Analyses of chicken sialyltransferases related to O-glycosylation
Shunsuke Kidani, Hidenori Kaneoka, Yuya Okuzaki, Seiya Asai, Yusuke Kojima, Ken-ichi Nishijima, Shinji Iijima

AmyI-1–18, a cationic α-helical antimicrobial octadecapeptide derived from α-amylase in rice, inhibits the translation and folding processes in a protein synthesis system
Masayuki Taniguchi, Akihito Ochiai, Shun Fukuda, Teppei Sato, Eiichi Saitoh, Tetsuo Kato, Takaaki Tanaka

Screening, identification, and characterization of α-xylosidase from a soil metagenome
Tomohiko Matsuzawa, Nobutada Kimura, Hikaru Suenaga, Katsuro Yaoi

Branched chain amino acids maintain the molecular weight of poly(γ-glutamic acid) of Bacillus licheniformis ATCC 9945 during the fermentation
Hitoshi Mitsunaga, Lena Meissner, Jochen Büchs, Eiichiro Fukusaki

Highlights

・Mw in media with different PTS-sugars were larger than in the medium with glycerol.
・CodY seems to be activated in the cells cultivated in the media with PTS-sugars.
・Addition of BCAAs which are activators of CodY inhibited PGA degradation.

Consolidated bioprocessing of poly(lactate-co-3-hydroxybutyrate) from xylan as a sole feedstock by genetically-engineered Escherichia coli
Lucia Salamanca-Cardona, Ryan A. Scheel, Norman Scott Bergey, Arthur J. Stipanovic, Ken'ichiro Matsumoto, Seiichi Taguchi, Christopher T. Nomura

Overexpression of ESBP6 improves lactic acid resistance and production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Minetaka Sugiyama, Shin-pei Akase, Ryota Nakanishi, Yoshinobu Kaneko, Satoshi Harashima

Fermentative production of 1-propanol from d-glucose, l-rhamnose and glycerol using recombinant Escherichia coli
Mitsuru Matsubara, Nobuyuki Urano, Shohei Yamada, Ai Narutaki, Misaki Fujii, Michihiko Kataoka

Improvement of daptomycin production via increased resistance to decanoic acid in Streptomyces roseosporus
Sung-Kwon Lee, Hong Rip Kim, Ying-Yu Jin, Seung Hwan Yang, Joo-Won Suh

Anti-biofilm activity of the metabolites of Streptomyces chrestomyceticus strain ADP4 against Candida albicans
Vartika Srivastava, Ashok K. Dubey

Prevention of GABA reduction during dough fermentation using a baker's yeast dal81 mutant
Akira Ando, Toshihide Nakamura

Isolation and characterization of xylitol-assimilating mutants of recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Tatsunori Tani, Hisataka Taguchi, Kazuhiro E. Fujimori, Takehiko Sahara, Satoru Ohgiya, Yoichi Kamagata, Takashi Akamatsu

Enhancement of denitrifying phosphorus removal and microbial community of long-term operation in an anaerobic anoxic oxic–biological contact oxidation system
Miao Zhang, Qing Yang, Jianhua Zhang, Cong Wang, Shuying Wang, Yongzhen Peng

Effects of 3,5-dichlorophenol on excess biomass reduction and bacterial community dynamics in activated sludge as revealed by a polyphasic approach
Zen-ichiro Kimura, Yusuke Hirano, Yukiko Matsuzawa, Akira Hiraishi

Physical enrichment of uncultured Accumulibacter and Nitrospira from activated sludge by unlabeled cell sorting technique
Kana Irie, Hirotsugu Fujitani, Satoshi Tsuneda

Highlights

・Light scattering signatures revealed morphological characteristics.
・FSC and SSC values influenced the distributions of microbial particles.
・Lower FSC and SSC values decreased the diversity of microbial communities.
・Single cells or microcolonies of Accumulibacter were highly concentrated.
・Microcolonies of Nitrospira were highly enriched.

Enhanced biohydrogen production from corn stover by the combination of Clostridium cellulolyticum and hydrogen fermentation bacteria
Shou-Chi Zhang, Qi-Heng Lai, Yuan Lu, Zhi-Dan Liu, Tian-Min Wang, Chong Zhang, Xin-Hui Xing

Highlights

・The yields of hydrogen production were improved in co-culture systems.
・Formate acted as the predominant metabolite for carbon transfer in the co-culture.
・Lower sugar concentrations were favorable for reaching high hydrogen yield.

Improved bio-hydrogen production from glucose by adding a specific methane inhibitor to microbial electrolysis cells with a double anode arrangement
Jingnan Zhang, Yanxia Bai, Yaoting Fan, Hongwei Hou

Effects of cultural medium on the formation and antitumor activity of polysaccharides by Cordyceps gunnii
Zhen-Yuan Zhu, Xiao-Cui Liu, Ya-Li Tang, Feng-Ying Dong, Hui-Qing Sun, Lu Chen, Yong-Min Zhang

Impact of hydrolysates on monoclonal antibody productivity, purification and quality in Chinese hamster ovary cells
Steven C.L. Ho, Rui Nian, Susanto Woen, Jake Chng, Peiqing Zhang, Yuansheng Yang

Differentiation of mouse iPS cells is dependent on embryoid body size in microwell chip culture
Daisuke Miyamoto, Kohji Nakazawa

Colorimetric method to detect ε-poly-l-lysine using glucose oxidase
Kohei Uematsu, Takaaki Ueno, Kazunori Ushimaru, Chitose Maruyama, Yoshimitsu Hamano, Hajime Katano