内循环气升式发酵罐的特性及其用于谷氨酸发酵的研究

对50L内循环气升式发酵罐的混合、传质、气含率、液体循环等性能进行了系统的研究,优选出设备的最佳结构及得出氧的体积传质系数(k_La)关联式。在此基础上,进行了谷氨酸的一次低糖发酵试验,得出适用于此设备的谷氨酸发酵最佳工艺。实验结果的最高产酸率为7．69％,转化率为58．8％,比使用同一菌种的用机械搅拌罐发酵的产酸率(6．O％)及转化率(44％)分别提高28．2％和33．6％。     

氧载体发酵体系的氧传递特性及提高衣康酸产酸能力的研究

测定了不同氧载体的理化参数,研究了机械搅拌罐氧载体发酵体系中的氧载体的体积分数,搅拌转速和通风量对体积氧传递系数的影响,并推导出传质系数的关联式。实验表明,加入氧载体后,可提高发酵体系的ＫＬａ值３０－２００％,衣原酸发酵中加入氧载体正十二烷,可提高产酸１４％以上。     

三相逆流湍动床气液传质性能的研究

由空气-水(清水/废水)-中空玻璃珠构成三相体系,在表观气速0·53~10mm·s-1、固含率为0~0·3、表观液速0~0·2mm·s-1的条件下,采用溶氧仪研究了三相逆流湍动床的气液传质性能,考察了操作参数和液体性质对液相容积传质系数kLa的影响。结果表明,在所试条件下,kLa为0·0456~1·414min-1。kLa随着表观气速和表观液速的增加而增加,随着固含率的增加先增加后减小,0·05~0·08为反应器传质的最优固含率条件。液体性质对kLa有重大影响,高浓度模拟废水和工业废水中的kLa比清水中的kLa分别减小39·0%和50·9%。研究结果可为后续逆流湍动床废水生物处理过程分析与模拟提供传质基础数据。     

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     

溶氧对L-苏氨酸发酵的影响

探索溶氧对L-苏氨酸发酵过程的影响及其控制方法。通过摇瓶装液量试验、不同溶氧控制方式考察发酵过程中溶氧对L-苏氨酸合成的影响。采用补料分批发酵工艺发酵L-苏氨酸,利用氨基酸分析仪测定发酵液中L-苏氨酸的产量,通过10L罐补料分批发酵36h,产酸可达118.9g/L,糖酸转化率为47.6%。可以得出溶氧对L-苏氨酸生物合成有重要影响,并建立了最佳溶氧控制条件。     

普鲁兰的底物流加补料发酵研究

在批式发酵优化条件基础上,通过对流加补料方式、流加起始时间、批式流加间隔时间、补料液的组成等对发酵过程的各种参数,如产物量、转化率、生物量、溶氧、发酵液pH、发酵液黏度以及产物分子量等的影响进行了研究,确定了普鲁兰流加补料发酵的优化条件,使发酵转化率达到70%以上,产物平均分子量在10万以上。     

发酵过程中溶氧的影响及调控

存在许多因素可以影响整个发酵过程的进行。培养基中的溶氧浓度(DO)作为其中一个最基本的因素,它能显著影响微生物的生长和产物的形成。在发酵过程中必须根据不同阶段供给适量的无菌空气用以保障工程菌的代谢特点保证工程菌繁殖和代谢产物的合成。发酵过程中氧的传质速率受发酵液的理化性质、操作参数及反应器的结构三方面影响。     

新型气液双升式动物细胞反应器

为克服目前动物细胞反应器存在的不足 ,设计了一种新型气液双升式动物细胞反应器( ALLR)。该反应器结合了气升式反应器和流化床反应器的优点 ,同时在结构上使气泡与流体自然流动与分离 ,消除了气泡凝聚破裂给细胞造成的机械损伤。测定了 2 L反应器的液体循环流速及氧传质系数 KLa值 ,表明 ALLR具有较好的传质性能和极小的流体剪切力 ,适合动物细胞的大规模培养     

外循环气升式反应器性能及其应用于大米酒糟废液处理的研究

本文研究了所选反应器的气含率、混合时间和容积氧传递系数等特性。实验是在外循环气升式反应器和鼓泡式反应器的空气－水系统中进行,由所得的实验数据进行回归分析得到反应器的回归方程,并且利用性能较好的外循环气升式反应器,在酒糟废液中培养BN99真菌。结果为：废液中COD值减少了60～70％,pH值从5．2上升到6．5,菌体蛋白的含量高达38．88％,固体、液体易于分离。因此,在真菌培养和酒糟废液处理方面,外循环气升式反应器是一种性能良好的反应器。     

低高径比喷射环流生化反应器流体力学和发酵性能的研究

对高径比s≤2．5喷射环流生化反应器的流体力学和传质特性进行了系统的研究,选出反应器的最佳结构,关联出氧的体积传递系数(k_La)表达式。在此基础上,进行了谷氨酸发酵试验,摸索出用该设备进行各氨酸发酵的最佳工艺条件,使5批一次性投糖发酵的糖酸转化率达到50％以上。     

A Unique Protease Cleavage Site Predicted in the Spike Protein of the Novel Pneumonia Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Potentially Related to Viral Transmissibility

