促溶剂对雷斯青霉发酵液流变特性的影响

目的:促溶剂通常用于甾体生物催化过程以提高底物溶解度,但在发酵液中添加促溶剂对菌体形态及发酵液特性的影响还少有报道。方法:利用旋转流变仪和顺磁分析仪分别对发酵液的流变特性及体积氧传递系数KLa进行监测。结果:无论是否添加促溶剂,发酵液都表现出非牛顿流体力学特性,但添加3%1,2丙二醇后同一时期发酵液稠度系数减小大约17%,而流动指数平均增加8%。结论:添加促溶剂使得发酵液表观黏度减小,体积氧传递系数增大,从而有利于甾体化合物的生物转化。     

牛角花齿蓟马为害对苜蓿无性系根茎叶及同化产物分配的影响

为探索同化产物分配利用与苜蓿耐蓟马的关系,本试验以扦插的抗蓟马苜蓿无性系R-1和感蓟马苜蓿无性系 I-1为材料,研究不同虫口牛角花齿蓟马为害对苜蓿的抗性、根、茎和叶生长特性及可溶性糖含量的影响.结果表明: 随着虫口压力的增大,R-1和I-1苜蓿的受害指数升高;在相同虫口压力下,R-1苜蓿的受害指数显著低于I-1.受蓟马为害后,R-1和I-1苜蓿株高降低、叶面积减少、茎秆变细、节间长变短、节间数增加,根颈和主根直径加粗、侧根增多.在低虫口密度下,随虫口压力增大,R-1和I-1苜蓿地上部生物量增加,根冠比下降,分配到茎的生物量比例升高;在高虫口密度下,地上部生物量随虫口压力增大而减少,根冠比增加,分配到根系的生物量比例升高;R-1根冠比和茎生物量比例随虫口压力变化曲线的拐点均为每枝条5头,I-1根冠比和茎生物量比例随虫口压力变化曲线的拐点均为每枝条3头.在低虫口压力下,R-1苜蓿茎和叶中的可溶性糖含量随虫口压力增加而升高;在高虫口压力下,茎和叶中的可溶性糖含量随虫口压力增加而下降;根中可溶性糖含量随虫口压力增加持续下降.I-1根、茎和叶中的可溶性糖含量均随虫口压力增加持续下降.牛角花齿蓟马为害后,R-1根、茎和叶的农艺性状及抗性比I-1好,对同化产物的分配利用率高.     

短梗霉多糖发酵过程特征的研究

本文针对短梗霉多糖发酵过程,经研究建立了基于逻辑方程和Luedeking—Piret方程的动力学模型： dx／dt=肛x(1一x／xm) dP／dt=m1x十m2(dx/dt) ds／dt=-b1x-b2(dx／dt)-b3(dP／dt) 其流变特性由初始时的牛顿流体转变为典型的假塑性非牛顿流体并遵从指数方程,即：τ=Kγn随发酵过程进行,发酵液的表观粘度增大,体积氧传质系数减小。搅拌转速的增加有利于提高体积氧传质系数。流变指数n、稠度系数K、气液传质系数Kla。与菌体浓度x、多糖浓度P、搅拌转速N及表观粘度ηa间分别有如下经验方程; k=1．2×10-2X2.43 n=0．461(P／Pm)0.07(x／xm)0.216 KLaDi2=1．48×104(D:N2)0.71(ηW)0.15 Dg ηa     

乙醇-磷酸氢二钾双水相体系萃取L-精氨酸

采用乙醇-磷酸氢二钾(K2HPO4)双水相体系萃取L-精氨酸。实验考察了乙醇浓度、K2HPO4浓度、pH、萃取温度对萃取分离L-精氨酸的影响。结果表明,L-精氨酸在该双水相体系的分配系数K随体系乙醇浓度、K2HPO4浓度的增大、萃取温度的升高而增大,随着体系pH的增大而减小;L-精氨酸在该双水相体系的萃取率随体系乙醇浓度和pH的增大而减小,随着体系K2HPO4浓度增大、萃取温度的升高而增大。     

