Perkinsus marinus in bioreactor: growth and a cost-reduced growth medium.

Unlabelled: Perkinsus marinus (Perkinsea) is an osmotrophic facultative intracellular marine protozoan responsible for "Dermo" disease in the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica. In 1993 in vitro culture of P. marinus was developed in the absence of host cells.

Integrating the Carboxylate Platform into a Red Seaweed Biorefinery.

Macroalgae are an important source of food, fertilizer, hydrocolloids, and healthful bioactive components. Macroalgae are also being considered sources of biofuels, which require minimal demands for arable land, fresh water, or fertilizers. In this study, we explored the possibility of developing a red seaweed biorefinery process to extract carrageenan while producing chemical or biofuel co-products derived from the carrageenan extraction wastes.

Acetic Acid Removal from Pre-Pulping Wood Extract with Recovery and Recycling of Extraction Solvents.

Pre-pulping extraction is a means of deriving a hemicellulose-rich process stream from the front end of a kraft pulp mill. When the extraction is carried out using green liquor, pulp quality and quantity can be retained while still releasing hemicelluloses and acetic acid (HAc) for recovery as bioprocessing feedstock or chemical products. The HAc that is present in the wood extraction is inhibitory to microorganisms and can hinder fermentation.

Acidogenic Digestion of Pre-pulping Extracts for Production of Fuels and Bioproducts Via Carboxylate Platform Processing.

Hemicellulose extracted from wood prior to processing the wood into paper or composite materials can be a resource for the production of biofuels or bioproducts. Mixed microbial cultures are capable of converting biomass into mixed carboxylic acids, which can be purified as products or converted to biofuels or other biochemicals. Mixed cultures are robust conversion systems and do not require added enzymes to hydrolyze biomass to sugars.

Effect of pretreatment severity on accumulation of major degradation products from dilute acid pretreated corn stover and subsequent inhibition of enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose.

The concept of reaction severity, which combines residence time and temperature, is often used in the pulp and paper and biorefining industries. The influence of corn stover pretreatment severity on yield of sugar and major degradation products and subsequent effects on enzymatic cellulose hydrolysis was investigated. The pretreatment residence time and temperature, combined into the severity factor (Log R(o)), were varied with constant acid concentration.