7 articles in this issue
Kamil Piwowarek, Edyta Lipinska, Elzbieta Hac-Szymanczuk
Background: In 2014, apple production in EU countries amounted to 11.8 million tonnes. A constant increase in the production of these fruits will lead to the accumulation of thousands of tonnes of apple pomace (production waste). The amount of industrial ... see more
Ji-Fei Xu, Yuan-Ting Mi, Nan-Qi Ren
The buffering effect of acetate on hydrogen production during glucose fermentation by Ethanoligenens harbinense B49 was investigated compared to phosphate, a widely used fermentative hydrogen production buffer. Specific concentrations of sodium acetate or... see more
Guadalupe Alfonso-Gordillo, Eliseo Cristiani-Urbina, César Mateo Flores-Ortiz, Humberto Peralta, Juan Carlos Cancino-Díaz, Juan Antonio Cruz-Maya, Janet Jan-Roblero
Background: Methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) is a pollutant that causes deleterious effects on human and environmental health. Certain microbial cultures have shown the ability to degrade MTBE, suggesting that a novel bacterial species capable of degrading ... see more
Ermei Chang, Yuxin Zhao, Qianchun Wei, Shengqing Shi, Zeping Jiang
Platycladus orientalis has a lifespan of several thousand years in China, making it a good plant in which to study aging at the molecular level, but this requires sufficient quantities of high-quality P. orientalis RNA. However, no appropriate methods hav... see more
Lourdes Carmona, Javier Varela, Liliana Godoy, María Angélica Ganga
Background: Brettanomyces bruxellensis is an important spoilage yeast in the winemaking process. The capacity of this yeast to generate an undesired off-flavor constitutes a significant loss in the Chilean wine industry. Results: The proteomic profile of ... see more
César Rafael Fanchini Terrasan, José Manuel Guisan, Eleonora Cano Carmona
Background: Xylanases and ß-D-xylosidases are the most important enzymes responsible for the degradation of xylan, the second main constituent of plant cell walls. Results: In this study, the main extracellular xylanase (XYL I) and ß-xylosidase (BXYL I) f... see more
Gustavo Vargas, Andrés Donoso-Bravo, Christian Vergara, Gonzalo Ruiz-Filippi
Background: Industrial wastewaters with a high content of nitrogen are a relevant environmental problem. Currently, treatments to remove nitrogen are not efficient, so is necessary to develop alternative methods. The objective of this study is to investig... see more