Current Research in Biotechnology
CONTENTS
Volume 4, 2022
Research Paper
Bacteria isolated from cultivated soil after
liming promote seed germination and seedling
growth of crop plants
Most. Kamrun Nahar, Md. Nazmul Haque,
G. Kumar Paul, S. Islam, Md. Abu Saleh,
Md. Salah Uddin and S. Zaman 21
Effects of salicylic acid on the production of
polyphenols and the reducing power of
Theobroma cacao calli
L. Fajardo Rosabal, Y. Guardia Puebla,
S. Rodrı́guez Pérez, U.M. Rosabal Cordovı́,
J.J. Silva Pupo and S.P.O. Werbrouck 47
Electrochemical platform for anti-cardiolipin
antibody detection in human syphilitic serum
E.M.N. Do Egito, A.G. Silva-Júnior, R.P.S. Lucena,
M.D.L. Oliveira and C.A.S. Andrade 58
Generation of a transducible version of a
bioactive recombinant human TBX5
transcription factor from E. Coli
K.K. Haridhasapavalan, N.J. Das and
R.P. Thummer 66
Model-assisted DoE applied to microalgae
processes
V. Gassenmeier, S. Deppe, T. Hernández Rodrı́guez,
F. Kuhfuß, A. Moser, V.C. Hass, K.B. Kuchemüller,
R. Pörtner, J. Möller, G. Ifrim and B. Frahm 102
Influence of gamma irradiation on the
properties of bacterial cellulose produced with
concord grape and red cabbage extracts
H. Almeida do Nascimento, J. Didier Pedrosa
Amorim, C. José Galdino da Silva Júnior,
A. D’Lamare Maia de Medeiros, A. Fernanda de
Santana Costa, D. Carla Napoleão, G. Maria
Vinhas and L. Asfora Sarubbo 119
Identification of microbes isolated with test kits
through culture-dependent and metabarcoding
techniques for assessment of microbial
corrosion
H.C. Phan, S.A. Wade and L.L. Blackall 129
Identification of putative producers of
rhamnolipids/glycolipids and their transporters
using genome mining
M. Magri and A.M. Abdel-Mawgoud 152
Comparison of the root, leaf and internode
transcriptomes in sugarcane (Saccharum spp.
hybrids)
P.J. Mason, N.V. Hoang, F.C. Botha, A. Furtado,
A. Marquardt and R.J. Henry 167
Anti-hyperglycemic activity of HPLC-
fractionated Momordica charantia seed extract
enriched in a novel napin-like protein in
experimental diabetic rats and its validation
with recombinant napin-like protein
A. Murugesan, S.K.R. Yadav and A. Dixit 179
An updated analysis of viral clearance unit
operations for biotechnology manufacturing
O.O. Ajayi, S.A. Johnson, T. Faison, N. Azer,
J.L. Cullinan, J. Dement-Brown and S.C. Lute 190
Purification, characterization, and
immunomodulatory activity of a lectin from the
seeds of horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum
L.)
M.F.A.M.S. de Farias, L.L.d.S. Patriota,
C.B.d.S. Lira, L.M.d.S. Aguiar, B.R.d.S. Barros,
P.M.G. Paiva, C.M.L. de Melo, N.D.d.L. Santos
and T.H. Napoleão 203
Polyacrylamide hydrogel carrier (matrix-type
macrogel beads): Improvement in the catalytic
behavior, stability, and reusability of industrially
valuable xylanase from a thermophile
Geobacillus stearothermophilus
Z. Bibi, H. Sattar, M. Asif Nawaz, A. Karim,
S. Pervez, S. Ali Ul Qader and A. Aman 229
Screening for genes involved in cellulase
regulation by expression under the control of a
novel constitutive promoter in Trichoderma
reesei
S. Beier, M. Stiegler, E. Hitzenhammer and
M. Schmoll 238
Non-detoxified acid hydrolysate of de-oiled
Pongamia seed cake as a low-cost solution to
microbial oil synthesis
H.M. Jathanna and C.V. Rao 247
In vitro screening for potential probiotic
properties of Ligilactobacillus salivarius isolated
from cattle calves
S. Kumar, B. Kumar, R. Chouraddi, M. Bhatia,
H.M. Rashmi, P. Vishnu Behare and N. Tyagi 275
Isolation of lysozyme producing Bacillus subtilis
Strains, identification of the new strain Bacillus
subtilis BSN314 with the highest enzyme
production capacity and optimization of culture
conditions for maximum lysozyme production
M. Naveed, H. Tianying, F. Wang, X. Yin,
M.W.H. Chan, A. Ullah, B. Xu, S. Aslam, N. Ali,
Q. Abbas, I. Hussain, A. Khan and A.M. Khan 290
Polyaniline/sulfonated cassava starch: A green
biocomposite for sensing of pyridoxine
P. Thivya, T. Thenrajan, R. Ramya and J. Wilson 309
Optimization of a water-in-oil emulsion
containing Limosilactobacillus reuteri:
Applicability of pequi oil as a continuous phase
M.F. Cedran, F.J. Rodrigues, H.H. Sato and
J.L. Bicas 318
Lateral flow assay for detection and recovery of
live cell Neisseria gonorrhoeae
T. Oeschger, L. Kret and D. Erickson 359
Can closed-loop microbial protein provide
sustainable protein security against the hunger
pandemic?
