Microbial biofilms: New catalysts for maximizing productivity of long-term biotransformations

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1123-1134

  Gross, Rainer ^a   Hauer, Bernhard ^b   Otto, Katja ^a   Schmid, Andreas ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b BASF SE   (Germany)

Author keywords

(S) styrene oxide; Biofilm reactor; Fine chemicals; Long term biocatalysis; Pseudomonas; Solvent tolerance

Indexed keywords

BIOCATALYSTS; BIOCIDES; BIOFILTERS; CATALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TOXICITY;

BIOFILM REACTORS; FINE CHEMICALS; LONG-TERM BIOCATALYSIS; MICROBIAL BIOFILMS; PSEUDOMONAS; SOLVENT TOLERANCE;

BIOFILMS;

RECOMBINANT ENZYME; STYRENE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; BIOFILTER; BIOMASS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CATALYSIS; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; METHODOLOGY; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PSEUDOMONAS; SOIL POLLUTION;

BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CATALYSIS; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; PSEUDOMONAS; STYRENE; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.;

EID: 36749033782     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.21547     Document Type: Article

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