正Dear Editor,In December 2019, a novel human coronavirus caused an epidemic of severe pneumonia(Coronavirus Disease 2019,COVID-19) in Wuhan, Hubei, China(Wu et al. 2020; Zhu et al. 2020). So far, this virus has spread to all areas of China and even to other countries. The epidemic has caused 67,102 confirmed infections with 1526 fatal cases     

Curcuminoids as inhibitors of thioredoxin reductase: A receptor based pharmacophore study with distance mapping of the active site

Curcumin is the yellow pigment of turmeric that interacts irreversibly forming an adduct with thioredoxin reductase (TrxR), an enzyme responsible for redox control of cell and defence against oxidative stress. Docking at both the active sites of TrxR was performed to compare the potency of three naturally occurring curcuminoids, namely curcumin, demethoxy curcumin and bis-demethoxy curcumin. Results show that active sites of TrxR occur at the junction of E and F chains. Volume and area of both cavities is predicted. It has been concluded by distance mapping of the most active conformations that Se atom of catalytic residue SeCYS498, is at a distance of 3.56 from C13 of demethoxy curcumin at the E chain active site, whereas C13 carbon atom forms adduct with Se atom of SeCys 498. We report that at least one methoxy group in curcuminoids is necessary for interation with catalytic residues of thioredoxin. Pharmacophore of both active sites of the TrxR receptor for curcumin and demethoxy curcumin molecules has been drawn and proposed for design and synthesis of most probable potent antiproliferative synthetic drugs.     

Comparative morphology of the carpel in the Liliaceae: Hewardieae, Petrosavieae, and Tricyrteae

The young pistils in the melanthioid tribes, Hewardieae, Petrosavieae and Tricyrteae, are uniformly tricarpellate and syncarpous. They lack raphide idioblasts. All are multiovulate, with bitegmic ovules. The Petrosavieae are marked by the presence of septal glands and incomplete syncarpy. Tepals and stamens adhere to the ovary in the Hewardieae and the Petrosavieae but not in the Tricyrteae. Two vascular bundles occur in the stamens of the Hewartlieae and Tricyrtis latifolia. Ventral bundles in the upper part of the ovary of the Hewardieae are continuous with compound septal bundles and placental bundles in the lower part. Putative ventral bundles occur in the alternate position in the Tricyrteae and putative placental bundles in the opposite. position in the Petrosavieae. The dichtomously branched stigma in each carpel of the Tricyrteae is supplied by a bifurcated dorsal bundle.     

Enterovirus 71 3C proteolytically processes the histone H3 N-terminal tail during infection

Highlights
1. The N-terminal tail of histone H3 is specifically cleaved during EV71 infection.
2. Viral protease 3C is identified as a protease responsible for proteolytically processing the N-terminal H3 tail.
3. Our finding reveals a new epigenetic regulatory mechanism for Enterovirus 71 in virus-host interactions.     

Detection of EBV and HHV6 in the Brain Tissue of Patients with Rasmussen’s Encephalitis

Rasmussen’s encephalitis (RE) is a rare pediatric neurological disorder, and the exact etiology is not clear. Viral infection may be involved in the pathogenesis of RE, but conflicting results have reported. In this study, we evaluated the expression of both Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and human herpes virus (HHV) 6 antigens in brain sections from 30 patients with RE and 16 control individuals by immunohistochemistry. In the RE group, EBV and HHV6 antigens were detected in 56.7% (17/30) and 50% (15/30) of individuals, respectively. In contrast, no detectable EBV and HHV6 antigen expression was found in brain tissues of the control group. The co-expression of EBV and HHV6 was detected in 20.0% (6/30) of individuals. In particular, a 4-year-old boy had a typical clinical course, including a medical history of viral encephalitis, intractable epilepsy, and hemispheric atrophy. The co-expression of EBV and HHV6 was detected in neurons and astrocytes in the brain tissue, accompanied by a high frequency of CD8⁺ T cells. Our results suggest that EBV and HHV6 infection and the activation of CD8⁺ T cells are involved in the pathogenesis of RE.     

Perinatal Vertical Transmission of Chikungunya Virus in Ruili,a Town on the Border between China and Myanmar

正Dear Editor,Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), an arbovirus in the family of Togaviridae, genus Alphavirus, is transmitted by the A.aegyptii or A. albopictus mosquito, and causes disease in humans characterized by fever, rash, and arthralgia (Silva and Dermody 2017; Suhrbier 2019). It was first reported in 1953 in Tanzania, and caused only a few outbreaks and sporadic cases in Africa and Asia in last century. However, in the epidemic in 2004, CHIKV acquired mutations that conferred enhanced transmission by the A. albopictus mosquito(Schuffenecker et al. 2006). Since then, it has successively caused outbreaks in Africa, the Indian Ocean, South East Asia, the South America, and Europe (Zeller et al. 2016).     

Development of a Novel Reverse Transcription Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Method for Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2

In conclusion, the novel visual RT-LAMP assay is a simple, rapid, and sensitive approach for detection of SARS-CoV-2, and it is ready for application in primary care and community hospitals or health care centers, and even patients' own houses in response to the current SARS-CoV-2 epidemic because the assay does not require sophisticated equipment and skilled personnel. Furthermore, it is also ready to be used in fields for screening samples from wild animals and environments to facilitate the identification of potential intermediate hosts that mediate the cross-species transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from bats to humans.