Chemical and physical Chitosan modification for designing enzymatic industrial biocatalysts: How to choose the best strategy?

YL Nunes, FL de Menezes, IG de Sousa… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Chitosan is one of the most abundant natural polymer worldwide, and due to its inherent
characteristics, its use in industrial processes has been extensively explored. Because it is …

Bacillus subtilis-Based Probiotic Improves Skeletal Health and Immunity in Broiler Chickens Exposed to Heat Stress

S Jiang, FF Yan, JY Hu, A Mohammed, HW Cheng - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary High ambient temperature is a major environmental stressor affecting the
physiological and behavioral status of animals, increasing stress susceptibility and …

Photoenzymatic decarboxylation: A promising way to produce sustainable aviation fuels and fine chemicals

X Guo, A **a, W Zhang, Y Huang, X Zhu, X Zhu… - Bioresource …, 2023 - Elsevier
As one of the fastest-growing carbon emission sources, the aviation sector is severely
restricted by carbon emission reduction targets. Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) has …

Acrylic fabric and nanomaterials to enhance α-amylase-based biocatalytic immobilized systems for industrial food applications

RM El-Shishtawy, YM Al Angari, MM Alotaibi… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
An innovative approach for immobilizing α-amylase was used in this investigation. The
acrylic fabric was first treated with hexamethylene diamine (HMDA) and then coated with …

Sporulation in solventogenic and acetogenic clostridia

M Diallo, SWM Kengen… - Applied Microbiology and …, 2021 - Springer
The Clostridium genus harbors compelling organisms for biotechnological production
processes; while acetogenic clostridia can fix C1-compounds to produce acetate and …

From enzyme stability to enzymatic bioelectrode stabilization processes

C Beaufils, HM Man, A de Poulpiquet, I Mazurenko… - Catalysts, 2021 - mdpi.com
Bioelectrocatalysis using redox enzymes appears as a sustainable way for biosensing,
electricity production, or biosynthesis of fine products. Despite advances in the knowledge of …

Microbial technologies employed for biodegradation of neonicotinoids in the agroecosystem

S Ahmad, D Cui, G Zhong, J Liu - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Neonicotinoids are synthetic pesticides widely used for the control of various pests in
agriculture throughout the world. They mainly attack the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors …

A novel hybrid biocatalyst from immobilized Eversa® Transform 2.0 lipase and its application in biolubricant synthesis

I Germano de Sousa, A Valério Chaves… - Biocatalysis and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
In this study, a Taguchi experimental design was used for optimzing the immobilization of
the lipase Eversa® Transform 2.0 (EVS) onto a hybrid support consisting of chitosan (CHI) …

Enhancement of stability and activity of RSD amylase from Paenibacillus lactis OPSA3 for biotechnological applications by covalent immobilization on green silver …

ET Ugwuoji, IS Eze, TNT Nwagu, LI Ezeogu - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The key challenge to the biotechnological applications of amylases is achieving high activity
and stability under extreme pH, temperature and often high levels of enzyme denaturants …

Immobilization of raw starch saccharifying amylase on glutaraldehyde activated chitin flakes increases the enzyme operation range

TN Nwagu, B Okolo, H Aoyagi - Bioresource Technology Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
Successful immobilization of raw starch saccharifying amylase (RSSA) on glutaraldehyde
activated chitin will stabilize the enzyme and widen its scope of application. RSSA was …