Nisin expression production from Lactococcus lactis in milk whey medium

BACKGROUND: Nisin is a commercially available bacteriocin produced by Lactococcus lactis ATCC 11454 and used as a natural agent in the biopreservation of food. In the current investigation, milk whey, a byproduct from dairy industries was used as a fermentation substrate for the production of nisin. Lactococcus lactis ATCC 11454 was developed in a rotary shaker (30 °C/36 h/100 rpm) using two different media with milk whey (i) without filtration, pH 6.8, adjusted with NaOH 2 mol L^?1 and without pH adjustment, both autoclaved at 121 °C for 30 min, and (ii) filtrated (1.20 µm and 0.22 µm membrane filter). These cultures were transferred five times using 5 mL aliquots of broth culture for every new volume of the respective media. RESULTS: The results showed that culture media composed of milk whey without filtration supplied L. lactis its adaptation needs better than filtrated milk whey. Nisin titers, in milk whey without filtration (pH adjusted), was 11120.13 mg L^?1 in the second transfer, and up to 1628‐fold higher than the filtrated milk whey, 6.83 mg.L^?1 obtained in the first^t transfer. CONCLUSIONS: Biological processing of milk byproducts (milk whey) can be considered a profitable alternative, generating high‐value bioproducts and contributing to decreasing river disposals by dairy industries. Copyright © 2008 Society of Chemical Industry     

Modelling diffusion-controlled kinetics in equilibrium and driven alloys

Summary We introduce a very simple model for thermally activated atomic migration on a lattice, and several techniques to handle it. For thermodynamical systems, the model can be used for simulating decomposition paths taking into account relevant metallurgical features. Close to equilibrium, the simplest mean-field approximation of the model can be linearized with respect to the departure from equilibrium; one then gets a microscopic interpretation of classical phenomenological coefficients, such as mobility, interfacial transfer coefficient, rate constants for the coupled relaxation of concentration and order fields. Further away from the equilibrium, the nonlinearities can be taken into account in a consistent way. For driven alloys, i.e. alloys submitted to external forcing, forced atomic migration is added to the model and new features emerge: the model is supported by several experimental results some of which confirmed its predictions a posteriori.     

Biosorption of heavy metals by Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Effects of nutrient conditions

Studies took place to investigate the effects of different nutrient conditions on the biosorption ability and selectivity of heavy metals by Saccharomyces cerevisiae. After having grown in media supplemented with additional glucose, ammonium, phosphate or cysteine, the yeast was exposed to an equimolar solution of lead, cadmium, zinc and copper. Lead removal from a mixed solution was significantly higher than that of copper, followed by zinc and cadmium. Generally, yeasts from cysteine-rich media showed greatest sorption capacity whereas phosphate addition influenced zinc selectivity. In addition, glucose, fructose and sucrose as carbon sources were examined. Cultures grown in glucose had a better uptake than those cultivated with fructose at an incubation time of 30 min.     

The determinants of heat-shock element-directed lacZ expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Heat-shock induction of heat-shock protein genes is due to a specific promoter element (the heat-shock element, HSE). This study used lacZ under HSE control (HSE-lacZ) to characterize HSE activity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells of different physiological states and differing genetic backgrounds. In batch fermentations HSE-lacZ induction by heat shock was maximal in exponential growth, and showed marked decline with the approach to stationary phase. Expression in the absence of heat shock was unaffected by growth phase, indicating that the growth-dependent expression of many yeast heat-shock genes uses promoter elements in addition to the HSE. Heat-induced expression was strongly influenced by the temperature at which cultures were grown. While basal, uninduced expression was constant during growth at different temperatures to 30 degrees C, induction by transfer to 39 degrees C was reduced by increases in growth temperature as low as 18-24 degrees C. Maximal HSE-lacZ induction (30- to 50-fold) was in cultures grown at low temperatures (18-24 degrees C), then heat shocked at 39 degrees C. Ethanol was a poor inducer. Mutations having little effect on HSE-lacZ expression included a respiratory petite; ubi4 (which inactivates the poly-ubiquitin gene); also ubc4 and ubc5 (which each inactivate one of the ubiquitin ligases involved in degradation of aberrant protein). pep4-3 increased both basal and induced beta-galactosidase about two-fold, probably because of slower turnover of this enzyme in pep4-3 strains.     

