Ching T Hou

Summary

Affiliation: Agricultural Research Service
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi New bioactive fatty acids
    Ching T Hou
    Microbial Genomics and Bioprocessing Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, ARS, USDA 1815 N University Street, Peoria, IL 61604 USA
    Asia Pac J Clin Nutr 17:192-5. 2008
  2. ncbi Production of arachidonic acid and dihomo-gamma-linolenic acid from glycerol by oil-producing filamentous fungi, Mortierella in the ARS culture collection
    Ching T Hou
    Microbial Genomics and Bioprocessing Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural, Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL 61604, USA
    J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 35:501-6. 2008
  3. ncbi Biotechnology for fats and oils: new oxygenated fatty acids
    Ching T Hou
    Microbial Genomics and Bioprocessing Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL 61604, USA
    N Biotechnol 26:2-10. 2009
  4. ncbi Effect of surfactant on the production of oxygenated unsaturated fatty acids by Bacillus megaterium ALA2
    Beom Soo Kim
    Microbial Genomics and Bioprocessing Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Peoria, IL 61604, USA
    N Biotechnol 27:33-7. 2010
  5. ncbi Effect of environmental factors on the production of oxygenated unsaturated fatty acids from linoleic acids by Bacillus megaterium ALA2
    Ching T Hou
    National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL 61604, USA
    Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 69:463-8. 2005
  6. ncbi Regioselectivity of new bacterial lipases determined by hydrolysis of triolein
    Alan C Lanser
    Microbial Genomics and Bioprocessing Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, ARS, USDA, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL 61604 3999, USA
    Curr Microbiol 44:336-40. 2002
  7. ncbi Evaluation of microbial strains for linoleic acid hydroxylation and reclassification of strain ALA2
    Ching T Hou
    Microbial Genomics and Bioprocessing Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL 61604, USA
    Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 88:167-71. 2005
  8. ncbi Production of novel tetrahydroxyfuranyl fatty acids from alpha-linolenic acid by Clavibacter sp. strain ALA2
    Masashi Hosokawa
    Microbial Genomics and Bioprocessing Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL 61604, USA
    Appl Environ Microbiol 69:3868-73. 2003
  9. ncbi Production of lipase by high cell density fed-batch culture of Candida cylindracea
    Beom Soo Kim
    Microbial Genomics and Bioprocessing Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL 61604, USA
    Bioprocess Biosyst Eng 29:59-64. 2006
  10. ncbi Production of 7, 10-dihydroxy-8(E)-octadecenoic acid from triolein via lipase induction by Pseudomonas aeruginosa PR3
    In Ae Chang
    Department of Animal Science and Biotechnology, Kyungpook National University, 702 701 Daegu, South Korea
    Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 74:301-6. 2007

Collaborators

  • Beom Soo Kim
  • Alan C Lanser
  • D P Labeda
  • Hak-Ryul Kim
  • In Ae Chang
  • Jae Han Bae
  • Hak Ryul Kim
  • In-Hwan Kim
  • In Hwan Kim
  • Jae-Han Bae
  • Min-Jung Suh
  • Min Jung Suh
  • Sun-Chul Kang
  • In-Ae Chang
  • Geon Ho Lee
  • Sun Chul Kang
  • Geon-Ho Lee
  • Young-Mi Kim
  • Masashi Hosokawa
  • Deuk-Soo Kim
  • Sei Ryang Oh
  • Sei-Ryang Oh
  • Deuk Soo Kim
  • In Jung Lee
  • In-Jung Lee
  • Kazuo Miyashita
  • Young-Geun Yeo
  • David Weisleder

