The intention of the diploma work was the choice of main sorts of bioproduction, charting of the structure of bioproduction in light of origin and detection of sold volume of chosen bio ? food stuff in the South Bohemia. The method - monitoring of the sale in terrain was chosen for charting of the structure of bioproduction. The bioproduction was found out in two types of markets ?markets and markets which are specialized for bio ? food stuff. In the South Bohemia there was chosen 15 markets and 15 markets which are specialized for bio ? food stuff. The structure of bio ? food stuff in light of origin (Czech/import) and in light of volume of sold production was found out in each market. The target bio ? food stuff were beef, grain, dairy products and fruit and vegetable. The data were found out from the packets of bio ? food stuff or through the interview with the chief of the market.

<p>Municipal wastewater treatment plants treat wastewater such as domestic and industrial sewage and recirculates the clean water back into nature’s waterways. However, the wastewater treatment process is costly and complex. The cost of running a municipal wastewater treatment plant is funded via ratepayer fee dollars from customers and therefore receives a fixed budget for which to run the plant according to environmental standards. A local initiative was established to upgrade a Midwestern municipal wastewater facility to utilize biomass renewable energy to a greater extent than what is used by the wastewater facility. The first phase of the initiative tested the suitability of utilizing organic substrates from local industrial plants with the potential to produce larger amounts of biogas via anaerobic digestion. The analysis evaluated the technical and financial viability of utilizing biomass technologies to help power the facility efficiently and economically. The financial and technical analysis will include a cost-benefit analysis by comparing current and forecasted natural gas demand and costs for running heating the WWTP to biogas produced by the anerobic digesters. The results of the research study found that the industrial waste substrates are suitable for anaerobic digestion and yield a higher biogas potential than what is currently used for anaerobic digestion by the WWTP. The initial financial analysis found it is feasible and economical, for at least certain months of the year, for the WWTP to refrain from purchasing natural gas and instead utilize the produced biogas.</p>

A necessidade de economias sustentáveis tem aumentado o interesse no desenvolvimento de plataformas microbianas para novos processos, tanto para a produção de biocombustíveis quanto para a síntese de compostos que demandam alta capacidade energética e processamento químico em sua produção. O isolamento de microrganismos, capazes de degradação materiais lignocelulósicos, resistentes a diferentes inibidores e com rendimento elevado na biossíntese de moléculas específicas faz-se necessário para atender tais propósitos. Neste trabalho, microrganismos cultiváveis isolados do trato digestivo de larvas dos insetos pragas de cana-de-açúcar, besouro da raiz, Migdolus fryanus, bicudo da cana, Sphenophorus levis, broca-gigante da cana, Telchin licus licus e de broca-da-cana, Diatraea saccharalis, foram caracterizados quanto a atividade enzimática em fontes de carbono e identificados por técnicas moleculares. Larvas no terceiro ínstar de M. fryanus e S. levis e quinto ínstar de T. licus licus e D. saccharalis foram coletadas em plantios de cana-de-açúcar no interior de São Paulo. Um total de 341 microrganismos cultiváveis foram avaliados quanto a capacidade de degradação de substratos lignocelulósicos, como única fonte de carbono em meio sólido usando o índice de atividade enzimática (I.E.). Os isolados foram identificados por sequênciamento das regiões do 16S rRNA para bactérias, ITS rDNA para fungos e 26S rDNA para leveduras. Bactérias com atividade enzimática foram relacionadas aos gêneros do filo Firmicutes Bacillus, Enterobacter Serratia e Citrobacter. Os isolados relacionados à B. amyloliquefaciens destacaram-se na degradação da celulose. Entre fungos filamentosos, leveduras e leveduriformes, a atividade enzimática foi destacada para a degradação da