Fe3+对MBR减缓膜污染的研究进展

膜生物反应器(membrane bioreactor, MBR)作为一种高效的污水处理及回用工艺,比传统的活性污泥法具有更多优势。然而,膜污染问题是限制其广泛应用的关键性问题。众多研究者已证实Fe₃₊能有效的改善MBR中混合液的可滤性及减缓膜污染。本文简述了MBR污泥混合液中主要污染物—胞外聚合物(extracellular polymeric substances, EPSs),并总结Fe₃ 在去除混合液中污染物、减缓膜污染方面的效能及其对污泥混合液的影响。最后,对Fe₃ 在减缓MBR膜污染的未来研究方向进行展望。     

气相色谱-质谱对青霉素发酵中玉米浆潜在标志物的研究

基于气相色谱-质谱(GC-MS)结合正交偏最小二乘判别分析法(OPLS-DA),建立了筛选玉米浆中影响青霉素发酵效价的潜在标志物的方法.利用GC-MS获得玉米浆中44种物质,经过标准化、Pareto预处理后,通过OPLS-DA对样本进行模式识别,根据模型的载荷图和变量重要性因子(VIP)筛选出9个潜在的标志物,即亮氨酸、5-酮脯氨酸、天冬氨酸、柠檬酸、酪氨酸、丝氨酸、赖氨酸、苏氨酸和葡萄糖.结果表明,这些物质与青霉素的初级代谢和次级代谢密切相关,可以作为筛选青霉素发酵优质原料的潜在质量指标.     

Valorization of Fermented Shrimp Waste with Supercritical CO2 Conditions: Extraction of Astaxanthin and Effect of Simulated Gastrointestinal Digestion on Its Antioxidant Capacity

Lactic acid fermentation increases the bioactive properties of shrimp waste. Astaxanthin is the principal carotenoid present in shrimp waste, which can be found esterified in the liquid fraction (liquor) after its lactic acid fermentation. Supercritical CO₂ technology has been proposed as a green alternative to obtain astaxanthin from fermented shrimp waste. This study aimed to optimize astaxanthin extraction by supercritical CO₂ technology from fermented liquor of shrimp waste and study bioaccessibility using simulated gastrointestinal digestion (GD) of the optimized extract. A Box–Behnken design with three variables (pressure, temperature, and flow rate) was used to optimize the supercritical CO₂ extraction. The optimized CO₂ extract was obtained at 300 bar, 60 °C, and 6 mL/min, and the estimated characteristics showed a predictive extraction yield of 11.17%, antioxidant capacity of 1.965 mmol of Trolox equivalent (TE)/g, and astaxanthin concentration of 0.6353 µg/g. The experiment with optimal conditions performed to validate the predicted values showed an extraction yield of 12.62%, an antioxidant capacity of 1.784 mmol TE/g, and an astaxanthin concentration of 0.52 µg/g. The astaxanthin concentration decreased, and the antioxidant capacity of the optimized extract increased during gastrointestinal digestion. In conclusion, our optimized supercritical CO₂ process is suitable for obtaining astaxanthin from shrimp by-products after lactic acid fermentation.     

Rapid determination of ethanol in fermentation liquor by full evaporation headspace gas chromatography

This paper reports a full evaporation (FE) headspace gas chromatographic (GC) method for rapid determination of ethanol in fermentation liquor. The data show that ethanol in the fermentation liquor was transferred to the vapor phase (headspace) almost completely within 3 min at a temperature of 105 °C when a very small volume (<50 μL) of sample was directly added to a sealed headspace sample vial (20 mL). The ethanol in the vapor phase was then measured by headspace GC using a flame ionization detector. The results show that the present method has an excellent measurement precision (RSD = 1.62%) and accuracy (recovery = 98.1 (±1.76%)) for the ethanol quantification in fermentation liquors. The method requires no sample pretreatment and is very simple and rapid.     