A. Durkin, T. Finnigan, R. Johnson, J. Kazer, J. Yu,
D. Stuckey and M. Guo 365
Mechanism of the synergistic impact of
Piriformospora indica and Azotobacter
chroococcum on Zn and Fe biofortification
S. Singh, Sakshi, V. Yadav, A. Kannepalli,
A. Maitra Pati, S. Tripathi, N. Shrivastava and
A. Varma 420
In vitro biocompatibility, antibacterial activity,
and release behavior of halloysite nanotubes
loaded with diclofenac sodium salt
incorporated in electrospun soy protein isolate/
hydroxyethyl cellulose nanofibers
A. Ullah, M.N. Sarwar, F.-f. Wang, D. Kharaghani,
L. Sun, C. Zhu, Y. Yoshiko, G. Mayakrishnan,
J.S. Lee and I.S. Kim 445
Isoform-specific expression of T-type voltage-
gated calcium channels and estrogen receptors
in breast cancer reveals specific isoforms that
may be potential targets
S. Sekar, Y. Subbamanda, N. Pullaguri, A. Sharma,
C. Sahu, R. Kumar and A. Bhargava 459
Effects of compound lyophilized probiotics on
selected faecal microbiota, immune response,
and antioxidant status in newborn buffalo
calves
V.V. Varada, S. Kumar, N. Tyagi and A.K. Tyagi 493
Human adipose-derived stem cells in fibrin
glue carrier modulate wound healing phases in
rats
S. Araujo, M.F. Sganzella, R.N. Sagiorato,
M.N. Leite, G.F. Caetano, A. Aparecida de Aro,
M.A.M. Esquisatto, M.A.C. Frade, T.A.M. de
Andrade and G.M.T. Santos 503
Biocompatible fibers from fungal and shrimp
chitosans for suture application
N. Perrin, G. Mohammadkhani, F. Homayouni
Moghadam, C. Delattre and A. Zamani 530
Electrochemical antigenic sensor for the
diagnosis of chronic Q fever
E. Mathioudaki, Y. Alifragis, M. Fouskaki,
D. Chochlakis, H. Xie, A. Psaroulaki, G. Tsiotis and
N. Chaniotakis 537
Spatially-explicit projection of future microbial
protein from lignocellulosic waste
L. Chen, T. Upcraft, E. Piercy and M. Guo 544
Short Communications
A systematic analysis of biotech startups that
went public in the first half of 2021
S.G. Huayamares, M.P. Lokugamage, A.J. Da Silva
Sanchez and J.E. Dahlman 392
Graphical Reviews
Root nodules of legumes: A suitable ecological
niche for isolating non-rhizobial bacteria with
biotechnological potential in agriculture
H. Etesami 78
Prospective on the application of abiotic
stresses to enhance the industrial production of
exopolysaccharides from microalgae
Z.B. Garza-Rodrı́guez, J. Hernández-Pérez,
A. Santacruz, D.A. Jacobo-Velázquez and
J. Benavides 439
Reviews
Gold leaching from ores using biogenic
lixiviants – A review
E. Jorjani and H. Askari Sabzkoohi
Big data: Historic advances and emerging
trends in biomedical research
C.J. Cremin, S. Dash and X. Huang
Genetic manipulation for carotenoid
production in microalgae an overview
A. Velmurugan and G. Kodiveri Muthukaliannan
A review of portable quantitative and semi-
quantitative devices for measurement of
vitamin A in biological samples
S.L. Huey, J.T. Krisher, D. Morgan, P. Mkambula,
B.M. Gannon, M.N.N. Mbuya and S. Mehta
Nanobiotechnology-mediated sustainable
agriculture and post-harvest management
