Your browser doesn't support javascript.
loading
Mostrar: 20 | 50 | 100
Resultados 1 - 10 de 10
Filtrar
Mais filtros











Intervalo de ano de publicação
1.
Bioprocess Biosyst Eng ; 41(11): 1573-1587, 2018 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30043212

RESUMO

Biofilm-based wastewater treatment systems have become attractive due to their numerous advantages when compared to other suspended growth processes. However, the mathematical modeling of these reactors is relatively complex, since it has to consider a wide range of phenomena to accurately describe the process behavior. This work deals with the modeling of a two-stage MBBR system run in pre-denitrification mode for the removal of organic matter and nitrogen from wastewater. The model development took into account diffusive phenomena and kinetics in a homogeneous biofilm composed of different bacterial functional groups (namely heterotrophs and nitrifiers). The thickness of the biofilm was treated as a variable, given that detachment of adhered biomass took place. The suspended biomass fraction was also considered to remove the pollutants by means of Monod-type kinetics associated with the activated sludge model. The dynamic behavior of the components involved in the system and their spatial distribution in the biofilm obtained from simulated data showed good agreement with those reported in the literature, demonstrating the reproducibility of the model and encouraging future applications in full-scale MBBR plants.


Assuntos
Biofilmes , Reatores Biológicos , Eliminação de Resíduos Líquidos/instrumentação , Biomassa , Reatores Biológicos/microbiologia , Simulação por Computador , Desnitrificação , Difusão , Cinética , Modelos Teóricos , Reprodutibilidade dos Testes , Eliminação de Resíduos Líquidos/estatística & dados numéricos , Águas Residuárias
2.
BMC Biotechnol ; 11: 85, 2011 Sep 09.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21906288

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: The cotton boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis) is a serious insect-pest in the Americas, particularly in Brazil. The use of chemical or biological insect control is not effective against the cotton boll weevil because of its endophytic life style. Therefore, the use of biotechnological tools to produce insect-resistant transgenic plants represents an important strategy to reduce the damage to cotton plants caused by the boll weevil. The present study focuses on the identification of novel molecules that show improved toxicity against the cotton boll weevil. In vitro directed molecular evolution through DNA shuffling and phage display screening was applied to enhance the insecticidal activity of variants of the Cry8Ka1 protein of Bacillus thuringiensis. RESULTS: Bioassays carried out with A. grandis larvae revealed that the LC50 of the screened mutant Cry8Ka5 toxin was 3.15-fold higher than the wild-type Cry8Ka1 toxin. Homology modelling of Cry8Ka1 and the Cry8Ka5 mutant suggested that both proteins retained the typical three-domain Cry family structure. The mutated residues were located mostly in loops and appeared unlikely to interfere with molecular stability. CONCLUSIONS: The improved toxicity of the Cry8Ka5 mutant obtained in this study will allow the generation of a transgenic cotton event with improved potential to control A. grandis.


Assuntos
Proteínas de Bactérias , Embaralhamento de DNA/métodos , Endotoxinas , Proteínas Hemolisinas , Controle de Insetos/métodos , Gorgulhos , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , Toxinas de Bacillus thuringiensis , Larva , Dose Letal Mediana , Anotação de Sequência Molecular , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Mutação , Biblioteca de Peptídeos , Estabilidade Proteica , Alinhamento de Sequência , Homologia de Sequência de Aminoácidos
3.
J Invertebr Pathol ; 104(3): 227-30, 2010 Jul.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20144614

RESUMO

Biotech crops expressing Bacillus thuringiensis Cry toxins present a valuable approach for insect control. Cry8Ka5, which is highly toxic to the cotton boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis), was used as a model to study toxin-ligand interactions. Three Cry-binding proteins were detected after toxin overlay assays. Following de novo sequencing, a heat-shock cognate protein and a V-ATPase were identified, whilst a approximately 120 kDa protein remained unknown. Additional Cry8Ka5-binding proteins were visualized by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis ligand blots.


Assuntos
Bacillus thuringiensis/metabolismo , Proteínas de Bactérias/metabolismo , Sistema Digestório/metabolismo , Endotoxinas/metabolismo , Proteínas Hemolisinas/metabolismo , Inseticidas/metabolismo , Controle Biológico de Vetores/métodos , Gorgulhos/metabolismo , Animais , Toxinas de Bacillus thuringiensis , Proteínas de Bactérias/química , Endotoxinas/química , Proteínas de Choque Térmico HSC70/análise , Proteínas de Choque Térmico HSC70/metabolismo , Proteínas Hemolisinas/química , Inseticidas/química , Larva/metabolismo , Ligação Proteica , ATPases Vacuolares Próton-Translocadoras/análise , ATPases Vacuolares Próton-Translocadoras/metabolismo
4.
Bol. Oficina Sanit. Panam ; 91(1): 5-14, 1981.
Artigo em Espanhol | LILACS | ID: lil-5411

RESUMO

Se han empleado tecnicas de radioinmunoensayo en fase solida (RIEFS) para estudiar las concentraciones de los anticuerpos IgM e IgG contra la fraccion purificada 1A de Yersinia pestis en varios sueros sanguineos humanos.Los resultados se han comparado con los datos obtnidos al utilizar el ensayo normalizado de hemaglutinacion pasiva (HAP) que recomienda el Comite de Expertos en Peste de la Organizacion Mundial de la Salud. Estos resultados indican que el empleo del RIEFS puede ayudar a que se conserve la fraccion antigenica 1A, que no es posible obtener en el comercio.Ademas, es aparente que algunos casos de peste infecciosa humana, que no muestran titulaciones significativas de HAP ni aumentos en estas titulaciones, se pueden diagnosticar mediante el uso apropiado del RIEFS


Assuntos
Peste , Radioimunoensaio , Testes Sorológicos
9.
s.l; s.n; December 21, 1968. 2 p. tab.
Não convencional em Inglês | Sec. Est. Saúde SP, HANSEN, Hanseníase, SESSP-ILSLACERVO, Sec. Est. Saúde SP | ID: biblio-1240442

RESUMO

Urinary total gonadotrophins, urinary oestrogens, and plasma-testosterone have been studied in patients with leprosy with and without gynaecomastia and testicular atrophy. Patients with gynaecomastia and testicular atrophy had significantly raised levels of gonadotrophins and lowered plasmatestosterone. It is suggested that leprous orchitis represents a form of acquired Klinefelter's syndrome.


Assuntos
Masculino , Humanos , Adulto , Adolescente , Doenças Testiculares/etiologia , Ginecomastia/etiologia , Hanseníase/complicações , Hanseníase/metabolismo , Hanseníase/sangue , Hanseníase/urina , Síndrome de Klinefelter/metabolismo
10.
Artigo | PAHO-IRIS | ID: phr-16044

RESUMO

Los resultados de las pruebas de radioinmunoensayo en fase sólida llevadas a cabo con sueros sanguíneos de casos confirmados y sospechosos de peste infecciosa humana indican que estos ensayos pueden aportar valiosos beneficios al diagnóstico de esa enfermedad (AU)


Assuntos
Peste , Radioimunoensaio
SELEÇÃO DE REFERÊNCIAS
DETALHE DA PESQUISA