Advances in mechanisms and modifications for rendering yeast thermotoleranceReview Article
Liman Gao, Yueqin Liu, Hun Sun, Chun Li, Zhiping Zhao, Guiyan Liu

New tyrosinase inhibitory decapeptide: Molecular insights into the role of tyrosine residues
Akihito Ochiai, Seiya Tanaka, Yuta Imai, Hisashi Yoshida, Takumi Kanaoka, Takaaki Tanaka, Masayuki Taniguchi

Production, characterization, gene cloning, and nematocidal activity of the extracellular protease from Stenotrophomonas maltophilia N4
Urszula Jankiewicz, Ewa Larkowska, Maria Swiontek Brzezinska

NP24 induces apoptosis dependent on caspase-like activity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Naoki Higuchi, Yasuhiro Ito, Jun Kato, Jun Ogihara, Takafumi Kasumi

Production of orotic acid by a Klura3Δ mutant of Kluyveromyces lactis
Nuno Carvalho, Eduardo Coelho, Luís Gales, Vítor Costa, José António Teixeira, Pedro Moradas-Ferreira

Exceptional hexose-fermenting ability of the xylitol-producing yeast Candida guilliermondii FTI 20037
Xin Wen, Sukhdeep Sidhu, Spencer K.C. Horemans, Najjapak Sooksawat, Nicole K. Harner, Paramjit K. Bajwa, Zhirun Yuan, Hung Lee

Improved stress resistance and ethanol production by segmental haploidization of the diploid genome in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Saeed Kaboli, Tetsuya Miyamoto, Keisuke Sunada, Yu Sasano, Minetaka Sugiyama, Satoshi Harashima

Immobilization of Lactobacillus rhamnosus in mesoporous silica-based material: An efficiency continuous cell-recycle fermentation system for lactic acid production
Zijian Zhao, Xiaona Xie, Zhi Wang, Yanchun Tao, Xuedun Niu, Xuri Huang, Li Liu, Zhengqiang Li

Beta-ketoadipic acid and muconolactone production from a lignin-related aromatic compound through the protocatechuate 3,4-metabolic pathway
Yuriko Okamura-Abe, Tomokuni Abe, Kei Nishimura, Yasutaka Kawata, Kanna Sato-Izawa, Yuichiro Otsuka, Masaya Nakamura, Shinya Kajita, Eiji Masai, Tomonori Sonoki, Yoshihiro Katayama

Thermophile-fermented compost extract as a possible feed additive to enhance fecundity in the laying hen and pig: Modulation of gut metabolism
Toshiyuki Ito, Hirokuni Miyamoto, Yoshifumi Kumagai, Motoaki Udagawa, Toshihito Shinmyo, Kenichi Mori, Kazuo Ogawa, Hisashi Miyamoto, Hiroaki Kodama

Enhancement of malate-production and increase in sensitivity to dimethyl succinate by mutation of the VID24 gene in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Hiroaki Negoro, Atsushi Kotaka, Kengo Matsumura, Hiroko Tsutsumi, Yoji Hata

Feather hydrolysate from Streptomyces sampsonii GS 1322: A potential low cost soil amendment
Richa Jain, Aakanchha Jain, Neha Rawat, Meera Nair, Raghvendra Gumashta

Comparison of antimicrobial activities of newly obtained low molecular weight scorpion chitosan and medium molecular weight commercial chitosan
Murat Kaya, Meltem Asan-Ozusaglam, Sevil Erdogan

Highlights

・Chitin content of the Scorpion Mesobuthus gibbosus.
・Physicochemical characterization of chitin and chitosan from Scorpion.
・Antimicrobial activity of newly obtained low molecular weight scorpion chitosan.

Functional expression of xylose isomerase in flocculating industrial Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain for bioethanol production
Yun-Cheng Li, Guo-Ying Li, Min Gou, Zi-Yuan Xia, Yue-Qin Tang, Kenji Kida

Production of γ-cyclodextrin by Bacillus cereus cyclodextrin glycosyltransferase using extractive bioconversion in polymer-salt aqueous two-phase system
Yu Kiat Lin, Pau Loke Show, Yee Jiun Yap, Arbakariya B. Ariff, Mohammad Suffian Mohammad Annuar, Oi Ming Lai, Teck Kim Tang, Joon Ching Juan, Tau Chuan Ling

Highlights

・ATPS extractive bioconversion composed by PEG and potassium phosphates solution.
・The ATPS was optimized and ATPS extractive bioconversion was then applied.
・Phase composition and phase concentration influenced the partition behavior of γ-CD.
・The γ-CD concentration of 1.60 mg/mL with 19% concentration ratio was recovered after 1 h extractive bioconversion process.

Efficient butanol recovery from acetone–butanol–ethanol fermentation cultures grown on sweet sorghum juice by pervaporation using silicalite-1 membrane
Miho Kanemoto, Hideyuki Negishi, Keiji Sakaki, Toru Ikegami, Shigeru Chohnan, Youji Nitta, Yasurou Kurusu, Hiroyuki Ohta

Fetal liver cell-containing hybrid organoids improve cell viability and albumin production upon transplantation
Jingjia Ye, Nana Shirakigawa, Hiroyuki Ijima

Highlights

・We prepared a growth factor-immobilizable gel.
・Sufficient angiogenesis was induced by the growth factor-immobilizable gel.
・FLCs had higher cell viability than hepatocytes in transplanted samples.
・Albumin concentrations increased in NAR blood after FLC transplantation.