Showing papers in "Biochemical Engineering Journal in 2009"

TL;DR: In future, SSF technology would be well developed at par with SmF if rationalization and standardization continues in current trend and the state-of-art scenario in totality on SSF is described.

TL;DR: An overview of the applications of the cavitation phenomenon in the specific area of biochemical engineering/biotechnology, discussing the areas of application, the role of cavitation, the observed enhancement and its causes by highlighting some typical examples is provided in this paper.

TL;DR: A brief summary of the role of biomass in heavy metal removal from aqueous solutions can be found in this paper, where the authors discuss the equilibria and kinetic aspects of biosorption.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide an overview of the microbiology, biokinetics, current and potential applications of the bacteria of the sulphur cycle and the reactions which are carried out by these versatile microorganisms.

TL;DR: In this article, an air-cathode MFC with membrane electrode assembly was operated over four batch cycles (a total period of 140 d) and results indicated that starch processing wastewater containing 4852mg/l of chemical oxygen demand could be used as substrate to produce electricity with this MFC.

TL;DR: In this paper, the efficiencies of fumaric, maleic, and sulfuric acid in wheat straw pretreatment were compared, and the influence of pretreatment temperature and of wheat straw loading was studied.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors introduced the filamentous fungus Mucor circinelloides as a potential feedstock for biodiesel production, which showed a high content (>85%) of saponifiable matter and a suitable fatty acid profile.

TL;DR: In this paper, the Plackett-Burman design was used in order to select the most important variables from the simultaneous study on influence of operating and reactional conditions, and central composite design to optimize the process of enzymatic hydrolysis.

TL;DR: In this paper, the advantages and roles of various matrices, different strategies for biosensor construction, analytical performance and applications are discussed, and the prospects of urea biosensors for medical applications are also discussed.

TL;DR: In this paper, a process was elaborated for one-step low lignin content sugarcane bagasse hemicellulose extraction using alkaline solution of hydrogen peroxide, and several extraction conditions were examined applying the 2 4 factorial design: H 2 O 2 concentration from 2 to 6% (w/v), reaction time from 4 to 16h, temperature from 20 to 60°C, and magnesium sulfate absence or presence (0.5%, w/v).

TL;DR: A green low-cost and reproducible yeast ( Saccharomyces cerevisiae ) mediated biosynthesis of Sb 2 O 3 nanoparticles is reported in this paper, where synthesis is performed akin to room temperature in the laboratory ambience.

TL;DR: Wash performance analysis revealed that the NH1 crude enzyme could effectively remove a variety of stains, such as blood, chocolate and barbecue sauce, and may be considered a potential candidate for future use in detergent processing industries.

TL;DR: The electrostatic interaction between the charged amino acid residues at a protein's surface and the positively charged IL-cation to be the main driving force of the extraction process is proposed.

TL;DR: In this paper, a granular activated carbon single-chamber MFC (GAC-SCMFC) was developed to collect the electrons generated in the GAC bed and the results showed that the current was split among the multiple anodes, and the cathode was the limiting factor in the power production.

TL;DR: This review summarizes recent developments in the nanostructured biocatalyst with emphasis on those formed with polymers, and the use of molecular simulation as a tool for the design and application of nanost Structures, although at a nascent stage.

TL;DR: The aspects of bioreactor design engineering to enable plant cell growth and production of valuable recombinant proteins is discussed, including unique characteristics and requirements of suspended plant cells, properties of recombinant protein expression in a heterologous plant expression environment,Bioreactor types, design criteria, and optimization strategies that have been successfully used, and examples of industrial applications.

TL;DR: This review gives an insight in to the recent technological developments in the production of bioenergy, i.e., bioethanol and biodiesel fuel using surface engineered yeast and whole-cell biocatalysts.

TL;DR: Experimental values indicated that both free suspended and immobilized cells showed high phenol degradation efficiencies, higher than 95% within 35 h with an initial concentration of 800 mg/l phenol, and the immobilization cells showed better performance than that of the suspended cells.

TL;DR: In this article, the inducement of electroactive consortia was carried out in dual-chamber MFCS using acetate-based substrate and a protein-rich synthetic wastewater in fed-batch mode.

TL;DR: In this paper, the combination of sludge thermal pretreatment (110, 165 and 220°C) and batch thermophilic anaerobic digestion (55°C), was shown to be the optimal conditions for sludge to be treated at 165°C, involving a chemical oxygen demand (COD) and volatile solids (VS) solubilisation of 18 and 15% and a biodegradability increase from 47 to 61%.

TL;DR: In this article, a multi-component acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) adsorption on high-silica zeolite CBV28014 has been shown to adsorb butanol selective over water, while showing higher affinity for butanol than for acetone and ethanol.

TL;DR: DGGE analysis based on primers selective for archaea indicated presence of very few methanogens in exoelectrogenic, biofilm-forming microbial consortium enriched in an acetate-fed microbial fuel cell using a flow-through anode coupled to an air-cathode.

TL;DR: In this article, the methyl esters of the long chain fatty acids (biodiesel) were synthesized by methanolysis of canola oil by immobilized lipase Lipase from Thermomyces lanuginosus was immobilized by both physical adsorption and covalent attachment onto polyglutaraldehyde activated styrene-divinylbenzene (STY-DVB) copolymer.

TL;DR: In this paper, simultaneous carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus removal using an anoxic/oxic-membrane bioreactor (A/O-MBR) system without any circulation was investigated.

TL;DR: Bioconversion of oil palm lignocellulosic biomass in the form of empty fruit bunches (EFB) as the major substrate into cellulase enzyme was studied in the laboratory to evaluate the substrate uptake and growth conditions during the entire fermentation period.

TL;DR: In this article, the first-order rate constants of arabinose degradation to furfural at 150 and 170°C in the presence of sulfuric, fumaric, and maleic acid and water alone were calculated.

TL;DR: In this article, two microbial cultures with high decolorization efficiencies of reactive dyes were obtained and were proved to be dominant with fungi consortium in which 21 fungal strains were isolated and 8 of them showed significant decolorisation effect to reactive red M-3BE.

TL;DR: Linear multiple regression analysis showed that higher starch contents of the fermentable substrates enhanced the α-amylase synthesis while the higher sugar content of the substrates imposed a negative effect presumably due to catabolic repression of the enzyme synthesis.

TL;DR: Xylanase production improved from 41,000 to 115,000 U/g indicating 227% improvement after optimization suggesting that this fungal strain, A. terreus MTCC 8661, has the commercial potential for hemicellulosic enzyme production.

TL;DR: Hemicellulose hydrolysate from corncobs, separated by diluted sulfuric acid and sequently detoxed by boiling, overliming and solvent extraction, was used for xylitol production by Candida tropicalis W103 and it was found that glucose in Hydrolysate promoted growth of Candida Tropicalis while acetate at high concentration was inhibitory.