Detail Information

Publications14

  1. ncbi New bioactive fatty acids
    Ching T Hou
    Microbial Genomics and Bioprocessing Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, ARS, USDA 1815 N University Street, Peoria, IL 61604 USA
    Asia Pac J Clin Nutr 17:192-5. 2008
    ..alpina > M. zychae > M. hygrophila > M. minutissima > M. parvispora. Both AA and DGLA are important natural precursors of a large family of prostaglandin and thromboxane groups...
  2. ncbi Production of arachidonic acid and dihomo-gamma-linolenic acid from glycerol by oil-producing filamentous fungi, Mortierella in the ARS culture collection
    Ching T Hou
    Microbial Genomics and Bioprocessing Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural, Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL 61604, USA
    J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 35:501-6. 2008
    ..Time course studies showed that the maximum cell growth and AA production for both species were at 6 days of incubation. Therefore, glycerol can be considered for industrial use in the production of AA and DGLA...
  3. ncbi Biotechnology for fats and oils: new oxygenated fatty acids
    Ching T Hou
    Microbial Genomics and Bioprocessing Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL 61604, USA
    N Biotechnol 26:2-10. 2009
    ..This new enzyme also possessed a significant high homology in all of the expected reductase regions as well. Fat and oil represent an area with tremendous opportunity for new biotechnology to explore...
  4. ncbi Effect of surfactant on the production of oxygenated unsaturated fatty acids by Bacillus megaterium ALA2
    Beom Soo Kim
    Microbial Genomics and Bioprocessing Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Peoria, IL 61604, USA
    N Biotechnol 27:33-7. 2010
    ..The maximum 12,13,17-THOA production was observed at 1.0% Tween-80 at a yield of 650 mg/L. Thus fermentor production of 12,13,17-THOA was successfully demonstrated...
  5. ncbi Effect of environmental factors on the production of oxygenated unsaturated fatty acids from linoleic acids by Bacillus megaterium ALA2
    Ching T Hou
    National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL 61604, USA
    Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 69:463-8. 2005
    ..5. Time course studies showed 40-48 h is the optimum for the production of both THOAs. These data provide the basis for engineering scale-up production of these new products...
  6. ncbi Regioselectivity of new bacterial lipases determined by hydrolysis of triolein
    Alan C Lanser
    Microbial Genomics and Bioprocessing Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, ARS, USDA, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL 61604 3999, USA
    Curr Microbiol 44:336-40. 2002
    ..Of the bacterial lipases tested, 55 displayed random specificity, 9 were 1,3-specific, and 3 showed no apparent lipase activity under these conditions...
  7. ncbi Evaluation of microbial strains for linoleic acid hydroxylation and reclassification of strain ALA2
    Ching T Hou
    Microbial Genomics and Bioprocessing Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL 61604, USA
    Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 88:167-71. 2005
    ..megaterium. Screening of 56 strains of B megaterium strains showed that many of them were able to produce reasonable amounts of hydroxyl fatty acids from linoleic acid, although strain ALA2 possessed the greatest activity...
  8. ncbi Production of novel tetrahydroxyfuranyl fatty acids from alpha-linolenic acid by Clavibacter sp. strain ALA2
    Masashi Hosokawa
    Microbial Genomics and Bioprocessing Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL 61604, USA
    Appl Environ Microbiol 69:3868-73. 2003
    ..It seems that enzymes of strain ALA2 oxidized the C-12-C-13 and C-16-C-17 double bonds into dihydroxy groups first and then converted them to hydroxy-THFAs...
  9. ncbi Production of lipase by high cell density fed-batch culture of Candida cylindracea
    Beom Soo Kim
    Microbial Genomics and Bioprocessing Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL 61604, USA
    Bioprocess Biosyst Eng 29:59-64. 2006
    ..The highest extracellular lipase activity was 23.7 U ml(-1) when mu(set) was 0.02 h(-1), while the highest lipase productivity was 0.31 U ml(-1) h(-1) at mu(set) of 0.08 h(-1)...
  10. ncbi Production of 7, 10-dihydroxy-8(E)-octadecenoic acid from triolein via lipase induction by Pseudomonas aeruginosa PR3
    In Ae Chang
    Department of Animal Science and Biotechnology, Kyungpook National University, 702 701 Daegu, South Korea
    Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 74:301-6. 2007
    ..Results from this study demonstrated that natural vegetable oils, without being intentionally hydrolyzed, could be used as efficient substrates for the microbial production of value-added hydroxy fatty acids...
  11. ncbi New finding and optimal production of a novel extracellular alkaline lipase from Yarrowia lipolytica NRRL Y-2178
    Geon Ho Lee
    Department of Animal Science and Biotechnology, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702 701, Korea
    J Microbiol Biotechnol 17:1054-7. 2007
    ..lipolytica NRRL Y-2178. These results suggested that Y. lipolytica NRRL Y-2178 showsgood industrial potential as a new alkaline lipase producer...
  12. ncbi Environmental optimization for bioconversion of triolein into 7,10-dihydroxy-8(E)-octadecenoic acid by Pseudomonas aeruginosa PR3
    In Ae Chang
    Department of Animal Science and Biotechnology, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea 702 701
    Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 78:581-6. 2008
    ..0 and 25 degrees C, respectively. Magnesium ion was essentially required for DOD production. Optimal inoculum size, time for substrate addition, and substrate concentration were 1%, 12 to 24 h, and 300 mg, respectively...
  13. ncbi The effect of bio-converted polyunsaturated fatty acids on the oxidation of TAG containing highly unsaturated fatty acids
    Young-Mi Kim
    Department of Animal Science and Biotechnology, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 702-701, Korea
    J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 33:17-21. 2006
    ..It is assumed that this oxidative effect could plausibly play an important role in the antimicrobial function of these bio-converted fatty acids...
  14. ncbi Production and identification of a novel compound, 7,10-dihydroxy-8(E)-hexadecenoic acid from palmitoleic acid by Pseudomonas aeruginosa PR3
    Jae Han Bae
    Department of Animal Science and Biotechnology, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 702 701, South Korea
    Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 75:435-40. 2007
    ..DHD production was peaked at 72 h after the substrate was added to the 24-h-culture...