abundantly availa...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Adesodun JK,Mbagwu JS

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PCR amplified product containing gene responsible for dye decolorization was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. The resulting recombinant strain E. coli SS125 decolorized 200mg/l azo dye (Remazol Red) at 30 degrees C at 255 mg cell/l/h, while the host E. coli (DH5 alpha) had no color removal ability. The depend...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Sandhya S,Sarayu K,Uma B,Swaminathan K

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tannase from Penicillium variable IARI 2031 was purified by a two-step purification strategy comprising of ultra-filtration using 100 kDa molecular weight cutoff and gel-filtration using Sephadex G-200. A purification fold of 135 with 91% yield of tannase was obtained. The enzyme has temperature and pH optima of 50 de...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Sharma S,Agarwal L,Saxena RK

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A continuous fixed bed study was carried out by using rice husk as a biosorbent for the removal of congo red (CR) from aqueous solution. The effects of important factors, such as the value of initial pH, existing salt, the flow rate, the influent concentration of CR and bed depth, were studied. Data confirmed that the...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Han R,Ding D,Xu Y,Zou W,Wang Y,Li Y,Zou L

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Levan, a polysaccharide from Zymomonas mobilis, was hydrolyzed to obtain oligofructans or fructooligosaccharides with a degree of polymerization varying from 4 to 14. Fructooligosaccharides (FOS) are short chain fructans that beneficially affects the host by selective stimulation of growth and activity of one or a num...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： de Paula VC,Pinheiro IO,Lopes CE,Calazans GC

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines the structure of residual and dissolved lignins from Pinus pinaster pulps obtained at different degrees of delignification by laboratory conventional kraft pulping. The cooking H factor was varied from 85 to 8049. The residual and dissolved lignin samples were characterised by elemental analysis, r...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Baptista C,Robert D,Duarte AP

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An aerobic submerged filter (ASF) using volcanic scoria stones as packing media was evaluated. The wastewater used was a mixture of sewage with sugar to obtain organic matter concentrations between 28 and 3230 mg CODt/L, hydraulic rates up to 2.88 m3/m2 d and organic loading rates between 0.45 and 9.4 kg CODt/m3 d. Th...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Morgan-Sagastume JM,Noyola A

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A medicinal mushroom Fomes fomentarius, was isolated from the fruiting body of a wild F. fomentarius and identified by ITS-5.8S rDNA sequencing analysis. Then, the optimization of submerged culture conditions and nutritional requirements of mycelial biomass and exopolysaccharide (EPS) production from F. fomentarius wa...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Chen W,Zhao Z,Chen SF,Li YQ

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the salinity uptake by natural zeolite when used as an ingredient during the composting process. The amounts of 5% and 10% of natural zeolite were applied to poultry litter as volume and compared with the compost made with no amendment. The results clearly showed that the salin...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Turan NG

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brewery wastewater was treated in a pilot-scale anaerobic sequencing batch reactor (ASBR) in which a floating cover(@) was employed. Long time experiments showed that the reactor worked stably and effectively for COD removal and gas production. When the organic loading rate was controlled between 1.5 kg COD/m3 d and 5...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Shao X,Peng D,Teng Z,Ju X

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both dilute and concentrated vinasse can be spread on agricultural fields or used as organic fertilizer. The effects of different characteristics of the original raw material on the biochemical composition of vinasse and their C and N mineralization in soil were investigated. Vinasse samples were obtained from similar...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Parnaudeau V,Condom N,Oliver R,Cazevieille P,Recous S

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cinnamomum osmophloeum Kaneh. is an indigenous tree species in Taiwan. In this study, phytochemical characteristics and antioxidant activities of ethanolic extracts from the twigs of C. osmophloeum were investigated for the first time. The extracts were obtained successively using liquid-liquid partition to yield n-he...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Chua MT,Tung YT,Chang ST

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nutrition had highly influence on the antibiotic production by Xenorhabdus nematophila YL001. Glucose and peptone were identified as the best carbon and nitrogen sources that significantly affected antibiotic production using one-factor-at-a-time approach. Response surface methodology was applied to optimize the mediu...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Wang YH,Li YP,Zhang Q,Zhang X

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wastewaters from farm and composting operations are often rich in select nutrients that potentially can be reutilized in crop production. Liners of silverleaf dogwood (Cornus alba L. 'Argenteo-marginata'), common ninebark [Physocarpus opulifolius (L.) Maxim.], and Anthony Waterer spirea (Spiraeaxbumalda Burvénich 'Ant...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Chong C,Purvis P,Lumis G,Holbein BE,Voroney RP,Zhou H,Liu HW,Alam MZ

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To make sure that microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are more convenient to stack, a baffled single-chambered MFC with two groups of electrodes sharing only one anode chamber was designed and the performance was examined. The experiments showed that the prototype MFC generated electrical power (maximum of 133 mW/m(2)) while ...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Li Z,Yao L,Kong L,Liu H

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Culture conditions were optimized for an extracellular cold-active protease production by the psychrophilic bacterium Colwellia sp. NJ341. Response surface methodology was applied for the most significant fermentation parameters (casein, citrate sodium, temperature and Tween-80) identified earlier by one-factor-at-a-t...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Wang Q,Hou Y,Xu Z,Miao J,Li G

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of temperature on the adsorption of metanil yellow (MY) (acidic) and methylene blue (MB) (basic) by poplar sawdust was investigated. In addition, the amounts of NaHCO(3), Na(2)CO(3), NaOH and C(2)H(5)ONa adsorbed by 1g of poplar sawdust to determine its surface acidity were also determined. Kinetical data o...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Pekkuz H,Uzun I,Güzel F

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Column studies were conducted, using iron oxide-coated Aspergillus niger biomass, to examine the removal of arsenic [As(III) and As(V)] from an aqueous solution. The Thomas and Yan models were examined to predict the breakthrough curves. The Yan Model described the data better (based on the R(2) values) when compared ...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Pokhrel D,Viraraghavan T

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work, a simple, inexpensive, and efficient method of preparing immobilized lipase is presented. The lipase originating from a newly isolated indigenous strain Burkholderia sp. C20 was immobilized onto cellulose nitrate (CN) membrane via filtration. The CN-immobilized lipase was able to retain 60% of its origin...

journal_title：Bioresource technology

authors： Liu CH,Chang JS

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00