[Design and practice of biological reaction engineering flipped classroom in applied undergraduate colleges].

This study aims to explore and refine the teaching aspects of a flipped classroom approach for biological reaction engineering. The study encompasses three iterations of teaching practice, focusing on key elements such as theme content selection, implementation process, evaluation and effectiveness. By integrating relevant industry and societal topics with course's professional knowledge, students are encouraged to independently collect data, analyze and discuss findings, and present their work in group.

Advances in the adenylation domain: discovery of diverse non-ribosomal peptides.

Non-ribosomal peptide synthetases are mega-enzyme assembly lines that synthesize many clinically useful compounds. As a gatekeeper, they have an adenylation (A)-domain that controls substrate specificity and plays an important role in product structural diversity. This review summarizes the natural distribution, catalytic mechanism, substrate prediction methods, and in vitro biochemical analysis of the A-domain.

[Development of a practical innovation course for biological engineering major under the background of Engineering Education Certification].

According to the teaching philosophy of the outcome-based education, this study elaborates the development of a practical innovation course for biological engineering major after five runs of teaching practice and continuous improvement. It mainly includes the methods for selection of teaching subjects, implementation of teaching process, process assessment, evaluation and improvement. Based on the performance and achievements of three grades of students majored in bioengineering, we found that the logic and methods of the practical innovation course could greatly stimulate the motivation of students for learning, as well as their scores.

[Construction of the curriculum for developing the ability to solving complex engineering problems in the field of biotechnology industry].

Accurately understanding the features and connotations of complex engineering problems is an important prerequisite for setting graduation requirements, constructing curriculum and designing teaching contents. By discussing the characteristics of complex engineering problems in the biological industry, this paper explored the demands for undergraduates in Yangtze river delta region, summarized the typical jobs and their requirements, and expounded the connotation of complex engineering problems contained in various typical tasks. On this basis, a gradual curriculum system was constructed, which included multiple stages of conceiving, formation and application, to cultivate the ability to solve complex engineering problems in the major of bioengineering.

Separation of Heat-Stable Antifungal Factor From Fermentation Broth via Photodegradation and Macroporous Resin Adsorption.

Heat-stable antifungal factor (HSAF) is produced by the fermentation of , which is known for its broad-spectrum antifungal activity and novel mode of action. However, studies on the separation of HSAF have rarely been reported. Herein, alteramide B (the main byproduct) was removed firstly from the fermentation broth by photodegradation to improve the purity of HSAF.

Efficient biosynthesis of exopolysaccharide from Jerusalem artichoke using a novel strain of Bacillus velezensis LT-2.

This study focused on the non-grain biorefining of Jerusalem artichoke (JA) for exopolysaccharide (EPS) efficient production by using Bacillus velezensis LT-2. Results showed that LT-2 could directly utilize JA tuber power (JATP) for EPS production, and its EPS yield reached 11.47 ± 0.

Efficient expression of chondroitinase ABC I for specific disaccharides detection of chondroitin sulfate.

Chondroitinase ABC I (ChSase ABC I) is a key enzyme of chondroitin sulfate (CS) degradation and widely used for CS detection in the medicine filed. However, the recombinant ChSase ABC I was weakly expressed in Escherichia coli because the forms of it were mostly inclusion bodies. In this study, a signal peptide (pelB) was used for the soluble form expression of ChSase ABC I in E.

Production exopolysaccharide from Kosakonia cowanii LT-1 through solid-state fermentation and its application as a plant growth promoter.

Exopolysaccharide has the activity of promoting plants growth. Herein, several agro-industrial residues were used for EPS biosynthesis through solid-state fermentation (SSF) using an EPS producing stain Kosakonia cowanii LT-1. Then the influences of cane molasses powder (CMP), NaNO and temperature on EPS biosynthesis through SSF were studied using response surface methodology.

Development of sugarcane resource for efficient fermentation of exopolysaccharide by using a novel strain of Kosakonia cowanii LT-1.

This work focuses on the development of non-food fermentation for the cost-effective biosynthesis of exopolysaccharide (EPS) by using a new strain of Kosakonia cowanii LT-1. This novel strain more efficiently utilizes sucrose for EPS production than other glycosyl donors. Comparative transcriptomic analysis is used to understand EPS synthesis promotion and the effects of sucrose on EPS biosynthesis.

Two-step economical welan gum production by Sphingomonas sp. HT-1 from sugar industrial by-products.

A two-step fermentation strategy using glucose mother liquor (GML) for cell growth and xylose mother liquor (XML) for welan gum synthesis was used to alleviate uneconomic welan gum fermentation. This study revealed: (1) optimal initial GML concentration was 11.7g/L (10g/L sugars contained); (2) optimal XML feeding strategy was pseudo-exponential fed-batch and feeding time was 12thh-54thh, amounting to 25.

Green synthesis of isomaltulose from cane molasses by Bacillus subtilis WB800-pHA01-palI in a biologic membrane reactor.

A green process and environmentally benign process is highly desirable in the development of enzymatic catalysis. In this work, the shuttle plasmid pHA01 was constructed and the sucrose isomerase (SIase) was expressed in Bacillus subtilis WB800. The optimal nitrogen and carbon sources for SIase expression were yeast extract (15g/L) and un-pretreated cane molasses (UCM, 20g/L), respectively.

Efficient production of lactulose from whey powder by cellobiose 2-epimerase in an enzymatic membrane reactor.

In this study, the gene encoding cellobiose 2-epimerase from Caldicellulosiruptor saccharolyticus (CsCE) was successfully expressed in Bacillus subtilis WB800. After the fermentation medium optimization, the activity of recombinant strain was 4.5-fold higher than the original medium in a 7.

Enhancement of welan gum production in Sphingomonas sp. HT-1 via heterologous expression of Vitreoscilla hemoglobin gene.

Welan gum is a microbial polysaccharide produced by Sphingomonas sp. Its production is limited by the dissolved oxygen levels in the highly viscous fermentation. A strategy of heterologous expression of the Vitreoscilla hemoglobin gene in Sphingomonas sp.

Modified nanoporous titanium dioxide as a novel carrier for enzyme immobilization.

ε-Poly-L-lysine (EPL)-modified mesoporous titanium dioxide (M-TiO2) was assembled through the electrostatic attraction between EPL and M-TiO2. Through modification, the M-TiO2 surface tends to form multilayered and complex architectures, which can be used as artificial matrices to change the microenvironment of carriers for enzyme immobilization. The modified M-TiO2 was characterized through scanning electron microscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, zeta potential analysis, and thermogravimetric analysis.

An innovative method for immobilizing sucrose isomerase on ε-poly-L-lysine modified mesoporous TiO2.

Sucrose isomerase (SIase) is the key enzyme in the enzymatic synthesis of isomaltulose. Mesoporous titanium dioxide (M-TiO2) and ε-poly-L-lysine-functionalized M-TiO2 (EPL-M-TiO2) were prepared as carriers for immobilizing SIase. SIase was effectively immobilized on EPL-M-TiO2 (SI-EPL-M-TiO2) with an enzyme activity of 39.

Efficient production of D-tagatose using a food-grade surface display system.

D-tagatose, a functional sweetener, is commonly transformed from D-galactose by L-arabinose isomerase (L-AI). In this study, a novel type of biocatalyst, L-AI from Lactobacillus fermentum CGMCC2921 displayed on the spore surface of Bacillus subtilis 168, was developed for producing D-tagatose. The anchored L-AI, exhibiting the relatively high bioactivity, suggested that the surface display system using CotX as the anchoring protein was successfully constructed.