hemicelulose. Fungos filamentosos e leveduras pertencem ao filo Ascomycota e os leveduriformes ao filo Chlorophyta. Fungos que apresentaram hidrólise de xilano foram relacionados aos gêneros Pyrenophora, Aspergillus e Penicillium. As leveduras relacionam-se a nove gêneros, majoitariamente aos gêneros Meryerozyma e Candida. Leveduras com capacidade hidrolítica destacada foram relacionadas à Meyerozyma guilliermondii, Cryptococcus laurentti, Candida pseudointermedia, C. parapsilosis, C. solani e Aureobasidium pullulans. Entre as leveduras, 40 isolados apresentam sequências que diferem em mais de 1% das sequências referência, podendo-se inferir a respeito de possíveis novas espécies. No ensaio cinético, realizado para a triagem de leveduras com capacidade de bioconversão da D-xilose em xilitol e etanol, o maior rendimento em xilitol foi demonstrado pelo microrganismo relacionado à Prototheca zopfi var. hydrocarbonea. A capacidade desse organismo de produzir xilitol não havia sido descrita. Os resultados obtidos nesse trabalho, revelaram que o trato digestivo das pragas de cana-de-açúcar como uma fonte de microrganismos que apresentam capacidade de degradação enzimática para celulose e xilano cujo potencial para utilização na biotecnologia industrial ainda precisa ser revelado / The pursuit for sustainable economies has increased the interest in development of microbial-based platforms for new processes, both for biofuel production and for the synthesis of compounds, which demands high energetic capacity and chemical processing in its production. The isolation of microorganisms capable of degradation of lignocellosic materials, resistant to different inhibitors and highly efficient in the biosynthesis of specific molecules is necessary to achieve such purposes. In this research, cultivable microorganisms isolated from the larval gut of sugarcane pests: sugarcane borer root Migdolus fryanus, sugarcane weevil Sphenophorous levis, giant sugarcane borer Telchin licus licus and sugarcane borer Diathrea saccharalis, were characterized according to their extracellular enzymatic activity in carbon sources and molecularly identified. Third-instar larvae of Migdolus fryanus and S. levis and fifth-instar larvae of T. licus licus and D. saccharalis were collected in sugarcane fields in São Paulo, Brazil. A total number of 341 strains were evaluated for their capacity of degradation of lignocelulitic substrates, as single carbon sources in solid medium. The enzymatic activities of the strains were estimated by Enzymatic Activity Index (EAI); further, the strains were molecularly identified by sequencing of the 16S rRNA region for bacterias; ITS rDNA region for filamentous fungi and 26S rDNA region for yeasts. Bacteria strains which presented enzymatic activity were related to Firmiculites genera Bacillus, Enterobacter, Serratia and Citrobacter. Strains related to B. amyloliquefaciens have demonstrated higher levels of cellulosic degradation. Among filamentous fungi, yeasts and yeast-like organisms higher activity was showed to degradation of hemicelluloses. Filamentous fungi and yeasts belong to phylum Ascomycota, and the yeast-like organisms to phylum Chlorophyta. Six filamentous fungi which presented higher hidrolisys of xylan were related to Pyrenophora, Aspergillus and Penicillium genera. Yeasts were related mostly to the Meryerozyma and Candida genera. Yeasts with higher hydrolysis cababilities were reated to Meyerozyma guilliermondii, Cryptococcus laurentti, Candida pseudointermedia, C. parapsilosis, C. solani e Aureobasidium pullulans. Among the yeasts, 40 strains showed sequences that differ by more than 1% from reference sequences, which allows infering about possible new species. In the kinetic assay carried out for screening for yeasts capable of bioconverting D-xylose into xylitol and ethanol, higher yields of xylitol were obtained for the yeast-like organism related to Prototheca zopfi var. hydrocarbonea. This microorganism\'s ability to produce xylitol had not been reported yet. The results obtained in this work have demonstrated the gut of sugarcane pests as source of microorganisms capable of enzymatic degradation of cellulose and xylan, whose potential for use in the industrial biotechnology has yet to be revealed.

