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Agricultural Engineering
Birgitta Narindri Rara Winayu, Hsin-Ta Hsueh, Hsin Chu
Summary: In this study, Thermosynechococcus sp. CL-1 (TCL-1) was successfully cultivated in a photobioreactor, resulting in high CO2 fixation rate and lipid content. TCL-1 also potentially produced abundant phycocyanin, dominated by C-phycocyanin, and the protective effect of 36% glucose solvent on phycocyanin was revealed.
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
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Agricultural Engineering
Jia-Yuan Chang, Birgitta Narindri Rara Winayu, Hsin-Ta Hsueh, Hsin Chu
Summary: TCL-1 from a hot spring in Taiwan is efficient in CO2 fixation and demonstrates enhanced monosaccharide production under nitrogen starvation, while also converting E2 into E1 through biodegradation as the main pathway for estrogen degradation. Total E2 degradation reached 69.4 +/- 2.0% during the experiment.
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
(2021)
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Engineering, Environmental
Birgitta Narindri Rara Winayu, Da-Siou Chen, Hsin-Ta Hsueh, Hong-Ping Lin, Hsin Chu
Summary: The study investigated the use of iron-silicate for adsorption of ammoniacal nitrogen in untreated swine wastewater as a pre-treatment step for TCL-1 cultivation. The iron-silicate performed efficient adsorption, promoting biomass growth, nitrogen removal, and phycobiliprotein generation.
JOURNAL OF WATER PROCESS ENGINEERING
(2021)
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Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Birgitta Narindri Rara Winayu, Hsiu Fang Cheng, Hsin-Ta Hsueh, Hsin Chu
Summary: This study assessed the performance of Thermosynechococcus sp. CL-1 under different concentrations of endocrine disruptor compounds, light intensities, and dissolved inorganic carbon levels. The study found that the addition of E2 had no significant effect on biomass growth, but improved the rate of CO2 fixation. Additionally, increasing DIC levels and light intensity also enhanced CO2 fixation rate and biomass growth. Overall, TCL-1 achieved a high biodegradation rate of 71% for E2 after 12 hours of cultivation.
JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY
(2023)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Birgitta Narindri Rara Winayu, Sheng-Bin Tsai, Hsin-Ta Hsueh, Hsin Chu
Summary: In this study, a cyanobacterium called Thermosynechococcus sp. CL-1 (TCL-1) was cultivated under different concentrations of 17-alpha-ethinylestradiol/EE2 and growth conditions. The results showed that TCL-1 has the potential for CO2 fixation, estrogen removal, and pigments production even in extreme conditions. Under low EE2 concentration (1 mg/L), TCL-1 exhibited hormesis phenomenon with increased biomass and beta-carotene productivity. The study also found that light intensity had a greater influence on TCL-1's growth, CO2 fixation, and carotenoid accumulation compared to the variety of dissolved inorganic nitrogen levels.
PROCESS BIOCHEMISTRY
(2023)
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Agricultural Engineering
Birgitta Narindri Rara Winayu, Hui-Ping Chuang, Hsin-Ta Hsueh, Hsin Chu
Summary: This study evaluated the efficiency of TCL-1 culture in treating swine wastewater using a thermophilic flat panel photobioreactor, showing high potential for CO2 fixation and nitrogen removal compared to traditional nitrification and denitrification methods. Rapid-growing photosynthetic cyanobacteria like TCL-1 were found to be more effective in carbon and nitrogen transformation in the wastewater system.
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Soi Keong Hoi, Birgitta Narindri Rara Winayu, Hsin Ta Hsueh, Hsin Chu
Summary: This study observed the effects of light factors and nitrogen availability on the productivity of biomass and C-phycocyanin in Thermosynechococcus sp. CL-1 (TCL-1). Different lighting arrangements and concentrations of dissolved inorganic nitrogen were applied, leading to improved biomass and C-phycocyanin productivity. Notably, the use of a double-side mixed color lighting arrangement and specific DIN concentrations resulted in higher C-phycocyanin productivity.
BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2021)
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Engineering, Environmental
Hui Zeng, Xiangang Hu, Shaohu Ouyang, Qixing Zhou
Summary: Ocean warming weakens growth and carbon fixation, while microplastics exacerbate the effects on photosynthesis and CO2 fixation in Synechococcus sp.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Rebecca S. Sherbo, Pamela A. Silver, Daniel G. Nocera
Summary: Microbes can offer a more sustainable and energy-efficient option for food and nutrient production compared to plants and animals, but it requires intensive energy inputs. Researchers have discovered that hydrogen-oxidizing carbon and nitrogen-fixing microorganisms can overproduce vitamin B2 using a mixture of gases. This method has shown promising results in maintaining high production of vitamin B2 under hybrid inorganic-biological conditions.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2022)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Wenwen Kong, Boxiong Shen, Honghong Lyu, Jia Kong, Jiao Ma, Zhuozhi Wang, Shuo Feng
Summary: The application of microalgae in CO2 fixation and wastewater treatment shows great potential, but challenges such as selecting superior strains and optimizing cultivation processes need to be addressed.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
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Microbiology
Mercedes Nieves-Morion, Enrique Flores, Martin J. Whitehouse, Aurelien Thomen, Rachel A. Foster
Summary: The study investigated single-cell C and N-2 fixation and metabolic dynamics along filaments in the model heterocyst-forming cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120 using stable isotopes and imaging techniques. The results revealed a substantial variability of metabolic states in wild-type filaments in culture, demonstrating the unpredicted heterogeneity of cellular metabolic activity.
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Polymer Science
Gabriela Garcia, Juan Eduardo Sosa-Hernandez, Laura Isabel Rodas-Zuluaga, Carlos Castillo-Zacarias, Hafiz Iqbal, Roberto Parra-Saldivar
Summary: Traditional plastics, derived from petroleum and non-biodegradable, contribute to fossil resources depletion and environmental degradation. Polyhydroxyalkanoates, as a promising alternative, accumulate in various microorganisms and are suitable for a wide variety of applications. The study explored the production of polyhydroxyalkanoate by a freshwater microalgae strain and identified significant factors influencing the production, suggesting it as a promising species for producing bio-resources in commercial systems.
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Horticulture
Shiwei Zheng, Ting Bian, Shuang Wang, Xiaolan Zhang, Xiao Li, Yongyong Zhang, Hongdan Fu, Zhouping Sun
Summary: The study found that under continuous cropping conditions, imbalanced soil nutrients result in decoupling of phosphorus utilization from nitrogen and potassium utilization in the leaves.
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Heejin Kim, Yuree Oh, Jun Yeon Hwang, Sook Young Moon, Min Wook Lee
Summary: Carbon fiber and nylon matrix composites have been investigated as high-performance filament composites. The composite filament, manufactured under high impregnation conditions, exhibited uniform fiber distribution and high packing density, resulting in superior tensile strength compared to pristine carbon fiber tow.
JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL AND ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY
(2022)
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Agronomy
Letusa Momesso, Carlos Alexandre Costa Crusciol, Rogerio Peres Soratto, Katiuca Sueko Tanaka, Claudio Hideo Martins Costa, Leonardo Mendes Bastos, Ignacio Antonio Ciampitti
Summary: This study suggests that applying nitrogen early to living cover crops can increase crop yield and nitrogen use efficiency, especially when growing common beans. Palisade grass outperformed ruzigrass in increasing common bean yield, and applying nitrogen 35 DBS positively impacted common bean productivity in one out of four experiment-years.