废糟液全循环对自絮凝酵母糖酵解途径关键酶、胁迫相关代谢物及胞内组分的影响

旨在研究废糟液直接全循环对絮凝酵母乙醇发酵、糖酵解关键酶以及细胞组成的影响。在一有效容积1.5 L的搅拌式生物反应器中,使用葡萄糖为220 g/L,添加8 g/L酵母粉和6 g/L蛋白胨的培养基,以0.04 h?1的稀释率进行自絮凝颗粒酵母乙醇连续发酵。每隔3天将收集到的发酵液集中精馏处理,得到的废糟液用于配制发酵培养基。装置运行近20 d,实验结果表明,随着废液循环批次的增加,系统乙醇和生物量浓度明显降低,糖酵解途径3个关键限速酶:己糖激酶、6-磷酸果糖激酶和丙酮酸激酶不同程度受到抑制。为了应对废糟液中高沸点副产物积累导致的环境胁迫,维持细胞正常代谢,甘油和菌体胞内蛋白生物合成加强,碳水化合物积累减弱。这些研究结果对进一步研究高沸点副产物积累对酵母细胞乙醇发酵影响的机理和菌种的代谢工程改造,具有重要意义。     

钙离子通过降低细胞膜透性提高自絮凝颗粒酵母耐酒精能力

生长阶段和冲击阶段均添加 1 6 4mmol LCa2 能显著提高自絮凝颗粒酵母于 30℃在 2 0 % (V V)酒精冲击下的存活率 ,经过 9h冲击 ,对照组的存活率为 0 ,而添加Ca2 试验组的存活率为 5 0 0 % ,表明添加适当浓度的Ca2 能显著提高菌体的耐酒精能力。通过考察Ca2 对菌体于 30℃在 15 % (V V)酒精冲击下细胞膜透性的影响发现 ,生长阶段和冲击阶段均添加 1 6 4mmol LCa2 的试验组的菌体胞外核苷酸平衡浓度和细胞膜透性系数 (P′)分别仅为对照组水平的 5 0 0 %和 2 9 3% ,表明添加适当浓度的Ca2 能显著降低受冲击菌体的细胞膜透性 ;而且 ,添加Ca2 提高存活率与添加Ca2 降低胞外核苷酸浓度和P′存在直接的对应关系。因此 ,Ca2 提高自絮凝颗粒酵母耐酒精能力是与其降低受冲击菌体的细胞膜透性密切相关的。     

自絮凝酵母高浓度重复批次乙醇发酵

利用发酵性能优良的自絮凝酵母Saccharomyces cerevisiaeflo,研究开发了重复批次高浓度乙醇发酵系统,以节省下游加工过程的能耗。在终点乙醇浓度达到120g/L左右的条件下,发酵系统的乙醇生产强度达到8.2g/(L·h)。然而实验中发现,随着发酵批次的增多,自絮凝酵母沉降性能逐渐下降,从发酵液中沉降分离所需时间相应延长,导致发酵液中高浓度乙醇对酵母的毒害作用加剧,影响其发酵活性和发酵系统运行的稳定性,发酵装置运行11个批次后无法继续运行。实验结果表明,絮凝能力下降导致的酵母絮凝颗粒尺度减小是其沉降性能下降的主要原因。进一步研究发现,酵母的絮凝能力通过再培养可以恢复。在此基础上对发酵系统操作进行改进,每批发酵结束后可控采出一定比例菌体,调节系统的酵母细胞密度和乙醇生产强度以刺激酵母增殖,保持其絮凝能力。在达到相同发酵终点乙醇浓度条件下,虽然发酵系统的乙醇生产强度降低到4.0g/(L·h),但运行10d后絮凝颗粒酵母尺度趋于稳定,继续运行14d,未发现絮凝颗粒酵母尺度继续下降的现象,系统可以稳定运行。     

镉污染对烤烟光合特性、产量及其品质的影响

采用盆栽方法,研究了cd污染对烤烟叶片光合特性、烟叶品质及其产量的影响。结果表明,随着Cd处理浓度的增加,烟叶净光合速率（砌）和气孔导度（Gs）逐渐降低,胞间CO2浓度（Ci）随Cd浓度的增加逐渐增大;光系统Ⅱ活性（Fv/Fo）、最大光能转换效率（Fv／Fm）、光化学猝灭系数（qP）、非光化学猝灭系数（NPQ）、电子传递的量子产率（φps Ⅱ）和有效电子传递速率（ETR）则随Cd浓度的增加而降低;烤烟烟叶中的糖,碱比和氮,碱比升高,化学成分组成趋于不协调,不利于烟叶香吃味的形成。     

盐对脂质体的悬浮液的特性粘数的影响

脂质体悬浮液的特性粘数随着介质中盐的浓度的变化而改变。地低氯化钾浓度时,特性粘数随着氯化钾浓度的增高或降低可逆地减小或增大。氯化钾的浓度高时,这种可逆性下降,直到完全不可逆。不同的钾盐对脂质体悬浮液的特性粘数的影响不同,氯化钾的加入使特性粘数减小,柠檬酸钾则使其增大,铁氰化钾的加入对特性粘数影响很小。特性粘数随盐的浓度而变化的可逆性可考虑作为判断脂质体的结构是否变化的标准。     

