[HTML][HTML] Technologies for biological removal and recovery of nitrogen from wastewater

S Rahimi, O Modin, I Mijakovic - Biotechnology Advances, 2020 - Elsevier
Water contamination is a growing environmental issue. Several harmful effects on human
health and the environment are attributed to nitrogen contamination of water sources …

Immobilization of lipases on hydrophobic supports: immobilization mechanism, advantages, problems, and solutions

RC Rodrigues, JJ Virgen-Ortíz, JCS Dos Santos… - Biotechnology …, 2019 - Elsevier
Lipases are the most widely used enzymes in biocatalysis, and the most utilized method for
enzyme immobilization is using hydrophobic supports at low ionic strength. This method …

Importance of the support properties for immobilization or purification of enzymes

JCS Santos, O Barbosa, C Ortiz… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Immobilization and purification of enzymes are usual requirements for their industrial use.
Both purification and immobilization have a common factor: they use a solid activated …

Microbial ecology of denitrification in biological wastewater treatment

H Lu, K Chandran, D Stensel - Water research, 2014 - Elsevier
Globally, denitrification is commonly employed in biological nitrogen removal processes to
enhance water quality. However, substantial knowledge gaps remain concerning the overall …

Polyethylenimine: a very useful ionic polymer in the design of immobilized enzyme biocatalysts

JJ Virgen-Ortiz, JCS Dos Santos… - Journal of materials …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
This review discusses the possible roles of polyethylenimine (PEI) in the design of improved
immobilized biocatalysts from diverse perspectives. This includes their use to activate …

Intestinal microbiota in human health and disease: the impact of probiotics

J Gerritsen, H Smidt, GT Rijkers, WM de Vos - Genes & nutrition, 2011 - Springer
The complex communities of microorganisms that colonise the human gastrointestinal tract
play an important role in human health. The development of culture-independent molecular …

Enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulosic biomass

B Yang, Z Dai, SY Ding, CE Wyman - Biofuels, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Biological conversion of cellulosic biomass to fuels and chemicals offers the high yields to
products vital to economic success and the potential for very low costs. Enzymatic hydrolysis …

Control of protein immobilization: Coupling immobilization and site-directed mutagenesis to improve biocatalyst or biosensor performance

K Hernandez, R Fernandez-Lafuente - Enzyme and microbial technology, 2011 - Elsevier
Mutagenesis and immobilization are usually considered to be unrelated techniques with
potential applications to improve protein properties. However, there are several reports …

Chemical modification in the design of immobilized enzyme biocatalysts: drawbacks and opportunities

N Rueda, JCS Dos Santos, C Ortiz… - The Chemical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Chemical modification of enzymes and immobilization used to be considered as separate
ways to improve enzyme properties. This review shows how the coupled use of both tools …

Coupling chemical modification and immobilization to improve the catalytic performance of enzymes

RC Rodrigues, Á Berenguer‐Murcia… - Advanced Synthesis …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Chemical modification and immobilization of enzymes have been usually considered
unrelated tools to improve biocatalyst features. However, there are many examples where a …