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View article: Eight Up-Coming Biotech Tools to Combat Climate Crisis
Eight Up-Coming Biotech Tools to Combat Climate Crisis Open
Biotechnology has a high potential to substantially contribute to a low-carbon society. Several green processes are already well established, utilizing the unique capacity of living cells or their instruments. Beyond that, the authors beli…
View article: Effectiveness of Biochar and Zeolite Soil Amendments in Reducing Pollution of Municipal Wastewater from Nitrogen and Coliforms
Effectiveness of Biochar and Zeolite Soil Amendments in Reducing Pollution of Municipal Wastewater from Nitrogen and Coliforms Open
A greenhouse experiment with soil cores and wastewater application was carried out to investigate the effects of biochar and zeolite on the mobility of nitrogen and coliform bacteria during the leaching of columns repacked by a silty loam …
View article: Trickle-Bed Bioreactors for Acetogenic H2/CO2 Conversion
Trickle-Bed Bioreactors for Acetogenic H2/CO2 Conversion Open
Acetic acid is an essential industrial building block and can be produced by acetogenic bacteria from molecular hydrogen (H 2 ) and carbon dioxide (CO 2 ). When gasses are supplied as substrates, bioreactor design plays an important role f…
View article: Scale-Up of Dark Fermentative Biohydrogen Production by Artificial Microbial Co-Cultures
Scale-Up of Dark Fermentative Biohydrogen Production by Artificial Microbial Co-Cultures Open
As a renewable energy carrier, dark fermentative biohydrogen (H2) represents a promising future alternative to fossil fuels. Recently, the limited H2 yield of 4 moles of H2 per mole glucose, the so-called “Thauer limit”, was surpassed by a…
View article: Design and engineering of artificial microbial consortia for biohydrogen production
Design and engineering of artificial microbial consortia for biohydrogen production Open
In natural microbial ecosystems the metabolic diversity of the organisms enables interaction among the community members and allows them to engage in syntrophic interactions. With regard to biotechnology, artificial microbial consortium en…
View article: A Simple and Straightforward Method for Activity Measurement of Carbonic Anhydrases
A Simple and Straightforward Method for Activity Measurement of Carbonic Anhydrases Open
Carbonic anhydrase (CA) is an enzyme of high interest due to its high implications relative to the medical and environmental sectors. In the current paper, an enzyme assay for the determination of CA activity is proposed and it is characte…
View article: Dry Anaerobic Digestion of Chicken Manure: A Review
Dry Anaerobic Digestion of Chicken Manure: A Review Open
Providing anaerobic digestion is a prospective technology for utilizing organic waste, however, for waste with a high content of nitrogen such as manure, dilution is necessary to decrease the ammonia inhibition effect which leads to the pr…
View article: Increasing biohydrogen production with the use of a co-culture inside a microbial electrolysis cell
Increasing biohydrogen production with the use of a co-culture inside a microbial electrolysis cell Open
Biohydrogen (H2) is considered to be a significant contributor to sustainable economy. However, due to current yields and production rates, large-scale technical implementation of biological H2 production is still a long way off. In this s…
View article: Anaerobic Digestion of Pretreated Industrial Residues and Their Energetic Process Integration
Anaerobic Digestion of Pretreated Industrial Residues and Their Energetic Process Integration Open
The food and beverage industry offers a wide range of organic feedstocks for use in biogas production by means of anaerobic digestion (AD). Microorganisms convert organic compounds-solid, pasty, or liquid ones-within four steps to biogas m…
View article: Formate Utilization by the Crenarchaeon Desulfurococcus amylolyticus
Formate Utilization by the Crenarchaeon Desulfurococcus amylolyticus Open
Formate is one of the key compounds of the microbial carbon and/or energy metabolism. It owes a significant contribution to various anaerobic syntrophic associations, and may become one of the energy storage compounds of modern energy biot…
View article: The physiological effect of heavy metals and volatile fatty acids on Methanococcus maripaludis S2
The physiological effect of heavy metals and volatile fatty acids on Methanococcus maripaludis S2 Open
Background Methanogenic archaea are of importance to the global C-cycle and to biological methane (CH4) production through anaerobic digestion and pure culture. Here, the individual and combined effects of copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), acetate, …
View article: Partial Substitution of Maize Silage with Acutodesmus Obliquus Biomass in Continuous Anaerobic Digesters at Laboratory Scale
Partial Substitution of Maize Silage with Acutodesmus Obliquus Biomass in Continuous Anaerobic Digesters at Laboratory Scale Open
In this study the substitutability of maize silage with Acutodesmus obliquus biomass was investigated. To do this, an existing large-scale biogas plant digesting maize silage and pig slurry was simulated at laboratory scale and run for 270…