萃取耦合发酵工艺生产丁醇研究

萃取耦合发酵可有效减弱产物抑制和提高底物利用效率,本文就萃取耦合发酵生产丁醇工艺中的萃取剂的选择、萃取剂加入量、底物浓度等发酵条件进行了研究。结果表明:最佳萃取剂为大豆油生物柴油,油水比为3∶5,发酵过程无需搅拌,静置发酵为宜,在发酵之初加入萃取剂。分别以玉米和木薯为发酵底物,确定其最适底物浓度为100 g/L,以玉米为原料萃取耦合发酵中丁醇和总溶剂产量分别为18.17 g/L和29.31 g/L。以木薯为原料萃取耦合发酵生产丁醇及总溶剂产量比传统发酵分别提高了48.69%和51.80%。     

添加表面活性剂改善丁醇萃取发酵性能

研究了各种表面活性剂对丁醇萃取发酵的影响。丁醇发酵中有大量H2、CO2气体生成,生成的气泡携带发酵溶剂产物（丁醇、丙酮）进入萃取液相,促进了水相中发酵毒性产物向萃取液相的移动。研究发现,表面活性剂可以降低气-液膜的表面张力,促使大气泡破碎,从而使发酵产气以较小气泡的形式穿过萃取液相。添加表面活性剂可以强化发酵溶剂产物从水相到萃取相的移除速度,缩短发酵产物在油水两相中达到平衡的时间。有利于提高发酵生产强度。以地沟生物柴油为萃取剂,吐温-80的添加量为质量分数0．140％时,与对照相比（无表面活性剂的萃取发酵）,相同发酵时间内萃取相中丁醇体积分数提高了21．2％．总溶剂生产强唐也提高了16．5％．     

丁醇萃取发酵耦联生产改良型生物柴油过程的性能优化

传统丙酮丁醇发酵的产物浓度太低,蒸馏回收发酵产品大量耗能.为研究探讨直接利用发酵产物的可能性,在15%高初始玉米醪浓度条件下、以地沟生物柴油为萃取剂,探讨了生物柴油添加量,萃余液回用率、和添加微量电子供体对丁醇发酵耦联生产改良型生物柴油过程各主要性能指标的影响.通过环境条件优化,地沟生物柴油的质量显著提高,16烷值由51.4提高至54.4;添加微量中性红后"丁醇实质性得率"可以达到18%,耗能的发酵产品回收过程有望省去;萃余液回用率超过50%,有望逐步向国家所大力倡导的"节能减排"的工业生产模式靠近.     

使用硅藻土处理发酵废液、提高丁醇发酵废液回用率

以生物柴油为萃取剂耦联丁醇发酵,能以最为节能的方式生产"改良型"生物柴油、提高发酵性能,但却也产生了大量发酵废液、萃余液回用率超过50%次轮发酵就无法正常进行.探讨了使用硅藻土处理发酵废液、提高废液回用率的可能性和最适条件,在使用40目硅藻土、用量3%(w/v)的条件下,废液回用率可以提高至75%;对提高废液回用率的原因进行了初探,利用少量硅藻土可以吸附发酵残液中的丁醇,减少因美拉德反应所生成的不同分子量的增殖抑制型色素物质.原位添加微量硅藻土有利于丁醇发酵的进行,在使用油醇的萃取发酵条件下,丁醇总生产强度提高了8%.     

萃取耦合技术对玉米秸秆水解液发酵产丁醇的影响

本研究以玉米秸秆水解液为原料,通过萃取发酵技术生产燃料丁醇,以提高丁醇产量,降低生产成本。通过对萃取剂的筛选与条件优化,确定纤维丁醇发酵的萃取剂为油醇,添加时间为发酵0 h,添加比例为1:1 (V/V)。该条件下发酵32 g/L糖浓度的玉米秸秆水解液,丁醇和总溶剂产量分别为3.28 g/L和4.72 g/L,比对照分别提高958.1%和742.9%。以D301树脂脱毒后5%总糖浓度的玉米秸秆水解液进行丁醇萃取发酵,丁醇和总溶剂产量分别达到10.34 g/L和14.72 g/L,发酵得率为0.31 g/g,与混合糖发酵结果相当。研究结果表明萃取发酵技术能够显著提高原料的利用率和丁醇产量,为纤维丁醇工业化生产提供了技术支撑。     

