Browsing by Author "Fernandez-Lahore, Marcelo"

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Aspartic Proteinases From Mucor Spp. in Cheese Manufacturing
(Springer Verlag, 2011) Yeğin, Sırma; Fernandez-Lahore, Marcelo; Jose Gama Salgado, Antonio; Güvenç, Ulgar; Göksungur, Yekta; Tarı, Canan; 03.08. Department of Food Engineering; 03. Faculty of Engineering; 01. Izmir Institute of Technology
Filamentous fungi belonging to the order of Mucorales are well known as producers of aspartic proteinases depicting milk-clotting activity. The biosynthesis level, the biochemical characteristics, and the technological properties of the resulting proteinases are affected by the producer strain and the mode of cultivation. While the milk-clotting enzymes produced by the Rhizomucor spp. have been extensively studied in the past, much less is known on the properties and potential applications of the aspartic proteinases obtained for Mucor spp. Indeed, several Mucor spp. strains have been reported as a potential source of milk-clotting enzymes having unique technological properties. Both submerged fermentation and solid substrate cultivation are proven alternatives for the production of Mucor spp. aspartic proteinases. This review provides an overview on the bioprocessing routes to obtain large amounts of these enzymes, on their structural characteristics as related to their functional properties, and on their industrial applications with focus on cheese manufacturing.
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Colloid Deposition Experiments as a Diagnostic Tool for Biomass Attachment Onto Bioproduct Adsorbent Surfaces
(John Wiley and Sons Inc., 2008-02) Tarı, Canan; Vennapusa, Rami Reddy; Cabrera, Rosa B.; Fernandez-Lahore, Marcelo; 03.08. Department of Food Engineering; 03. Faculty of Engineering; 01. Izmir Institute of Technology
Background: Detrimental processing conditions can be expected in any downstream operation where direct contacting between a crude feedstock and a reactive solid phase is supposed to occur. In this paper we have investigated the factors influencing intact yeast cells deposition onto anion and cation exchangers currently utilized for expanded-bed adsorption of biotechnological products. The aim of this study was twofold: (a)to confirm previous findings relating biomass deposition with surface energetics according to the extended Derjaguin, Landau, Verwey and Overbeek theory (XDLVO) theory; and (b) to provide a simple experimental tool to evaluate biomass deposition onto process surfaces. Results: Biomass deposition experiments were performed on an automated workstation utilizing a packedbed format. Two commercial ion exchangers intended for the direct capture of bioproducts in the presence of suspended biological particles were employed. Intact yeast cells in the late exponential phase of growth were selected as model bio-colloids. Cell deposition was systematically evaluated as a function of fluid-phase conductivity and quantitatively expressed as a biomass deposition parameter (α). Conclusion: α ≤ 0.15 was established as a criterion to reflect negligible biomass adhesion to the process support(s). Biomass deposition experiments further confirmed predictions made on the basis of free interfacial energy calculations as per the extended DLVO approach.
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Surface Energetics To Assess Biomass Attachment Onto Hydrophobic Interaction Adsorbents in Expanded Beds
(Elsevier Ltd., 2009-01) Vennapusa, Rami Reddy; Tarı, Canan; Cabrera, Rosa; Fernandez-Lahore, Marcelo; 03.08. Department of Food Engineering; 03. Faculty of Engineering; 01. Izmir Institute of Technology
Cell-to-support interaction and cell-to-cell aggregation phenomena have been studied in a model system composed of intact yeast cells and Phenyl-Streamline adsorbents. Biomass components and beaded adsorbents were characterized by contact angle determinations with three diagnostic liquids and zeta potential measurements. Subsequently, free energy of interaction vs. distance profiles between interacting surfaces was calculated in the aqueous media provided by operating mobile phases. The effect of pH and ammonium sulphate concentration within the normal operating ranges was evaluated. Calculation indicated that moderate interaction between cell particles and adsorbent beads can develop in the presence of salt. Cell-to-cell aggregation was suspected to occur at high salt concentration and neutral pH. Predictions based on the application of the XDLVO approach were confirmed by independent experimental methods like biomass deposition experiments and laser diffraction spectroscopy. Understanding biomass attachment onto hydrophobic supports can help in alleviating process limitations normally encountered during expanded bed adsorption of bioproducts.