Segmented flow is controlling growth of catalytic biofilms in continuous multiphase microreactors

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1831-1840

  Karande, Rohan ^a   Halan, Babu ^a   Schmid, Andreas ^a   Buehler, Katja ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catalytic biofilms; Continuous bioprocess; Microreactors; Multiphasic biocatalysis; Pseudomonas; Segmented flow

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CHEMICAL REACTORS; FLOW CONTROL; MASS TRANSFER; STYRENE;

BIOCATALYSIS; BIOPROCESSES; MICRO REACTOR; PSEUDOMONAS; SEGMENTED FLOW;

BIOFILMS;

OXYGEN; STYRENE; STYRENE OXIDE; CULTURE MEDIUM; EPOXIDE;

AIRFLOW; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOCATALYST; BIOFILM; BIOFILM REACTOR; BIOREACTOR DESIGN; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTINUOUS FLOW REACTOR; EPOXIDATION; FLOW RATE; GROWTH RATE; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PSEUDOMONAS; SEGMENTED FLOW BIOFILM MICROREACTOR; SURFACE PROPERTY; THICKNESS; BIOREACTOR; CULTURE MEDIUM; FLOW KINETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.;

BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; CULTURE MEDIA; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; PSEUDOMONAS; RHEOLOGY; STYRENE;

EID: 84904993548     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.25256     Document Type: Article

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