丁酸胁迫耦联丙酮丁醇梭菌-酿酒酵母混合培养强化丁醇发酵性能

为改善丁醇发酵性能,提出丁酸胁迫与丙酮丁醇梭菌-酿酒酵母混合培养体系协同作用的新型丁醇发酵优化控制策略.7L发酵罐中,在溶剂生产期(24 h)添加4.0 g/L-broth的丁酸浓缩液和0.2 g-DCW/L-broth的酿酒酵母进行发酵,丁醇浓度、丁醇/丙酮比和总溶剂生产效率与对照相比分别提高35％、43％和79％,达到15.74 g/L、2.83和0.52 g/L/h的最高水平.若将精馏后溶剂混合物作为高效柴油添加剂,柴油添加剂中B∶A∶E比例可达74∶17∶9(w/w)的高水平,产品质量获得显著改善.试验及分析阐明该优化控制策略可大幅诱发赖氨酸的分泌及在梭菌中的吸收/利用,提高梭菌对高丁醇浓度环境的耐受能力,促进丁醇合成;可强化梭菌对底物利用的竞争能力、提高电子往复穿梭传递系统中还原力再生速率、产生更多用于丁醇合成的NADH.两者的协同作用大幅提高了丁醇发酵的整体性能.     

提高丁醇萃取发酵耦联生产改良型生物柴油过程中萃余液回用效率的研究

利用少量廉价的萃取剂一正辛醇（正辛醇／萃余液体积比0．2：1）对萃余液中的丁醇进行萃取,萃余液中56％的残余丁醇可被回收,总丁醇得率提高了38％。萃余液经活性炭（3％,w／v）处理后,在100％回用拌料条件下一批次发酵能够正常进行。萃取发酵条件下,反复全回用萃余液5次,萃取发酵性能可以保持稳定。为丁醇萃取发酵耦联生产改良型生物柴油过程中萃余液的全回用提供了一种新型、低成本和绿色环保的方法。     

木薯和玉米原料丁醇发酵中丁醇丙酮质量比的图论理论计算及其验证

在丁醇发酵产溶剂阶段,乙酸和丁酸的生成途径、消耗途径同时存在,各自形成一个闭环路径。本研究利用图论对丁醇发酵中丁醇丙酮质量比进行了理论计算,并对以木薯和玉米为原料的丁醇发酵进行了模拟计算,结果表明:丁酸闭环路径(L2环)的代谢强度是影响丁醇丙酮质量比的主要因素,并且L2环的代谢强度越弱,丁醇丙酮质量比越高;与玉米原料丁醇发酵相比,木薯原料发酵的m(丁醇)/m(丙酮)提高了16.7%。实验结果证实了以上计算结果:在传统发酵、油醇萃取发酵和生物柴油萃取发酵中,以木薯(适时添加酵母浸粉)为原料的发酵批次与以玉米为原料的发酵批次相比,由于其丁酸闭环路径代谢强度较弱,相应发酵方式下丁醇丙酮质量比分别提高了12.9%、61.4%和6.7%,而且两种原料相应发酵方式的丁醇总产量和生产效率基本持平。另外,高丁醇丙酮质量比的木薯发酵所得改良型生物柴油中丁醇浓度与玉米发酵的相比提高了16%,性能得到进一步提高。     

小麦淀粉废水发酵生产丁醇

为降低丁醇发酵的生产成本,以工业废弃物小麦淀粉废水为辅料,在分析废水组成的基础之上补加适当营养成分发酵生产丁醇。选取对丁醇发酵影响最大的木薯浓度、N源种类、N源浓度、无机盐和原料处理方式等因素分别进行考察。结果表明:对于低浓度废水,添加70 g/L木薯、2 g/L酵母粉、1 g/L K2HPO4,原料糊化水解,能够获得较好的摇瓶发酵效果,丁醇和总溶剂产量最高可分别达到14.72和22.65 g/L。在7 L发酵罐水平上,丁醇和总溶剂产量也分别能达到13.51和23.13 g/L。最终,利用生物柴油进行萃取发酵,其溶剂水平得到进一步提高,丁醇和总溶剂产量可分别达到15.13和29.38 g/L。     

化学改性甘蔗渣对固定化细胞发酵产丁醇的影响

旨在研究化学改性的甘蔗渣作为固定化载体对丙酮丁醇梭菌Clostridium acetobutylicum XY16发酵制备生物丁醇的影响。首先利用不同浓度的聚乙烯亚胺(PEI)和1 g/L戊二醛(GA)对甘蔗渣表面进行化学改性,增强甘蔗渣对Clostridium acetobutylicum XY16的附载能力。经4 g/L聚乙烯亚胺和1 g/L戊二醛改性的甘蔗渣(添加量10 g/L)应用到固定化批次发酵中,发酵36 h后丁醇和总溶剂浓度最高,分别达到了12.24 g/L和21.67 g/L,同时溶剂的生产速率达到0.60 g/(L·h),生产速率比游离细胞和未改性甘蔗渣固定化细胞分批发酵分别提高了130.8%和66.7%。在此基础上对改性甘蔗渣固定化的细胞进行6次重复批次发酵,丁醇和总溶剂的产量稳定,溶剂生产速率逐渐提高至0.83 g/(L·h),同时转化率也提高至0.42 g/g。     

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.