盐对脂质体的悬浮液的特性粘数的影响

脂质体悬浮液的特性粘数随着介质中盐的浓度的变化而改变。在低氯化钾浓度时,特性粘数随着氯化钾浓度的增高或降低可逆地减小或增大。氯化钾的浓度高时,这种可逆性下降,直到完全不可逆。不同的钾盐对脂质体悬浮液的特性粘数的影响不同,氯化钾的加入使特性粘数减小,柠檬酸钾则使其增大,铁氰化钾的加入对特性粘数影响很小。特性粘数随盐的浓度而变化的可逆性可考虑作为判断脂质体的结构是否变化的标准。     

Oxygen transfer in broths of plant cells at high density

The rheological properties of the culture broths of some plant cells (Cudrania tricuspidata, Vinca rosea, and Agrostemma githago) at high density (10-18 g dry wt/L) were measured, and oxygen transfer in the broths in various bioreactors was investigated. The rheological properties of the broths were dependent on the size, specific gravity, and concentration of the cell aggregates contained in the broths. The broths were non-Newtonian and pseudoplastic fluids. The flow behavior index n was fairly constant (0.53) and the consistency index K varied in proportion to the sixth-to-seventh power of the cell mass concentration M. The apparent viscosity mu(a) of the broths was in proportion to the 6.5th power of M. The oxygen transfer in the broths was discussed on the basis of the results obtained for suspensions of granulated agars (agar concentration, 5.8%) in water, which were similar to the broths in rheological properties. The volumetric oxygen transfer coefficient k(L)a in the broths was dependent on mu(a)(k(L)a proportional, variant mu(a) (-m)) and decreased greatly at a certain apparent viscosity, mu(ac). The values of m and mu(ac) were closely related to the aeration-agitation mechanisms of the bioreactors. The values of mu(ac) in aeration-agitation type bioreactors was larger than that in aeration-type bioreactors, whereas for m, the reverse was true.     

Rheological characteristics of microbial suspensions of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Bacillus cereus

The rheological properties of the bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Bacillus cereus have been investigated. The apparent viscosity of the bacterial suspensions has been measured at different conditions. The results showed that the bacterial suspensions' apparent viscosity increased with increasing biomass concentration of each of these strains. The P. aeruginosa suspension followed shear thinning behavior while B. cereus suspension followed shear thickening behavior. The shear stress versus shear rate experimental data were best represented by the Herschel-Bulkley model. The apparent viscosity of the P. aeruginosa and B. cereus suspensions decreased with increasing temperature. The relationship between the apparent viscosity and the shearing time highlighted the rheopectic behavior of the suspensions used in this work.     

Development of a helical-ribbon impeller bioreactor for high-density plant cell suspension culture

A double helical-ribbon impeller (HRI) bioreactor with a 11-L working volume was developed to grow high-density Catharanthus roseus cell suspensions. The rheological behavior of this suspension was found to be shear-thinning for concentrations higher than 12 to 15 g DW . L(-1). A granulated agar suspension of similar rheological properties was used as a model fluid for these suspensions. Mixing studies revealed that surface baffling and bottom profiling of the bioreactor and impeller speeds of 60 to 150 rpm ensured uniform mixing of suspensions. The HRI power requirement was found to increase singnificantly for agar suspensions higher than 13 g DW . L(-1), in conjunction with the effective viscosity increase. Oxygen transfer studies showed high apparent surface oxygen transfer coefficients (k(L)a approximately 4 to 45 h(-1)) from agar suspensions of 30 g DW . L(-1) to water and for mixing speeds ranging from 120 to 150 rpm. These high surface k(I)a values were ascribed to the flow pattern of this bioreactor configuration combined with surface bubble generation and entrainment in the liquid phase caused by the presence of the surface baffles. High-density C. roseus cell suspension cultures were successfully grown in this bioreactor without gas sparging. Up to 70% oxygen enrichment of the head space was required to ensure sufficient oxygen supply to the cultures so that dissolved oxygen concentration would remain above the critical level (>/=10% air saturation). The best mixing speed was 120 rpm. These cultures grew at the same rate ( approximately 0.4 d(-1)) and attained the same high biomass concentrations ( approximately 25 to 27 g DW . L(-1), 450 to 500 g filtered wet biomass . L(-1), and 92% to 100% settled wet biomass volume) as shake flask cultures. The scale-up potential of this bioreactor configuration is discussed.     