A necessidade de economias sustentáveis tem aumentado o interesse no desenvolvimento de plataformas microbianas para novos processos, tanto para a produção de biocombustíveis quanto para a síntese de compostos que demandam alta capacidade energética e processamento químico em sua produção. O isolamento de microrganismos, capazes de degradação materiais lignocelulósicos, resistentes a diferentes inibidores e com rendimento elevado na biossíntese de moléculas específicas faz-se necessário para atender tais propósitos. Neste trabalho, microrganismos cultiváveis isolados do trato digestivo de larvas dos insetos pragas de cana-de-açúcar, besouro da raiz, Migdolus fryanus, bicudo da cana, Sphenophorus levis, broca-gigante da cana, Telchin licus licus e de broca-da-cana, Diatraea saccharalis, foram caracterizados quanto a atividade enzimática em fontes de carbono e identificados por técnicas moleculares. Larvas no terceiro ínstar de M. fryanus e S. levis e quinto ínstar de T. licus licus e D. saccharalis foram coletadas em plantios de cana-de-açúcar no interior de São Paulo. Um total de 341 microrganismos cultiváveis foram avaliados quanto a capacidade de degradação de substratos lignocelulósicos, como única fonte de carbono em meio sólido usando o índice de atividade enzimática (I.E.). Os isolados foram identificados por sequênciamento das regiões do 16S rRNA para bactérias, ITS rDNA para fungos e 26S rDNA para leveduras. Bactérias com atividade enzimática foram relacionadas aos gêneros do filo Firmicutes Bacillus, Enterobacter Serratia e Citrobacter. Os isolados relacionados à B. amyloliquefaciens destacaram-se na degradação da celulose. Entre fungos filamentosos, leveduras e leveduriformes, a atividade enzimática foi destacada para a degradação da hemicelulose. Fungos filamentosos e leveduras pertencem ao filo Ascomycota e os leveduriformes ao filo Chlorophyta. Fungos que apresentaram hidrólise de xilano foram relacionados aos gêneros Pyrenophora, Aspergillus e Penicillium. As leveduras relacionam-se a nove gêneros, majoitariamente aos gêneros Meryerozyma e Candida. Leveduras com capacidade hidrolítica destacada foram relacionadas à Meyerozyma guilliermondii, Cryptococcus laurentti, Candida pseudointermedia, C. parapsilosis, C. solani e Aureobasidium pullulans. Entre as leveduras, 40 isolados apresentam sequências que diferem em mais de 1% das sequências referência, podendo-se inferir a respeito de possíveis novas espécies. No ensaio cinético, realizado para a triagem de leveduras com capacidade de bioconversão da D-xilose em xilitol e etanol, o maior rendimento em xilitol foi demonstrado pelo microrganismo relacionado à Prototheca zopfi var. hydrocarbonea. A capacidade desse organismo de produzir xilitol não havia sido descrita. Os resultados obtidos nesse trabalho, revelaram que o trato digestivo das pragas de cana-de-açúcar como uma fonte de microrganismos que apresentam capacidade de degradação enzimática para celulose e xilano cujo potencial para utilização na biotecnologia industrial ainda precisa ser revelado / The pursuit for sustainable economies has increased the interest in development of microbial-based platforms for new processes, both for biofuel production and for the synthesis of compounds, which demands high energetic capacity and chemical processing in its production. The isolation of microorganisms capable of degradation of lignocellosic materials, resistant to different inhibitors and highly efficient in the biosynthesis of specific molecules is necessary to achieve such purposes. In this research, cultivable microorganisms isolated from the larval gut of sugarcane pests: sugarcane borer root Migdolus fryanus, sugarcane weevil Sphenophorous levis, giant sugarcane borer Telchin licus licus and sugarcane borer Diathrea saccharalis, were characterized according to their extracellular enzymatic activity in carbon sources and molecularly identified. Third-instar larvae of Migdolus fryanus and S. levis and fifth-instar larvae of T. licus licus and D. saccharalis were collected in sugarcane fields in São Paulo, Brazil. A total number of 341 strains were evaluated for their capacity of degradation of lignocelulitic substrates, as single carbon sources in solid medium. The enzymatic activities of the strains were estimated by Enzymatic Activity Index (EAI); further, the strains were molecularly identified by sequencing of the 16S rRNA region for bacterias; ITS rDNA region for filamentous fungi and 26S rDNA region for yeasts. Bacteria strains which presented enzymatic activity were related to Firmiculites genera Bacillus, Enterobacter, Serratia and Citrobacter. Strains related to B. amyloliquefaciens have demonstrated higher levels of cellulosic degradation. Among filamentous fungi, yeasts and yeast-like organisms higher activity was showed to degradation of hemicelluloses. Filamentous fungi and yeasts belong to phylum Ascomycota, and the yeast-like organisms to phylum Chlorophyta. Six filamentous fungi which presented higher hidrolisys of xylan were related to Pyrenophora, Aspergillus and Penicillium genera. Yeasts were related mostly to the Meryerozyma and Candida genera. Yeasts with higher hydrolysis cababilities were reated to Meyerozyma guilliermondii, Cryptococcus laurentti, Candida pseudointermedia, C. parapsilosis, C. solani e Aureobasidium pullulans. Among the yeasts, 40 strains showed sequences that differ by more than 1% from reference sequences, which allows infering about possible new species. In the kinetic assay carried out for screening for yeasts capable of bioconverting D-xylose into xylitol and ethanol, higher yields of xylitol were obtained for the yeast-like organism related to Prototheca zopfi var. hydrocarbonea. This microorganism\'s ability to produce xylitol had not been reported yet. The results obtained in this work have demonstrated the gut of sugarcane pests as source of microorganisms capable of enzymatic degradation of cellulose and xylan, whose potential for use in the industrial biotechnology has yet to be revealed.

