Plugging in microbial metabolism for industrial applications

2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 89
Author(s):  
Carolyn A Bell ◽  
Ashley E Franks
Keyword(s):  
Organic Compounds ◽  
Microbial Metabolism ◽  
Industrial Applications ◽  
Electron Source ◽  
Fermentation Processes ◽  
Reducing Equivalent ◽  
Commodity Chemicals ◽  
The Future ◽  
Opening Up ◽  
Reducing Equivalents

The ability of electric microbes to electrically interact with electrodes is opening up a number of possibilities with industrial applications. Microbes are able to utilise the electrode as an electron source to reduce CO2 for the production of organic compounds directly or produce H2 as a reducing equivalent for partner microbes for the production of commodity chemicals. Electrodes can also allow redox unbalanced fermentation processes to occur through the addition or subtraction of reducing equivalents that remove bottle necks in these pathways. Electrodes are also providing a physical refuge for electric microbes to maintain anaerobic fermenter stability. It can be expected that the role for electric microbes will continued to be expanded as part of industrial applications in the future.

Effect of formulations and fermentation processes on volatile organic compounds and prebiotic potential of gluten-free bread fortified by spirulina (Arthrospira platensis)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Flavia Casciano ◽  
Lorenzo Nissen ◽  
Andrea Gianotti
Keyword(s):  
Volatile Organic Compounds ◽  
Organic Compounds ◽  
Arthrospira Platensis ◽  
Gluten Free ◽  
Market Segments ◽  
Fermentation Processes ◽  
Volatile Organic

Gluten free (GF) foods, designed and marketed for the needs of people who are unable to metabolize gluten, in recent years have aroused growing interest that has led to the conquest of important market segments, with a strongly growing trend.

Othering Time: Strategies of attunement to non-human temporalities

APRIA Journal ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 75-83
Author(s):  
Alice Smits
Keyword(s):  
Ethics Of Care ◽  
Life Forms ◽  
Ecological Crisis ◽  
Time And Space ◽  
Deep Time ◽  
Curatorial Practice ◽  
Time Zones ◽  
The Future ◽  
Opening Up ◽  
Epistemological Framework

In her article 'Othering Time: Strategies of Attunement to Non-Human Temporalities,' art curator and researcher in the field of art and ecology Alice Smits delves into artistic practices that tune into deep time and non-human time zones. Starting from the viewpoint that our current ecological crisis is in need of developing an ethics of care towards generations far into the future and life forms extremely different to ours, she discusses art and aesthetic knowledge as particularly well suited for experimentation with new stories and sensibilities about our place in time. Making use of geologist Marcia Bjornerud's concept of 'timefulness,' the article focuses on several art projects by Rachel Sussman, Katie Paterson and Špela Petrič, whose works engage in developing a more time-literate sensibility that aims to understand how our everyday lives are shaped by processes that vastly predate us. Underlining changing ways of understanding of time and space by opening up to what is referred to in the title as 'othering time,' art opens up as a discourse in its own right that can interrogate the sciences as a specific epistemological framework that is in need of revision. The author concludes with a few references to how these artistic practices change her own curatorial practice.

scholarly journals Metagenomic Comparisons between Soft and Hard Feces of Plateau Pikas (Ochotona curzoniae)

Animals ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 149
Author(s):  
Haibo Fu ◽  
Wenjing Li
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Fatty Acids ◽  
16S Rdna ◽  
Microbial Metabolism ◽  
Short Chain Fatty Acids ◽  
Short Chain ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Ochotona Curzoniae ◽  
The Future ◽  
First Time

The division of hard and soft feces is an effective digestion strategy in the order Lagomorpha. Although previous studies have reported that hard and soft feces differ in morphology and component, the discrepancy in the microbiome remains unclear. This study explored the microbiomes of hard and soft feces in plateau pikas by sequencing the V3 and V4 regions of 16S rDNA. We found that hard feces harbored higher Firmicutes, while soft feces harbored higher Akkermansia. Increased rare bacterial taxa were observed in hard feces compared with soft feces. Moreover, hard and soft feces displayed a greater difference in terms of core operational taxonomy units (OTUs) compared to the total OTUs. The soft feces showed enhancements in all predicted Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) functions, indicating an advancing microbial metabolism compared to hard feces. The significantly upregulated pathways in soft feces were mainly enriched in metabolism of energy and carbohydrate, glycan biosynthesis, cofactors and vitamins, and amino acids—all of which are associated with increased contents of microbial proteins, vitamins, and short-chain fatty acids. Our study reports, for the first time, the differential microbiomes between hard and soft feces of pikas and provides direction for the future studies on cecotrophy.