Partial electro-neutralisation of -α-p-hydroxyphenylglycine in sulphuric acid medium

In the industrial synthesis of -α-p-hydroxyphenylglycine the separation of amino acid is carried out by precipitation. During this process, a mother liquor is produced with a high salt content (2 M phosphates and sulphates) and an amino acid concentration of 0.11–0.12 M. The disposal of this mother liquor causes an environmental problem and an economic loss. The salt content of this mother liquor can be reduced in 70% of the initial by means of an electrodialysis process previously carried out by us, with only an amino acid loss of 15% of the initial. To improve and simplify this process, an electro-electrodialysis process (a membrane electrolysis process; the electrode processes and the transport process across the membrane are used) has been developed in which as a first step, the electro-neutralisation of solutions containing sulphuric acid and -α-p-hydroxyphenylglycine is studied. The sulphuric acid content is reduced to 87% of the initial, without detected loss of amino acid. The final solution is posteriorly neutralised by working up the pH of the solution for precipitating the amino acid, and a mother liquor with approximately 0.10 M -α-p-hydroxyphenylglycine and a low salt content (0.08 M Na₂SO₄) is produced. This mother liquor with low salinity can be recirculated again to a new electro-electrodialysis process.     

High-Throughput System for Screening of Cephalosporin C High-Yield Strain by 48-Deep-Well Microtiter Plates

Improvement of microbial strains for the high-production of industrial products has been the hallmark of all commercial fermentation processes. Strain improvement has been conventionally achieved through mutation and selection. However, most of the screenings were performed in shake flasks, which made the screening procedure very complex, time-consuming, and inefficient. Most mutant spore suspension had no chance to be screened due to the low-throughput of shake flasks and had to be sacrificed. In this paper, in order to get a Cephalosporin C (CPC) high-yield stain, traditional mutagenesis was employed to obtain the mutant library and gave them the equal screening chance by a novel mixture culture method combined with high-throughput screening method. The good correlation of fermentation results between differing-scale cultivations confirmed the feasibility of utilizing the 48-deep microtiter plates as a scale-down tool instead of shake flasks for culturing high-aerobic microbes with long cultivation period. The microbioassay based on the antibacterial activity of CPC against Alcaligenes faecalis was used to select mutants. As a result, the high-yield strain W-6 was successfully screened out and the CPC titer was nearly 50 % higher than that of the parental strain in the shake flask. The CPC production of strain W-6 was further validated in 50 l bioreactor, and the CPC production reached 32.0 g/l, twofold higher than that of the wild strain.     

Microbial transformation of rubijervine

Preparative-scale fermentation of rubijervine (1), the known 22,26-epiminocholestane Veratrum alkaloid, with Cunninghamella echinulata ATCC 9244 has resulted in the isolation of the new metabolites 7alpha-hydroxyrubijervine (2) and solanid-5-ene-3beta,12alpha-diol-1-one (3). Structure elucidation of these metabolites was based primarily on 1D- and 2D-NMR analyses. The microbe C. echinulata ATCC 9244 was able to metabolize rings A and B of rubijervine but failed to metabolize rings C, D or its N-containing side chain, a finding which is analogous to the results of previous fermentation studies of steroidal alkaloids.     

Aspergillus fumigatus Thermophilic and Acidophilic Endoglucanases

This study evaluated the production of cellulolytic enzymes by an Aspergillus fumigatus strain, isolated from sugar cane bagasse, according to its ability to grow on microcrystalline cellulose as the sole carbon source. The effect of the carbon source (brewer’s spent grain, sugarcane bagasse, and wheat bran) and of the nitrogen source (corn steep liquor and sodium nitrate) on cellulase production was studied using submerged and solid state cultivations at 30 °C. The highest levels of endoglucanase (CMCase) corresponded to 365 U L^-1 and was obtained using sugarcane bagasse (1%) and corn steep liquor (1.2%) in submerged fermentation within 6 days of cultivation. This supernatant was used to run a sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis that showed six bands with endoglucanase activity. CMCase activity was higher at 65 °C and pH 2.0, indicating that this microorganism produces a thermophilic and acid endoglucanase. Solid state cultivation favored FPase production, that reached 47 U g^-1 of dry substrate (wheat bran and sugarcane bagasse) within 3 days.     

气相色谱-质谱法测定哈茨木霉菌代谢产物中单端孢霉烯化合物的含量

利用气相色谱-质谱法建立了哈茨木霉菌发酵代谢产物中活性有效成分单端孢霉烯化合物含量的分析测定方法。用乙酸乙酯提取样品,并测定提取液中单端孢霉烯化合物的含量,以保留时间和单端孢霉烯化合物的质谱特征离子峰(m/z292、277、149、135、121和107)为定性分析依据,用外标法定量。在所建立的分析条件下,单端孢霉烯化合物的保留时间为8.09min,方法检出限为0.04μg/L;在0.5~50μg/L范围内具有良好的线性关系,相关系数为0.9998;回收率102.3%;RSD为0.86%。方法灵敏度高,选择性好,准确度高,可为哈茨木霉菌菌株改造和发酵生产研究中单端孢霉烯化合物的跟踪检测提供灵敏、准确的分析手段。     

