Pilot-Scale Acidogenic Fermentation of Reground Pasta Byproduct for Polyhydroxyalkanoate Production with Mixed Microbial Cultures.

The production of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) has been herein investigated by using an organic acid mixture originated from a pilot-scale acidogenic fermentation (AF) of reground pasta (RP) byproduct. The pilot-scale AF process was conducted either under no pH control or with the pH maintained at a value of 5.90, with the two obtained fermented mixtures termed RP-fermented 1 and RP-fermented 2, respectively.

C-Labelled Glucose Reveals Shifts in Fermentation Pathway During Cathodic Electro-Fermentation with Mixed Microbial Culture.

Cathodic Electro-Fermentation (CEF) is an innovative approach to manage the spectrum of products deriving from anaerobic fermentation. Herein, mixed microbial culture fermentation using a ternary mixture containing labelled C glucose and non-labelled acetate and ethanol was studied to identify the role of polarization on the metabolic pathways of glucose fermentation. CEF at an applied potential of -700 mV (vs.

Biotic transformation products of sulfonamides in environmental water samples: High-resolution mass spectrometry-based tentative identification by a suspect screening approach.

The presence of pharmaceuticals in the aquatic environment is mainly due to their release from the effluents of the wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), which are unable to completely remove them and their transformation products (TPs). Sulfonamides (SAs) are a synthetic antibacterial class used for the treatment of both human and animal infections; they have often been reported in surface water, thus contributing to the antibiotic resistance emergency. Monitoring SA TPs should be important as well because they could still exert some pharmaceutical activity; however, many TPs are still unknown since several transformation processes are possible (e.

Electro-fermentation: Sustainable bioproductions steered by electricity.

The market of biobased products obtainable via fermentation processes has steadily increased over the past few years, driven by the need to create a decarbonized economy. To date, industrial fermentation (IF) employs either pure or mixed microbial cultures (MMC), whereby the type of the microbial catalysts and the used feedstock affect metabolic pathways and, in turn, the type of product(s) generated. In many cases, especially when dealing with MMC, the economic viability of IF is still hindered by factors such as the low attained product titer and selectivity, which ultimately challenge the downstream recovery and purification steps.

A recurrent neomorphic mutation in MYOD1 defines a clinically aggressive subset of embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma associated with PI3K-AKT pathway mutations.

Rhabdomyosarcoma, a cancer of skeletal muscle lineage, is the most common soft-tissue sarcoma in children. Major subtypes of rhabdomyosarcoma include alveolar (ARMS) and embryonal (ERMS) tumors. Whereas ARMS tumors typically contain translocations generating PAX3-FOXO1 or PAX7-FOXO1 fusions that block terminal myogenic differentiation, no functionally comparable genetic event has been found in ERMS tumors.

Oncogene mutation profiling of pediatric solid tumors reveals significant subsets of embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma and neuroblastoma with mutated genes in growth signaling pathways.

Purpose: In contrast to the numerous broad screens for oncogene mutations in adult cancers, few such screens have been conducted in pediatric solid tumors. To identify novel mutations and potential therapeutic targets in pediatric cancers, we conducted a high-throughput Sequenom-based analysis in large sets of several major pediatric solid cancers, including neuroblastoma, Ewing sarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS), and desmoplastic small round cell tumor (DSRCT).

Experimental Design: We designed a highly multiplexed Sequenom-based assay to interrogate 275 recurrent mutations across 29 genes.

Real time PCR detection of the PI*Z and PI*S mutations associated with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency.

Alpha-1 antitrypsin (A1AT or AAT) is a serine protease inhibitor (PI) which, when present at low levels, can cause chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and liver disease in both children and adults. Several mutations within the SERPINA1 gene have been found to cause this deficiency. The most common variants are PI*Z and PI*S, each caused by a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP).