A system for identifying Candida auris is disclosed. The system has two aspects. The first is a positive selection of C. auris based on C. auris's distinctive resistance to quaternary ammonium compounds (especially at elevated incubation temperatures). The second is a negative selection of C. auris based on C. auris's distinctive sensitive to tert-Butyl-hydroperoxide. C. auris can be identified in a sample through use of a positive-selection culture medium, which fosters C. auris colony growth while suppressing growth of other yeasts. The isolate can be confirmed as C. auris through use of a negative-selection culture medium, which suppresses C. auris colony growth while permitting growth of other yeasts.

The specification describes a composition comprising an improved eukaryotic cell culture medium, which can be used for the production of a protein of interest. Taurine can be added to the serum-free media or chemically-defined media to increase the production of a protein of interest. Methods for recombinantly expressing high levels of protein using the media compositions are included.

The present invention relates to animal protein-free cell culture media comprising polyamines and a plant- and/or yeast-derived hydrolysate. The invention also relates to animal protein-free culturing processes, wherein cells can be cultivated, propagated and passaged without adding supplementary animal proteins in the culture medium. These processes are useful in cultivating cells, such as recombinant cells or cells infected with a virus, and for producing biological products by cell culture processes.

The specification describes a composition comprising an improved eukaryotic cell culture medium, which can be used for the production of a protein of interest. TaXULne can be added to the serum-free media or chemically-defined media to incrase the production of a protein of interest. Methods for recombinantly expressing high levels of protein using the media compositions are included.

The present invention provides a process for the treatment of sewage sludge with enzymes, which process comprises treating a sewage sludge resulting from the treatment of municipal or industrial waste water with a composition comprising a fermentation supernatant product from a Saccharomyces cerevisiae culture and a non-ionic surfactant, wherein said fermentation supernatant product is free of active enzymes, at conditions suitable for generating said active enzymes from said sewage sludge in situ.

Systems and methods for producing cell cultured food products. The cultured food products include sushi-grade fish meat, fish surimi, foie gras, and other food types. Various cell types are utilized to produce the food products and can include muscle, fat, and/or liver cells. The cultured food products are grown in pathogen-free culture conditions without exposure to toxins and other undesirable chemicals.

The disclosure discloses recombinant Bacillus subtilis for synthesizing e lacto-N-neotetraose yield. The recombinant Bacillus subtilis is obtained by integrating two -1,4-galactotransferase genes on a genome of a host bacterium Bacillus subtilis 168amyE:P.sub.43-lacY, P.sub.43-lgtB, P.sub.xylA-comK and exogenously expressing a -1,3-N-glucosaminotransferase gene. Compared with a strain before transformation, the recombinant Bacillus subtilis of the disclosure improves the yield of the synthesized lacto-N-neotetraose from 720 mg/L to 1300 mg/L, laying a foundation for further metabolic engineering transformation of Bacillus subtilis for producing the lacto-N-neotetraose.

The disclosure discloses recombinant Bacillus subtilis for synthesizing guanosine diphosphate fucose and a construction method and application thereof. The recombinant Bacillus subtilis is obtained by intensively expressing guanylate kinase and nucleotide diphosphokinase genes and expressing exogenous fucokinase and phosphate guanylyltransferase genes in a genome of Bacillus subtilis 168. According to the disclosure, a bacterial strain for synthesizing the guanosine diphosphate fucose is obtained by reconstructing the Bacillus subtilis 168, with a volume of intracellular accumulation up to 196.15 g/L. According to the disclosure, by intensively expressing the guanylate kinase and nucleotide diphosphokinase genes, and enhancing the supply of intracellular GDP-L-fucose composition cofactors, the synthesis of the guanosine diphosphate fucose is promoted. The construction method for the recombinant Bacillus subtilis of the disclosure is simple and convenient to use, thus having good application prospects.

A fermentation method for mupirocin, the method comprising performing shake flask seed culture, seed tank culture, fermentation culture, feed culture. The fermentation method is not only suitable for industrial mass production, but also improves the fermentation potency of mupirocin, which can be stably maintained to be 8000 ug/ml or above.

A Pseudomonas sp. ECO-1 strain was preserved at the China General Microbiological Culture Collection Center (CGMCC) on Mar. 31, 2017, with the preservation number of CGMCC No. 13960. The Pseudomonas sp. ECO-1 strain was separated from POPs (Persistent Organic Pollutants) polluted soil for the first time. The bifunctional enzyme preparation capable of efficiently degrading polychlorinated biphenyl and atrazine was prepared by utilizing the strain for the first time; especially, the bifunctional enzyme preparation has remarkable degradation activity on the polychlorinated biphenyl which is difficult to degrade under an aerobic condition, which is completely different from functions of existing known Pseudomonas sp. and enzyme preparations thereof.