Membrane Stress Biotechnology for Microorganism Control

Special Issue: Progress in Membrane Engineering for Food and Biotechnology Industries

Plant Stress and Biotechnology

1 Plant Biotechnology Lab, Division of Molecular Biology, IPICYT, 78216 San Luis Potośı, SLP, Mexico 2 Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potośı, 78290 San Luis Potośı, SLP, Mexico 3 National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, National Center of Crop Molecular Breeding, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China 4 Stress Physiology & Molecular Biology Lab...

Styrofoam cup-membrane assembly for studying microorganism-root interactions.

An assembly consisting of Styrofoam cups with membranes of varying porosities was developed to study microorganism-root interactions. The assembly permitted uniform distribution of a bacterium in soil and was simple, easy to use, and disposable. In tests with the bacterium Pseudomonas solanacearum, little difference in P. solanacearum survival was observed in the rhizosphere or nonrhizosphere o...

Halophilic microorganism resources and their applications in industrial and environmental biotechnology

Hypersaline environments are extreme habitats on the planet and have a diverse microbial population formed by halophilic microorganisms. They are considered to be actual or potential sources for discovery bioactive compounds, compatible solutes including novel and/or extraordinarily enzymes. To date, a number of bioactive compounds for the use in various fields of biotechnology which show assor...

Durable vesicles for reconstitution of membrane proteins in biotechnology

The application of membrane proteins in biotechnology requires robust, durable reconstitution systems that enhance their stability and support their functionality in a range of working environments. Vesicular architectures are highly desirable to provide the compartmentalisation to utilise the functional transmembrane transport and signalling properties of membrane proteins. Proteoliposomes pro...