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A system coupling ethanol fermentation with microalgae culture was developed, in which CO2 produced during ethanol fermentation was used as carbon source for the growth of Tetraselmis subcordiformis, a microalgae accumulating starch intracellularly. The biomass concentration about 2.0 g DCW/L was achieved within the photobioreactor for the batch culture of 7 days, and intracellular starch accumulation was about 45%. Furthermore, ultrasonic pretreatment and enzymatic hydrolysis were applied to the microalgae biomass, and 71.1% of the intracellular starch was converted into glucose that was fermented sequentially to ethanol by Saccharomyces cerevisiae with an ethanol yield of 87.6% of the theoretical value, indicating that the microalgae biomass could be an alternative feedstock for ethanol production to save grain consumption, and in the meantime mitigate the CO2 emission.
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Batch Cell Culture Techniques , Carbon Dioxide , Metabolism , Pharmacology , Cells, Cultured , Ethanol , Metabolism , Fermentation , Microalgae , Metabolism , Photobioreactors , Saccharomyces cerevisiae , Metabolism , Starch , MetabolismABSTRACT
Objective To summarize the methods and outcome of surgical treatment of thyriod carcinoma(TC).Methods The clinical data of 126 cases of TC admitted between 1990 to 2005 to our 2 hospitals was analyzed.Results Among the 126 cases,there were papillary carcinoma in 94 cases(74.5%),follicular carcinoma in 20 cases(15.9%),medullary carcinoma in 5 cases(4%),anaplastic carcinoma in 4 cases(3.2%),lymphoma in 2 cases(1.6%) and squamous cell carcinoma was in 1 case(0.8%).Thyroid microcarcinoma(TMC) was found in 56 of 126 cases and all of them were papillary carcinoma.(Seventy)-eight cases were followed up for more than 5 years after operation and 36 cases for 3 to 5 years,and all have good quality of life.All of the 4 cases with anaplastic carcinoma died in 3 to 6 months.Two cases with medullary carcinoma and 1 case with squamous cell carcinoma died from pulmonary metastases 1 year after operation.Conclusions For differentiated TC,surgical treatment is the ideal treatment.However,for(anaplastic) TC,operation is not to be recommended,the choice of treatment is radiotherapy.