3种花卉在山区及平原越夏的效果评价

通过对金宝剑（Vrieseamarjolcin）、安祖花（Anthuriumandraeanum）和一品红（Euphorbiapulcherrima）3种花卉在萧山区海拔500m山区越夏与海拔9m平原越夏的比较试验,结果显示：山区越夏后,金宝剑的叶片数、叶片长度、叶宽、株高和冠径分别比平原越夏后增长了6．9％,28．6％,7．1％,7．5％和9．7％,叶色较深,生长好又快;安祖花的植株高,花蕾多,叶片深绿、有光泽,其平均株高和单株花蕾数分别比平原越夏后高3．2cm和多0．8个;一品红的平均株高55．8cm,每株最大苞片平均7．8cm,且完全转红,达到市场销售的要求,而平原越夏后则出现下部叶片掉落的现象（平均株高57．1cm,每株最大苞片平均7．2cm）,不完全转红,不能形成成品,达不到市场销售的要求。表明这三种花卉在山区越夏的生长情况都要好于平原越夏。     

ZrO2对CaO-SiO2系玻璃析晶的影响

通过DSC曲线研究了不同含量的ZrO2对CaO-SiO2系玻璃析晶的影响,根据JMA方程计算动力学参数(如析晶活化能E、频率因子ν、晶化指数n)。从计算结果可以看出,随着ZrO2含量的增加,析晶活化能E减少,而频率因子ν和晶化指数n增加。当ZrO2含量为7%时,E值最小:235.58kJ/mol;n值最大:4.70。说明ZrO2在CaO-SiO2玻璃体系是有效的晶核剂。     

基于脱钩模型的新疆碳排放与经济增长的关系研究

在共建丝绸之路经济带以及生态文明的大背景下,新疆作为丝路经济带的核心区与中国西部重要的桥头堡,其经济发展的速度与效益值得关注。尤其新疆是我国重要的能源资源储备区,如何协调好能源开发过程中的碳排放与经济增长之间的关系,是当前摆在我们眼前的一大课题。本文旨在通过脱钩模型分析新疆碳排放与经济增长之间的关系,得出新疆碳排放与经济增长总体上呈现弱脱钩的结论,据此分析弱脱钩状态产生的原因,并提出了有针对性的对策建议,以期促进新疆经济能更好的适应经济新常态。     

Nitrogen removal using recycled polystyrene bottles as biofilm media

The performance of an attached growth wastewater treatment process was investigated in an effort to improve nitrogen removal efficiency. Recycled Yakult (lactic acid fermentation drink) bottles made of polystyrene were used as a biofilm media. The use of Yakult bottles as a biofilm media has been attempted by numerous researchers in Japan for the removal of solids and organics. However, these studies focused only on the removal of solids and organics. This study extended their application to the removal of nitrogen for domestic sewage treatment. Yakult media was placed in a reactor with 70% apparent reactor volume in a conventional A/O process. The bottom of the Yakult media was removed, and randomly filled Yakult media were effectively able to reduce the flow in tanks, resulting in an increase in the contact time between pollutants and microorganisms. With higher HRT, the nitrogen removal efficiency was increased by up to 83% with 12 hr of HRT. Nitrification appeared to be the limiting factor of nitrogen removal at an HRT that is less than 12 hr, indicating that the Yakult process requires more retention time to achieve nitrification compared to other biofilm processes. The removal efficiencies of organics and solids were high regardless of the change of operational parameters. This article is based on a presentation in “The 7th Korea-China Workshop On Advanced Materials” organized by the Korea-China Advanced Materials Cooperation Center and the China-Korea Advanced Materials Cooperation Center, held at Ramada Plaza Jeju Hotel, Jeju Island, Korea on August 24–27, 2003.     

Morphological evolution of primary TiC carbide in laser clad TiC reinforced FeAl intermetallic composite coating

1　INTRODUCTIONIronaluminumbasedonFeAlintermetallicalloywasexpectedtobeanimportantandpotentialhightemperaturematerial,becauseitsgoodresistancetooxidationandcorrosion ,lowdensityandhightem peraturemelting point[12 ] .However ,theintrinsicpropertiesofFeAlintermetallicalloy ,suchaslowductilityandlowfracturestrength ,limiteditsindus trialapplications .Howtoimprovemechanicalproper tiesofFeAlintermetallicalloyandexpanditsindus trialapplicationrealmwasanimportantresearchas pectformaterialworke…