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Whole Cell Biocatalysis
Fundamentals and Applications
- 1st Edition - April 22, 2025
- Editors: Sergio Huerta-Ochoa, Lilia Arely Prado-Barragán, Cristobal Noe Aguilar
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 3 9 9 8 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 3 9 9 9 - 1
Whole Cell Biocatalysis, a volume in the Foundations and Frontiers of Enzymology series, offers a detailed overview of the process of biocatalysis using whole cells as an alte… Read more
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Request a sales quoteWhole Cell Biocatalysis, a volume in the Foundations and Frontiers of Enzymology series, offers a detailed overview of the process of biocatalysis using whole cells as an alternative to enzyme biocatalysis. The book examines the potential applications and advantages of whole cell biocatalysis, including its use in the production of fine chemicals, renewable energy, and drug discovery and development. Whole cell biocatalysis for large scale production and non-conventional media are also covered. In addition, the latest methods and techniques are investigated, including cell immobilization, permeabilization, synthetic biology, computational metabolic engineering, and molecular genetics.
This book provides a comprehensive summary on whole cell biocatalysis and the latest developments in this emerging field. It is an invaluable reference for researchers working across biochemistry, enzymology, biotechnology, and related fields.
- Considers the advantages and challenges of whole cell biocatalysis to enhance production processes in various industries
- Includes a range of techniques to investigate and facilitate whole cell biocatalysis
- Covers whole cell biocatalysis in non-conventional media
- Studies biocatalytic cascade reactions
Researchers and students in biochemistry, enzymology, biotechnology, and related areas Researchers, students and experts in biochemical engineering, chemical and pharmaceutical industries
1. Advantages and new potential applications of whole-cell biocatalysis
Sergio Huerta-Ochoa
2. Reprogramming microbial cells to improve the production of biopharmaceuticals and fine chemicals
Francisco Fernández, Marcos López-Pérez, Alvaro Lara
3. Mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions from biogas-producing facilities: A novel whole-cell technology platform based on anaerobic oxidation of methane
Ivonne Figueroa González, Guillermo Quijano
4. Computational metabolic engineering using constrained-based modelling and genome-scale metabolic models
Freddy Castillo-Alfonso, Carlos Coello, Roberto Olivares
5. Whole-cell biocatalysis in non-conventional media
Palmerin Dulce María Palmerin Carreño
6. Nanostructured Magnetic Systems in Whole-Cell Biocatalysis
A. Palacios, Jose Luis Martinez Hernandez, Mayela Govea-Salas, Anna Ilyina, Rodolfo Ramos-González, Roberto Arredondo-Valdes, Patricia Segura-Ceniseros, Nayra Viñals, Monica L Chavez
7. Filamentous fungi as biopharmaceutical protein factories
María Moreno, Ulises Carrasco Navarro
8. Proteomic analysis: application to the study of signal transduction pathways in {i|Penicillium chrysogenum }and{i| Acremonium chrysogenum}
Ulises Carrasco Navarro, Francisco Fernández, María Moreno
9. Fungal lipase obtained by surface adhesion fermentation using magnetic chitosan-coated nanoparticles
Patricia Segura-Ceniseros, Cynthia Barrera, Elva Aréchiga-Carvajal, Anna Ilyina, Rodolfo Ramos-González, Jose Luis Martinez Hernandez
10. Steroid biotransformation by plant cells
Gabriel Alfonso Gutiérrez Rebolledo, Mariana Zuleima Pérez González, Francisco Cruz Sosa, Mariana Sánchez Ramos
11. Whole-cell biocatalysis for large-scale production
Contributors: Zhi-Qiang Liu, Xiao-Jian Zhang, Zheng Yuguo, Zhu Fangying, Ji-Dong Shen, Xue Cai
Sergio Huerta-Ochoa
2. Reprogramming microbial cells to improve the production of biopharmaceuticals and fine chemicals
Francisco Fernández, Marcos López-Pérez, Alvaro Lara
3. Mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions from biogas-producing facilities: A novel whole-cell technology platform based on anaerobic oxidation of methane
Ivonne Figueroa González, Guillermo Quijano
4. Computational metabolic engineering using constrained-based modelling and genome-scale metabolic models
Freddy Castillo-Alfonso, Carlos Coello, Roberto Olivares