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<p><a href="" target="_blank">Synthetic microbial communities (SynComs) are an important focus in modern microbiology. SynComs are used for studying the dynamics of naturally occurring microbial communities ranging from soil to the human gut. Synthetic refers to the assemblage of some or all the members of these communities in a laboratory setting. SynComs allow for communities difficult to study <i>in situ</i> to be studied in a controlled environment, or they may be used to create beneficial products like biofertilizers. When SynComs are used as products, the focus shifts to optimizing a desired outcome of a culture. For biofertilizers, a high diversity is key to producing a functionally redundant product for stimulating plant growth. Media manipulation is a common approach for inducing community changes in a SynCom. Amino acids (AA) are a media supplement that soil microbes (often the components of biofertilizers) are particularly fond of to support their metabolic activities. This study took a scale-up approach to assess the changes in growth dynamics of a SynCom (Environoc© 401) when supplemented with different concentrations of commercially available AA products from plant and animal sources. Expanding from microplates, to shake flasks, then into a 4L bioreactor, Environoc© 401 cultures were compared for their maximum growth rate, time in lag phase, and final growth (optical density or viable cell density) when supplemented with these AA products at various concentrations. Furthermore, Illumina sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene was used to evaluate community-level changes from these treatments based on taxonomic, alpha (Chao 1 and Shannon indices), and beta diversity (Generalized UniFrac) of shake flask and bioreactor samples. Quantitative PCR was also used to assess the relative change of three select species of the SynCom in each AA treatment. Shake flask data revealed significant changes in the growth dynamics of the SynComs within AA treatment groups. Whether the AA was animal or plant derived, generally as the concentration of AA increased, the maximum growth rate decreased, lag time increased, and final growth readings increased. The best AA supplement and rate according to the growth metrics and <i>Curveball </i>analysis was Stimtide at a 33% supplementation rate. This was compared with the control at the bioreactor scale where it showed higher overall final growth and a higher taxonomic and alpha diversity. The scale-up approach to this study was successful at selecting the best amino acid supplement type and rate despite having less sophisticated control and monitoring compared to larger scales (i.e. the bioreactor). Use of the <i>Curveball</i> modeling program was useful for treatment group selection but did not always predict the outcomes seen in the live cultures. The use of AA as a media supplement can increase growth and diversity of a SynCom, though not all AA supplements or rates affect growth and community dynamics in the same way</a>.</p>

<p dir="ltr">Feedstock variability represents a challenge in the adoption of lignocellulosic biomass for biofuels and biochemicals production, due to the differences in critical chemical and physical properties like lignin content, and water absorption respectively. Thus, difficult continuous manufacturing processes in biorefineries, hinder the transition from liquid feedstocks to renewable materials that consisting of solid particles. Modeling of flow properties based on rheological measurements of treated biomass is a quantitative metric for identifying if different feedstocks form pumpable slurries. Additionally, the correlation of yield stress to physical and chemical properties gives a measure that accounts for the variability in the processing design. This research models rheological properties and relates these to compositional data from different non-pretreated fractions of corn stover biomass slurries. Slurries were formed with solids concentrations of 300 g/L in a 6 hours fed-batch process using the commercial enzymes Celluclast 1.5L or Ctec-2 at 1FPU/g or 3 FPU/g of dry solids, basis to enable the liquefaction (i.e., slurry-forming) mechanism. We found that insoluble lignin content of the different fractions was related to water absorption in pellets and free water on slurries and that free water was a good indicator of the potential for a material to form slurry. Higher flowability (lower yield stress) was found at higher content of lignin, particularly for materials containing 26% lignin where yield stress was reduced to 254Pa when compared with mixtures of 14% lignin that presented yield stresses of around 4000 Pa. We show that rheology modeling linked to compositional characteristics for biomass slurries can be used to predict material flow behavior in a biorefinery to optimize and achieve high solids loadings that enhance the production of ethanol for biofuels. This insight and the ability to form high concentration slurries before pretreatment holds the potential to develop new processing strategies that could help to foster a more efficient and sustainable bio-based industry. </p>