Black Liquor Decolorization by Selected White-Rot Fungi

Five different strains of white-rot fungi have been tested for their ability to decolorize black liquor on plates and on solid-state fermentation using vermiculite as the solid inert support. Since the high salt concentration inhibited the growth of all fungi, the black liquor was dialyzed against distilled water prior to use. A preliminary step on plates was carried out to qualitatively determine the capacity of the fungal strains for black liquor decolorization. Out of the five fungi studied, Phanerochaete sordida, Pycnoporus sanguineus, and Trametes elegans exhibited the more conspicuous decolorization halos in malt extract medium, while the decolorization by all the strains was not evident when a defined culture medium was used. Cultures on solid-state fermentation using vermiculite as solid support were also tested, the liquid phase was malt extract or glucose-based medium and supplemented with different black liquor concentrations. Decolorization of black liquor was largely affected by the fungal strain, the concentration of black liquor, and the carbon source. The percentage of color removal ranged from 6.14% to 91.86% depending on the fungal strain and culture conditions. Maximal decolorization was observed in malt extract cultures after 60 cultivation days. Interestingly, decolorization in malt extract medium increased with increasing black liquor concentration. The highest decolorization value was achieved by Steccherinum sp. which reduced up to 91.86% the color of the black liquor in malt extract medium; this percentage is equivalent to 5.2 g L⁻¹ of decolorized black liquor, the highest value reported to date. Traditional technologies used for the treatment of black liquor are not always effective and may not to be an environmentally friendly process. Vermiculite–white-rot fungi systems are presented in this work as a promising efficient alternative for the treatment of black liquor.     

Enhanced Production of Xylitol from Poplar Wood Hydrolysates Through a Sustainable Process Using Immobilized New Strain <Emphasis Type="Italic">Candida tropicalis</Emphasis> UFMG BX 12-a

A new strain, Candida tropicalis UFMG BX 12-a, was found to produce higher yields of xylitol on poplar wood hemicellulose hydrolysate. The hemicellulose hydrolysate liquor was detoxified using a novel method we developed, involving vacuum evaporation and solvent separation of inhibitors which made the hydrolysate free of toxins while retaining high concentrations of fermentable sugars. The effect of the detoxification method on the fermentation was also reported and compared to well-known methods reported in literature. In this study, the new strain C. tropicalis UFMG BX 12-a was used on the detoxified hydrolysate to produce xylitol. It was also compared to Candida guilliermondii FTI 20037, which has been reported to be one of the best strains for fermentative production of xylitol. To further improve the efficiency of the fermentation process, these strains were immobilized in calcium alginate beads. The yield (0.92 g g^?1) and productivity (0.88 g L^?1 h^?1) obtained by fermenting the wood hydrolysate detoxified by our new detoxification technique using an immobilized new Candida strain were found to be higher than the values reported in literature.     

Impact of High Temperature on Ethanol Fermentation by Kluyveromyces marxianus Immobilized on Banana Leaf Sheath Pieces

Ethanol fermentation was carried out with Kluyveromyces marxianus cells at various temperatures (30, 35, 40, and 45 °C). Fermentation performance of the immobilized yeast on banana leaf sheath pieces and the free yeast were evaluated and compared. Generally, ethanol production of the immobilized and free yeast was stable in a temperature range of 30–40 °C. Temperature of 45 °C restricted yeast growth and lengthened the fermentation. The immobilized yeast demonstrated faster sugar assimilation and higher ethanol level in the fermentation broth in comparison with the free yeast at all fermentation temperatures. Change in fatty acid level in cellular membrane was determined to clarify the response of the free and immobilized yeast to thermal stress. The free cells of K. marxianus responded to temperature increase by increasing saturated fatty acid (C16:0 and C18:0) level and by decreasing unsaturated fatty acid (C18:1 and C18:2) level in cellular membrane. For fermentation at 40 °C with immobilized cells of K. marxianus, however, the changes were not observed in both saturated fatty acid (C16:0) and unsaturated fatty acid (C18:1 and C18:2) level.     