P. Jayasekhar Babu, S. Saranya, B. Longchar and
A. Rajasekhar
The role of SARS-CoV-2 immunosuppression
and the therapy used to manage COVID-19
disease in the emergence of opportunistic
fungal infections: A review
N. Akhtar, A. Khurshid Wani, S. Kant Tripathi,
A. Prakash and M. Amin-ul Mannan
The ornithine cyclodeaminase/l-crystallin
superfamily of proteins: A novel family of
oxidoreductases for the biocatalytic synthesis of
chiral amines
V.N.U.M. M, M.A. Faidh and A. Chadha
Latent potential of current plant diagnostics for
detection of sugarcane diseases
S. Strachan, S.A. Bhuiyan, N. Thompson,
N.-T. Nguyen, R. Ford and M.J.A. Shiddiky
Ionic liquid-mediated skin technologies: Recent
advances and prospects
A. Sadaf, R. Sinha and M.K. Ekka
Blueprint for impedance-based electrochemical
biosensors as bioengineered tools in the field of
nano-diagnostics
R. Khare, S. Verma, P. Singh, S. Pal and
R. Shrivastava
Articles from Special issue on Integration of
Biological Complexity data with Artificial Intelli-
gence: towards the development of predictive
10 mathematical models, edited by Lilia Alberghina
and Yinjie Tang
EnZymClass: Substrate specificity prediction
138 tool of plant acyl-ACP thioesterases based on
ensemble learning
D. Banerjee, M.A. Jindra, A.J. Linot, B.F. Pfleger
and C.D. Maranas 1
221
Exploration of archaeal nucleotide sugar
epimerases unveils a new and highly
promiscuous GDP-Gal4E subgroup
C. Alvarez Quispe, M. Da Costa, K. Beerens and
T. Desmet 350
253
Articles from Special issue on Recent advances on
bio-based and biodegradable plastics, edited by Si
Jae Park and Manfred Zinn
326 Metabolic engineering of Corynebacterium
glutamicum for de novo production of 3-
hydroxycadaverine
C. Prell, S.-A. Vonderbank, F. Meyer, F. Pérez-
Garcı́a and V.F. Wendisch 32
Polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase (PhaC): The key
337 enzyme for biopolyester synthesis
S. Zher Neoh, M. Fey Chek, H. Tiang Tan,
J.A. Linares-Pastén, A. Nandakumar,
T. Hakoshima and K. Sudesh 87
Polyhydroxyalkanoates from industrial cheese
402 whey: Production and characterization of
polymers with differing hydroxyvalerate content
M. Carvalheira, L. Hilliou, C.S.S. Oliveira,
E.C. Guarda and M.A.M. Reis 211
475 Unraveling the mystery of subsurface
microorganisms in bioremediation
G. Kaur, G. Kaur, M. Krol and S. Kaur Brar 302
514 Articles from the Special issue on "Archaea
Biotechnology", Edited by Simon Rittmann and
Hyun Sook Lee
Haloarchaea as emerging big players in future
polyhydroxyalkanoate bioproduction: Review of
564 trends and perspectives
M. Koller and S.K. Rittmann 377
Manipulation of viral protein production using
the PCNA of halovirus Ch1 via alternative start
codon usage
R.J. Manning, M. Tschurtschenthaler, S. Sabitzer
and A. Witte
New perspectives for biotechnological
applications of methanogens
G. Contreras, J. Thomsen, M. Pfitzer,
D. Hafenbradl, D. Kostner, D. Holtmann,
428 R.A. Schmitz, M. Rother and B. Molitor 468