<p>The potential use of enzymes in industrial synthesis of epoxidized soybean oil has been limited through the high cost of the enzyme catalyst, in this work we evaluate the effectiveness of chemo enzymatic epoxidation of high oleic soybean oil (HOSBO) using lipase B from <i>Candida antarctica </i>(CALB) on immobilization support Immobead 150 and H₂O₂in a solvent-free system. Additionally, we evaluated the production decay rates for hydrolytic activity and epoxide product formation over consecutive batches to determine half-life of the enzyme catalyst. </p> <p> Batch epoxidation of HOSBO using CALB on 4wt% loading shows yields higher than 90% after 12 hrs. of reaction, and with a correlation to the consumption of double bonds suggesting that the reaction is selective and limiting side product reactions. Non-selective hydrolysis of oil was not found beyond the initial hydrolysis degree of raw HOSBO. Evaluations of decay given by epoxide product formation and released free fatty acids shows a half-life of the enzyme catalyst on these activities is of 22 ad 25 hrs. respectively. Finally, we evaluated the physical parameters influencing this decay, and found that H₂O₂ presence is the most important parameter of enzyme inactivation with no significant effect from its slowed addition. We propose a new reactor configuration for the analysis of the specific steps on epoxide formation through peracid intermediates. </p>

The major obstacle many promising drugs struggle to overcome is the barrier imposed by the outer cell membrane. In addition to technologies such as liposomes and cell-penetrating peptides, more attention is being given to the class of proteins known as lectins to deliver therapeutic and antigenic proteins to the interiors of cells. Lectins bind to but do not modify sugars, and provide an efficient route to endocytosis. The galactose/N-acetyl-galactosamine specific lectin ricin B-chain (RTB) is especially attractive in possibly fulfilling a carrier role due to its well-characterized endocytotic trafficking and its efficacy over a wide range of cell types. By producing RTB recombinantly in plants it is possible to create a fully active, non-toxic carrier that does not rely on the processing of large amounts of toxic material (e.g. castor bean). Payload molecules such as small molecules and proteins can be attached to RTB via chemical conjugation at primary amine groups, without the loss of lectin or uptake activities. The biotin/streptavidin interaction and direct genetic fusion of polypeptides also provide efficient mechanisms for the attachment of payload proteins to RTB. An immunoglobulin domain-based scaffolding mechanism bridges modified RTB and payload proteins when co-expressed in Agrobacterium-infiltrated plant leaves. Carrier and payload proteins expressed in plants and E. coli, respectively, and purified independently are not able to assemble into an efficient carrier/payload arrangement. These findings show that plant cells are able to correctly produce the two components of the carrier/payload system and assemble them into an efficient and flexible capture and carry technology. / Ph. D.

This thesis explores precarization of work and subject formation in seven post-referendum Brexit novels through theories of cognitive capitalism and biopolitical production. The analysis is anchored in Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri’s reconceptualization of Michel Foucault’s notion of biopolitics. Hardt and Negri combine the concept of biopolitics with contemporary theories of cognitive capitalism and immaterial labour, to illuminate how subjects are subsumed into a system of biopower in which capitalistic production has become biopolitical production. I argue that the Brexit novels examined in this thesis demonstrate how the intrinsic bond between production and life shapes the characters’ relationship to the referendum. As the characters are caught between individual goals and communal values, in a system that demands that they take sole responsibility for their own success while also being responsible democratic citizens, the referendum produces conflicted subjects that experience deep internal and external conflicts in relation to Brexit.