Bioethanol Production from Glucose by Thermophilic Microbes from Ciater Hot Springs

Bioethanol has been considered as one of the alternative energy resources for fossil fuel substitute. Second generation of bioethanol production usually uses lignocellulosic material as its raw material which conducted at high temperature range (70-80^oC). In this case the thermophilic microbe is needed for fermentation process in order to minimize the use of energy. This paper will discuss the results of the study on bioethanol production from glucose by using thermophilic microbes isolated from local source namely from Ciater hot springs in Subang District, Indonesia. In this study six thermophilic isolates (C1, C2, C3, C4, C5 and C6) were tested their capability in producing ethanol in the fermentation medium containing 5% glucose substrate for 5 days incubation. To determine the activity of isolates in ferment substrate is done by measuring the concentration of glucose and ethanol produced using a spectrophotometer. Isolates tested (C1,C2,C3,C4 and C5) could reduce glucose concentration from 1.1up to 1.7% in the fermentation medium. The ethanol produced was tested qualitatively by reacting the samples with K₂Cr₂O₇inacidic conditions by observing its color change from yellow-orange to green-blue. The presence of ethanol indicatedby the decrease of OD's sample. This study showed that all isolates have the ability to produce ethanol. However, there are 2 isolates potentially produce ethanol that isolates C3 and C5 are characterized by low absorbance after adding potassium dichromate (K₂Cr₂O₇).     

高效液相色谱法测定发酵液中杆菌肽A

提出了高效液相色谱法测定发酵液中杆菌肽A含量的方法。地衣芽孢杆菌发酵液经离心得到杆菌肽A的粗提液。所得粗提液再经三氯乙酸提取,离心分离。取上清液用Beckman C18色谱柱分离,用乙腈和磷酸二氢钾缓冲溶液以不同体积比混合为流动相梯度洗脱,在220 nm波长处进行测定。杆菌肽A的质量浓度在1.0~15.0 g·L-1范围内与其峰面积呈线性关系,检出限(3S/N)为0.08 g·L-1。在7.37 g·L-1和11.01 g·L-1两个添加水平做回收试验,平均回收率分别为98.1%和97.4%。     

New separation methodologies for the distinction of the growth phases of Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell cycle

In the present work two separation techniques, namely the gravitational field-flow fractionation (GrFFF) and the reversed-flow gas chromatography (RFGC), are proposed for the distinction of the growth phases of Saccharomyces cerevisiae (AXAZ-1) yeast cycle at different temperatures (30 °C, 25 °C, 20 °C, and 15 °C) and pH (2.0, 3.0, 4.0 and 5.0) values. During the fermentation processes, differences observed in the peak profiles, obtained by GrFFF, can be related with the unlike cell growth. The distinction of the phases of AXAZ-1 cell cycle with the GrFFF, was also confirmed with the RFGC technique, which presented similar fermentation time periods for the alcoholic fermentation phases. Simultaneously, the reaction rate constant for each phase of the fermentation process and the activation energies were determined with the aid of the RFGC technique. Finally, the application of both the GrFFF and the RFGC techniques, in combination with high-performance liquid chromatography, allowed us to find the ideal experimental conditions (temperature and pH) for the alcoholic fermentation by AXAZ-1. The results indicate that S. cerevisiae cells performed better at 30 °C, whereas at lower temperatures decreases in the fermentation rate and in the number of viable cells were observed. Moreover, the pH of the medium (pH 5.0) resulted in higher fermentation rates and ethanol productivities.     

Determination of trace nitrite ion in water by spectrophotometric method after preconcentration on an organic solvent-soluble membrane filter

A simple and rapid preconcentration technique, based on collecting trace nitrite on a membrane filter and dissolving the membrane filter in an organic solvent, has been applied to its spectrophotometric determination in water. At pH 2.0, nitrous acid diazotizes with p-aminoacetophenone. which is then coupled with N-(1-naphthyl)ethylenediamine, at the same pH. The azo dye formed is collected on a 0.45 urn nitrocellulose filter at pH 4.7 as its ion associate with dodecyl sulfate. The ion associate and filter are dissolved in a small volume of 2-methoxyethanol (methylcellosolve), and acidized with 0.05 ml of 2 M hydrochloric acid and the absorbance of the resulting solution is measured at 555 nm against a reagent blank. Detection limits better than O.1 mug/dm(-3) as NO(2)(-) can be achieved. The ions normally present in water do not interfere when sodium metaphosphate is added as a masking agent. The proposed method has been applied to the analysis of water samples from several sources, the recoveries of the nitrite added to the samples are quantitative, and results found are satisfactory.     