Rheological characteristics of cell suspension and cell culture of Perilla frutescens

Physical properties such as viscosity, fluid dynamic behavior of cell suspension, and size distribution of cell aggregates of a plant, Perilla frustescens, cultured in a liquid medium were studied. As a result of investigations using cells harvester after 12 days of cultivation in a flask, it was found that the apparent viscosity of the cell suspension did not change with any variation of cell concentration below 5 g dry cell/L but markedly increased when the cell concentration increased over 12.8 g dry cell/L. The cell suspension exhibited the characteristics of a Bingham plastic fluid with a small yield stres. The size of cell aggregates in the range 74 to 500 mum did not influence the rheological characteristics of the cell suspension. The rheological characteristics of cultivation mixtures of P. frutescens cultivated in a flask and in a bioreactor were also investigated. The results showed that the flow characteristics of the cell culture could be described by a Bingham plastic model. At the later stage of cultivation, the apparent viscosity increased steadily, even though the biomass concentration (by dry weight) decreased, due to the increase of individual cell size. (c) 1992 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Multivariate models for prediction of rheological characteristics of filamentous fermentation broth from the size distribution

The main purpose of this article is to demonstrate that principal component analysis (PCA) and partial least squares regression (PLSR) can be used to extract information from particle size distribution data and predict rheological properties. Samples from commercially relevant Aspergillus oryzae fermentations conducted in 550 L pilot scale tanks were characterized with respect to particle size distribution, biomass concentration, and rheological properties. The rheological properties were described using the Herschel-Bulkley model. Estimation of all three parameters in the Herschel-Bulkley model (yield stress (tau(y)), consistency index (K), and flow behavior index (n)) resulted in a large standard deviation of the parameter estimates. The flow behavior index was not found to be correlated with any of the other measured variables and previous studies have suggested a constant value of the flow behavior index in filamentous fermentations. It was therefore chosen to fix this parameter to the average value thereby decreasing the standard deviation of the estimates of the remaining rheological parameters significantly. Using a PLSR model, a reasonable prediction of apparent viscosity (micro(app)), yield stress (tau(y)), and consistency index (K), could be made from the size distributions, biomass concentration, and process information. This provides a predictive method with a high predictive power for the rheology of fermentation broth, and with the advantages over previous models that tau(y) and K can be predicted as well as micro(app). Validation on an independent test set yielded a root mean square error of 1.21 Pa for tau(y), 0.209 Pa s(n) for K, and 0.0288 Pa s for micro(app), corresponding to R(2) = 0.95, R(2) = 0.94, and R(2) = 0.95 respectively.     

Rheological characterization of a fungal fermentation for the production of pneumocandins

The filamentous fungus Glarea lozoyensis produces a novel, pharmaceutically important pneumocandin (B₀) that is used to synthesize a polypeptide, which demonstrates fungicidal activity against clinically relevant pathogens. The scale-up of the pneumocandin fermentation requires an understanding of the rheological properties of the broth and the factors that influence flow behavior. A systematic approach for characterizing the rheological properties using a standard methodology is presented here. An appropriate rheometer was chosen and the effects of shear rate ramping, broth handling, creep and yield testing were examined. The fed-batch fermentation used a soluble production medium that allowed the relationship between biomass and rheological properties to be studied up to the 19-m³ scale. The morphologically heterogeneous broth demonstrated time-dependent shear thinning behavior with thixotropy and a yield stress. The flow curves were described by the power law model, with flow behavior of 0.35-0.4 and consistency index up to 10 Pa.sⁿ. The use of a cup and bob rheometer was preferable to alternative techniques, including turbine and spindle systems defined by Mitschka's technique. The consistency index and flow behavior were shown to have a non-linear relationship with biomass concentrations up to 140 g/L. The consistency index continually increased with biomass during the fermentation, while the flow behavior initially decreased rapidly and then remained at low values for the remainder of the batch cultivation. The consistency index and yield stress were influenced by temperature, osmotic pressure, and pH, while the flow behavior remained independent of these factors.     

Influence of microbial concentration on the rheology of non-Newtonian fermentation broths

