Characterization of a biofilm membrane reactor and its prospects for fine chemical synthesis

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 705-717

  Gross, Rainer ^a   Lang, Karsten ^a   Bühler, Katja ^a   Schmid, Andreas ^a,b  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUT FÜR ANALYTISCHE WISSENSCHAFTEN ISAS E V   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biofilm membrane reactor; Fine chemical synthesis; Long term biotransformation; Mass transfer; Morphotypes; Pseudomonas

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM MEMBRANE REACTORS; BIOMASS CONCENTRATIONS; CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS; CONTINUOUS PROCESS; CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION; FINE-CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS; MAIN PARAMETERS; MEMBRANE AREA; MORPHOTYPES; PSEUDOMONAS SP; SPECIFIC ACTIVITY; STYRENE OXIDE; TUBE WALLS; TUBULAR MEMBRANES; VOLUMETRIC PRODUCTIVITY;

BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; BIOREACTORS; CULTIVATION; EFFLUENTS; EPOXIDATION; MASS TRANSFER; MEMBRANES; OXYGEN; PRODUCTIVITY; STYRENE; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

OXYGEN; STYRENE OXIDE; EPOXIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOCATALYST; BIOFILM REACTOR; BIOMASS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONTINUOUS PROCESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; EPOXIDATION; FLOW RATE; INOCULATION; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MORPHOTYPE; PRODUCTIVITY; PSEUDOMONAS; SYNTHESIS; TUBULAR REACTOR; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.;

BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; OXYGEN; PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 77449143965     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.22584     Document Type: Article

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