Recovery by means of electrodialysis of an aromatic amino acid from a solution with a high concentration of sulphates and phosphates

In the industrial synthesis of -α-p-hydroxyphenylglycine the separation of the amino acid is carried out by precipitation. During this process, a mother liquor is produced with a high salt content (phosphates and sulphates) and an amino acid concentration of approximately 0.12–0.15 M. The disposal of this mother liquor not only causes an environmental problem due its high salinity and COD (chemical oxygen demand) content but also an economic loss due to the high price of the unrecovered amino acid. To avoid this problem an electrodialytic process has been developed that allows the recovery of 85% of the amino acid in the form of a low salinity stream with a salt content 70% lower than that of the initial mother liquor. This low salinity stream can be incorporated into the main process and in this way the amino acid can be recovered.     

Subtypes of the human complement component C3 revealed by isoelectric focusing in immobilized pH gradients

The phenotyping of the third component (C3) of human complement has been performed by isoelectric focusing in immobilized pH gradients followed by immunoblotting on nitrocellulose filter membrane. This powerful technique reveals variations of C3* and C3*F alleles not detected by agarose electrophoresis. The limits of the resolving power of isoelectric focusing in immobilized pH gradients for C3 analysis are shown to depend upon the high molecular weight of this protein. The notion of “suptypes” is discussed. Finally, the importance of subtyping for medical applications and for determination at the molecular level of interacting protein mechanisms is underlined.     

Mechanism of preferential enrichment,an unusual enantiomeric resolution phenomenon caused by polymorphic transition during crystallization of mixed crystals composed of two enantiomers

The mechanism of Preferential Enrichment, an unusual enantiomeric resolution phenomenon observed upon recrystallization of a series of racemic crystals which are classified as a racemic mixed crystal with fairly ordered arrangement of the two enantiomers, has been studied. On the basis of the existence of polymorphs and the occurrence of the resulting polymorphic transition during crystallization from solution, the mechanism has been accounted for in terms of (1) a preferential homochiral molecular association to form one-dimensional chain structures in the supersaturated solution of the racemate or nonracemic sample with a low ee value, (2) a kinetic formation of a metastable crystalline phase retaining the homochiral chain structures in a process of nucleation, (3) a polymorphic transition from the metastable phase to a stable one followed by enantioselective liberation of the excess R (or S) enantiomers from the transformed crystal into solution at the beginning of crystal growth to result in a slight enrichment (up to 10% ee) of the opposite S (or R) enantiomer in the deposited crystals, together with an enantiomeric enrichment of the R (or S) enantiomer in the mother liquor, and (4) a chiral discrimination by the once formed S (or R)-rich stable crystalline phase in a process of the subsequent crystal growth, leading to a considerable enantiomeric enrichment of the R (or S) enantiomer up to 100% ee in the mother liquor. The processes (3) and (4) are considered to be directly responsible for an enrichment of one enantiomer in the mother liquor. The association mode of the two enantiomers in solution has been investigated by means of (i) the solubility measurement and (ii) the number-averaged molecular weight measurement in solution by vapor pressure osmometry, together with (iii) the molecular dynamics simulation of oligomer models. The polymorphic transition during crystallization has been observed visually and by means of the in situ FTIR technique and DSC measurement. Both metastable and stable crystals have been obtained, and their crystal structures have been elucidated by X-ray crystallographic analysis of their single crystals.     

Renewable amperometric immunosensor for complement 3 assay based on the sol-gel technique

A renewable amperometric immunosensor based on the sol-gel technique has been constructed by dispersing graphite, complement 3 (C3) antiserum, and sol-gel at low temperature. The prepared immunosensor is rigid, porous, and has a renewable external surface. A competitive binding assay has been used to determine C3 in human serum with the aid of C3 labeled with horseradish peroxidase. The enzyme-labeled antigen can readily diffuse toward the encapsulated antibody, which retains its binding properties. The experimental conditions for the assay with the biocomposite, including the loading of C3 antiserum in the biocomposite, the amount of labeled C3 in incubation solution, incubation time, and temperature, have been optimized. Using C3 labeled with horseradish peroxidase, and o-AP as the substrate, amperometric detection at -150 mV (relative to the SCE) results in a linear detection range of 1.17-35.1 microg mL(-1), with a detection limit of 0.56 microg mL(-1). Serum samples have been assayed and the results demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed immunosensor for clinical analysis. The surface of the immunosensor can be renewed simply by polishing to obtain a fresh immunocomposite ready to use in a new competitive assay.