scholarly journals New developments opening up the future of fiber science New developments of functional fiber

1999 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. P7-P12
Author(s):  
Hirofusa Shirai ◽  
Mutsumi KIMURA ◽  
Etsuko ADACHI ◽  
Kenji HANAFUSA
Keyword(s):  
New Developments ◽  
The Future ◽  
Functional Fiber ◽  
Opening Up

Open Source in the Cloud

2014 ◽  
pp. 179-191
Author(s):  
Egbert de Smet
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Power Supply ◽  
Distributed Storage ◽  
End Users ◽  
The Future ◽  
Cloud Providers ◽  
Open Standards ◽  
Living Environments ◽  
Crucial Part ◽  
Opening Up

Whereas “Open Source” in software is still gaining momentum in many fields of applications, it is even more present in the “behind the curtains” scene of the Cloud. It is behind the scenes because Cloud tools are only operated by Cloud providers creating their infrastructure, not by end users. But as that infrastructure is going to be a crucial part of the IT environment of the future, like water and power supply have become for the wider living environments, it is good to note that this infrastructure is not limited to (commercial) proprietary technology and standards, but rather is subject to input from the major Open Source players. This chapter reviews the main technologies of this moment in Cloud software: CloudStack of Citrix and Apache, OpenStack of Suse and Openshift from RedHat. Also the CEPH-technology for distributed storage is added in this overview due to its obvious relevance for the Cloud. The brief review of these products confirms that FOSS indeed plays a major role in the Cloud, opening up that technology for open standards and “public” ownership of this soon-to-be an essential part of our IT environment.

User Involvement in Service Innovation Processes

2018 ◽  
pp. 42-61
Author(s):  
Hanne Westh Nicolajsen ◽  
Flemming Sorensen ◽  
Ada Scupola
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Service Innovation ◽  
Idea Generation ◽  
User Involvement ◽  
Research Library ◽  
Future Workshop ◽  
The Future ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Opening Up ◽  
Innovation Processes

This article presents the results of a study investigating user involvement in the idea generation phase of service innovation, and discusses advantages and limitations of such involvement. Specifically, the study compares the use of social media such as blogs and future workshops to generate idea for service innovations in the context of a research library. Our study shows that the blog is good in opening up for user contributions, while the future workshop involving users and employees is particularly good at qualifying and further developing ideas. The findings suggest therefore that methods for user involvement should be carefully selected and combined to achieve optimum benefits and avoid potential disadvantages.

Intermediality and the Future Anterior

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 129-143
Author(s):  
Julie Bates
Keyword(s):  
The Future ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Opening Up

Abstract This essay traces the ways in which the intermedial practices of the artist Brian O’Doherty and writer Brian Dillon cast into relief Samuel Beckett’s own intermediality, marking it as a still-relevant set of propositions for dissolving boundaries between media and posing questions about time. I propose that intermediality functions for O’Doherty as an optimistic means of opening up potential new forms and futures, but for Beckett and Dillon alike designates a negative aesthetic and political dynamic, anticipating failure even in the moment of experimentation. This time-annulling intermediality is evocative, I believe, of what Dillon describes as “a modernist future that never came to pass.”

In-Situ Analysis of Volatile Organic Compounds in Biogas Fermentation Processes Using a Metal Oxide Gas Sensor Array

2020 ◽  
Vol MA2020-01 (28) ◽  
pp. 2153-2153
Author(s):  
Binayak Ojha ◽  
Divyashree Narayana ◽  
Margarita Aleksandrova ◽  
Heinz Kohler ◽  
Matthias Schwotzer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Volatile Organic Compounds ◽  
Metal Oxide ◽  
Gas Sensor ◽  
Organic Compounds ◽  
Sensor Array ◽  
Fermentation Processes ◽  
Gas Sensor Array ◽  
Volatile Organic ◽  
Metal Oxide Gas Sensor

Bioremediation of organic compounds ? putting microbial metabolism to work

1993 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 360-367 ◽  
Author(s):  
E BOUWER
Keyword(s):  
Organic Compounds ◽  
Microbial Metabolism
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