The objective of this study was to quantify the effect of fungal biomass concentration on the rheology of non-Newtonian fermentation systems. Batch fermentations of Penicillium chrysogenum were carried out with glucose as the sole carbon source. The flow behavior of the system was characterized at various fermentation times and was adequately described by the power-law model. The apparent viscosity of the fermentation broth was significantly affected by biomass concentrations in the fermenter. Fermentation broths containing 17.71 g/l biomass as dry weight were characterized by an apparent viscosity of 0.25 Pa s at a shear rate of 50 s⁻¹. Microbial concentration also affected the power-law flow-behavior index and the consistency index. The value of the consistency index ranged from 0.002 Pa s ⁿ at a biomass concentration of 0.1 g/l to 6.14 Pa s ⁿ at a biomass concentration of 17.71 g/l. The flow-behavior index decreased from an initial value of 1 to a final value of 0.17. Simple empirical correlations have been proposed to quantify the dependence of the power-law parameters on fungal biomass concentration. Experimental data obtained in this study were accurately described by these correlations. The general applicability of these relationships was tested, using previously published rheological data on Aspergillus awamori and Aspergillus niger fermentation broths, and good agreement was seen between experimental data and the predictions from the empirical correlations. Received: 24 March 1998 / Received revision: 10 September 1998 / Accepted: 16 October 1998     

Comportement rhéologique de biomatériaux pour l’ingénierie ostéoarticulaire et dentaire : matrices extracellulaires synthétiques et suspensions phosphocalciques

Injectable biomaterials are a particular field of biomaterials used for noninvasive surgical techniques (e.g. percutaneous surgery). The fundamental characteristic of this type of biomaterials is their rheological properties during implantation. In this context, the subject of this research work was to evaluate the rheological properties of two injectable biomaterials used in osteoarticular and dental tissue engineering: (i) a synthetic extracellular matrix and (ii) an injectable calcium phosphate suspension. The rheological properties of silated hydroxypropylmethylcellulose hydrogel were studied. It is shown that although silanization reduces the hydrodynamic volume in dilute solution, it does not affect significantly the rheological behavior of the concentrated solutions. In dilute solution, intrinsic viscosity of different HPMC-Si solutions before steam sterilization indicated that macromolecular chains occupied larger hydrodynamic volume compared to the sterilized HPMC-Si solutions. For the sterilized HPMC-Si concentrated solutions, the limiting viscosities decreased when the pH increased. This change, remarked in dilute and concentrated domain has been attributed to the formation of both intra- and intermolecular associations during the phase separation process of HPMC-Si during steam sterilization. The formation of HPMC-Si hydrogels from injectable aqueous solution was studied after neutralization. The study of the gelation process revealed the dependence of the final concentration of HPMC-Si hydrogel, pH and temperature on cross-linking kinetics and viscoelastic properties. An injectable calcium phosphate ceramic suspension was studied. This “ready-to-use” injectable bone substitute is consisting of an aqueous HPMC solution as matrix and calcium phosphate particles as fillers. The rheological characterization revealed the macromolecular behavior of the HPMC. The investigations of settling kinetics showed the dependence of the particle size and the HPMC concentration on the settling velocity and sediment compactness before and after sterilization. The rheological properties and injectability of this suspension were also studied. The suspensions showed a strongly increased viscosity as compared to the HPMC solution. The rheological proprieties of suspensions depend on the composition. A simple device has been used to characterize extrusion of the paste using a disposable syringe fitted with a needle. The injectability modeling was realized. A theoretical approach based on the capillary flow of non newtonian fluids was used to predict the necessary pressure for injection, on the basis of rheological properties and extrusion conditions. The theoretical estimation of the extrusion pressure showed a wall slip in the suspensions, so that the injection pressure is less than anticipated. The influence of wall slip leads, however, to a constant proportionality factor between theory and injection experiments.     

Effect of deletion of chitin synthase genes on mycelial morphology and culture viscosity in Aspergillus oryzae

The objective of this study was to quantify the effect of disrupting two chitin synthases, chsB and csmA, on the morphology and rheology during batch cultivation of Aspergillus oryzae. The rheological properties were characterized in batch cultivations at different biomass concentrations (from 3.4-22.5 g kg(-1) biomass) and the power-law model adequately described the rheological properties. In the cultivations there were pellets, clumps, and freely dispersed hyphal elements. The different morphological fractions were quantified using image analysis. The apparent viscosity of the fermentation broth was significantly affected by the biomass concentration, the morphology, and also by pH. The chsB disruption strain had lower consistency index K values for all biomass concentrations investigated, which is a desirable trait for industrial Aspergillus fermentations.     

Effect of succinylation on the rheological profile of starch pastes

Rheological properties of native corn and amaranth starches, and the changes therein on succinylation have been evaluated. The degree of substitution (DS) was varied from 0.05 to 0.20 at concentrations up to 5%. A strong shear thinning behavior was observed in all the starch pastes, as described by the power law parameters, i.e. the consistency index, K, and the flow behavior or power law index, n. The effect of concentration and DS on the apparent viscosity is described. Amaranth starch succinates showed a greater shear thinning behavior vis-à-vis corn starch succinates. The bulky hydrophilic succinate group seem to influence the rheological properties.