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Electrochemistry
Tzu-Hsing Ko, Feng-Hsiang Chang, Hsin-Ta Hsueh, Yung-Fu Wang, Chih-Ming Su, Li-Che Huang, Hsin Chu, Chi-Ming Tseng, Dah-Tong Ray, Yun-Hwei Shen
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ELECTROCHEMICAL SCIENCE
(2018)
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Microbiology
Yen- Cheng, Lin Chou, Yi-Fang Chiu, Hsin-Ta Hsueh, Chih-Horng Kuo, Hsiu-An Chu
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
(2020)
Review
Agricultural Engineering
Hai-Hsuan Cheng, Birgitta Narindri, Hsin Chu, Liang-Ming Whang
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
(2020)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Hsuan Man Chu, Birgitta Narindri, Hsin Ta Hsueh, Hsin Chu
JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY
(2020)
Article
Agricultural Engineering
Birgitta Narindri Rara Winayu, Ko Tung Lai, Hsin Ta Hsueh, Hsin Chu
Summary: This study examined the performance of TCL-1 cultivation in swine wastewater under various light intensities, treatment types, and initial biomass concentrations. The main focus was on pigment production and optimal extraction methods. Results showed that different treatment types had different effects on biomass increase and pigment production, while different extraction methods also influenced pigment yields.
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
(2021)
Review
Engineering, Environmental
Apramita Devi, Yi-Ting Chiu, Hsin-Ta Hsueh, Tsair-Fuh Lin
Summary: Taste and odor (T&O) are important issues in various industries such as drinking water, aquaculture, and recreation, with geosmin and 2-MIB being the most commonly detected compounds. The increase in cyanobacterial blooms and associated geosmin/2-MIB episodes due to human activities and climate change has raised global concerns for water quality. The development of rapid, on-site detection systems like qPCR for cyanobacterial geosmin/2-MIB events has been highlighted as essential for ensuring safe water systems.
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Soi Keong Hoi, Birgitta Narindri Rara Winayu, Hsin Ta Hsueh, Hsin Chu
Summary: This study observed the effects of light factors and nitrogen availability on the productivity of biomass and C-phycocyanin in Thermosynechococcus sp. CL-1 (TCL-1). Different lighting arrangements and concentrations of dissolved inorganic nitrogen were applied, leading to improved biomass and C-phycocyanin productivity. Notably, the use of a double-side mixed color lighting arrangement and specific DIN concentrations resulted in higher C-phycocyanin productivity.
BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2021)
Article
Agricultural Engineering
Birgitta Narindri Rara Winayu, Hui-Ping Chuang, Hsin-Ta Hsueh, Hsin Chu
Summary: This study evaluated the efficiency of TCL-1 culture in treating swine wastewater using a thermophilic flat panel photobioreactor, showing high potential for CO2 fixation and nitrogen removal compared to traditional nitrification and denitrification methods. Rapid-growing photosynthetic cyanobacteria like TCL-1 were found to be more effective in carbon and nitrogen transformation in the wastewater system.
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Agricultural Engineering
Jia-Yuan Chang, Birgitta Narindri Rara Winayu, Hsin-Ta Hsueh, Hsin Chu
Summary: TCL-1 from a hot spring in Taiwan is efficient in CO2 fixation and demonstrates enhanced monosaccharide production under nitrogen starvation, while also converting E2 into E1 through biodegradation as the main pathway for estrogen degradation. Total E2 degradation reached 69.4 +/- 2.0% during the experiment.
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Agricultural Engineering
Birgitta Narindri Rara Winayu, Yu-Ling Chang, Hsin-Ta Hsueh, Hsin Chu
Summary: Thermosynechococcus sp. CL-1 (TCL-1) has been found to efficiently utilize CO2 under extreme conditions, and its growth can be enhanced by the addition of 17 beta-estradiol (E2). Optimal growth and biomass productivity can be achieved with specific light intensity and nitrogen levels, and TCL-1 can simultaneously remove estrogen and fix CO2.
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Agricultural Engineering
Birgitta Narindri Rara Winayu, Hsin-Ta Hsueh, Hsin Chu
Summary: In this study, Thermosynechococcus sp. CL-1 (TCL-1) was successfully cultivated in a photobioreactor, resulting in high CO2 fixation rate and lipid content. TCL-1 also potentially produced abundant phycocyanin, dominated by C-phycocyanin, and the protective effect of 36% glucose solvent on phycocyanin was revealed.
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Tzy Ying Li, Birgitta Narindri Rara Winayu, Hsin Ta Hsueh, Hsin Chu
FOOD AND BIOPRODUCTS PROCESSING
(2020)
