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11 2022
Recently, a research team led by Prof. CONG Zhiqi from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has developed a new “ synergistic using protein engineering and exogenous molecules” approach to achieve multi-site highly regio- and enantioselective hydroxylation of alkylbenzenes. Direct selective hydroxylation, one of the most convenient and economical routes employed in C-H oxyfunctionalization has been widely utilized in various of fields, including medicine, chemical industry, materials science, and so on. Despite remar...
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11 2022
A new method to find and harvest cells from the environment by screening the cells first and then culturing them was proposed in a paper published in ISME Communications on Oct. 31. They use a technique called single-cell Raman-activated sorting and cultivation.
Currently, the best way for scientists to isolate a specific microbe with a particular metabolic function from an environment is to take a sample of cells, culture them, and then screen them for the desired cell functions.
This method has...
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10 2022
Researchers from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have directly identified carbon-dioxide-fixing cells — or cells that take in CO2 — from seawater and used a Raman-spectroscopy technique to determine that their sample contains functioning genes for light harvesting, suggesting that the bacteria do engage in photosynthesis.
Knowing whether or not marine microbes engage in photosynthesis — the use of sunlight to turn carbon dioxide and water into energy — could help scientist to learn if ocean bacteria play a role in the global carbon cycle.
However, most marine...
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10 2022
The Solid Energy System Technology Center led by Prof. CUI Guanglei from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), has made important progress in revealing heterogeneous Li+ transport dynamics and regulating anion oxygen stability of LRMO cathode materials.
Their findings were published on Aug. 5 in Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Sep. 13 in Advanced Energy Materials, respectively.
Lithium-rich Mn-based oxide (LRMO) is one of the next generation cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), which is expected to exceed high energy density of 550 Wh kg-1.
However, the redox reaction of anionic oxygen (O2-) is sl...
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10 2022
A research team from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), have found that Synechococcus and the bacteria that feed on them may have an inherent tendency toward mutualism and will undergo significant changes to encourage each other’s survival. A phytoplankton almost as old as Earth — about 3 billion years compared to the planet’s 4.5 billion years — still holds secrets, including how it can survive starvation in the most nutrient-deficient oceans. Synechococcus is the most geographic...
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09 2022
With the help of genetic manipulation and advanced biophysical tools, an international research team has gained unexpected insight into how a bacterium uptakes sugars derived from plant feedstock.
Sugar uptake mechanism understanding may have implications for biorefineries.
With the help of genetic manipulation and advanced biophysical tools, an international research team has gained unexpected insight into how a bacterium uptakes sugar...