5. Whole-cell biocatalysis in non-conventional media
Palmerin Dulce María Palmerin Carreño
6. Nanostructured Magnetic Systems in Whole-Cell Biocatalysis
A. Palacios, Jose Luis Martinez Hernandez, Mayela Govea-Salas, Anna Ilyina, Rodolfo Ramos-González, Roberto Arredondo-Valdes, Patricia Segura-Ceniseros, Nayra Viñals, Monica L Chavez
7. Filamentous fungi as biopharmaceutical protein factories
María Moreno, Ulises Carrasco Navarro
8. Proteomic analysis: application to the study of signal transduction pathways in {i|Penicillium chrysogenum }and{i| Acremonium chrysogenum}
Ulises Carrasco Navarro, Francisco Fernández, María Moreno
9. Fungal lipase obtained by surface adhesion fermentation using magnetic chitosan-coated nanoparticles
Patricia Segura-Ceniseros, Cynthia Barrera, Elva Aréchiga-Carvajal, Anna Ilyina, Rodolfo Ramos-González, Jose Luis Martinez Hernandez
10. Steroid biotransformation by plant cells
Gabriel Alfonso Gutiérrez Rebolledo, Mariana Zuleima Pérez González, Francisco Cruz Sosa, Mariana Sánchez Ramos
11. Whole-cell biocatalysis for large-scale production
Contributors: Zhi-Qiang Liu, Xiao-Jian Zhang, Zheng Yuguo, Zhu Fangying, Ji-Dong Shen, Xue Cai
- No. of pages: 472
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: April 22, 2025
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443239984
- eBook ISBN: 9780443239991
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Sergio Huerta-Ochoa
Sergio Huerta-Ochoa (PhD, 1993, Reading University, UK) has been part of the Staff of the Biotechnology Department during 35 years at “Autónoma Metropolitana” University in Mexico City. He spent a sabbatical year (2007-2008) as an Honorary Research Associate at the Department of Biochemical Engineering, University College London, UK. His expertise is mainly focused on engineering of bioconversion processes using whole-cells in partitioning bioreactors. He is Co-author of 48 papers in indexed international journals (h index 14, Scopus-Elsevier, May 2017) and supervised up to 13 MSc and 5 PhD theses. One of these PhD theses titled “Study of mass transfer, kinetic and deactivation of a three phase partitioning bioreactor using whole cells” won the Alfredo Sánchez Marroquín 2015 award by the Mexican Society of Biotechnology and Bioengineering (SMBB). He is awarded with the “Level II” membership of the National Researchers System of Mexico (SNI), and Member of the Mexican Academy of Science since 2014.
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Biotechnology, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, MexicoLP
Lilia Arely Prado-Barragán
Dr. Lilia Arely Prado Barragán (PhD, 1997, University of Nottingham) has been part of the staff of the Biotechnology Department for 35 years at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana in Mexico City. She has published 51 articles in indexed international journals, 18 book chapters and co-edited 3 books. She has supervised 9 Masters theses and 12 Doctoral theses. She belongs to the National System of Researchers (SNI) in "Level I”, and has been a member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences since 2016.
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Biotechnology, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, MexicoCA
Cristobal Noe Aguilar
Prof. Dr. Cristobal N. Aguilar, Chemist, PhD, was the Director of the Research and Postgraduate Programs at Autonomous University of Coahuila (2018–2024, Mexico, where from 2014 to 2018, he was the Dean of the School of Chemistry. He is a Level III member of S.N.I. (Mexican System of Researchers). He has received several prizes and awards, among which the most important are the National Prize of Research 2010 of the Mexican Academy of Sciences, the Prize “Carlos Casas Campillo 2008” of the Mexican Society of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, the National Prize AgroBio–2005, the Mexican Prize in Food Science and Technology from CONACYT-Coca Cola México 2003, the 2018 Outstanding Researcher Award by the International Association of Bioprocessing, and the 2019 Coahuila State Innovation Science and Technology Award. He's developed more than 30 research projects, including seven international exchange projects. He is a member of the Mexican Academy of Science (since 2014).
Affiliations and expertise
Autonomous University of Coahuil, Saltillo, Mexico