@article{EngelHoltmannUlberetal.2018, author = {Engel, Mareike and Holtmann, Dirk and Ulber, Roland and Tippk{\"o}tter, Nils}, title = {Increased Biobutanol Production by Mediator-Less Electro-Fermentation}, series = {Biotechnology Journal}, journal = {Biotechnology Journal}, number = {Volume 14, Issue 4}, publisher = {Wiley-VCH}, issn = {1860-7314}, doi = {10.1002/biot.201800514}, pages = {Artikel 1800514}, year = {2018}, abstract = {A future bio-economy should not only be based on renewable raw materials but also in the raise of carbon yields of existing production routes. Microbial electrochemical technologies are gaining increased attention for this purpose. In this study, the electro-fermentative production of biobutanol with C. acetobutylicum without the use of exogenous mediators is investigated regarding the medium composition and the reactor design. It is shown that the use of an optimized synthetic culture medium allows higher product concentrations, increased biofilm formation, and higher conductivities compared to a synthetic medium supplemented with yeast extract. Moreover, the optimization of the reactor system results in a doubling of the maximum product concentrations for fermentation products. When a working electrode is polarized at -600 mV vs. Ag/AgCl, a shift from butyrate to acetone and butanol production is induced. This leads to an increased final solvent yield of Yᴀᴃᴇ = 0.202 gg⁻¹ (control 0.103 gg⁻¹), which is also reflected in a higher carbon efficiency of 37.6\% compared to 23.3\% (control) as well as a fourfold decrease in simplified E-factor to 0.43. The results are promising for further development of biobutanol production in bioelectrochemical systems in order to fulfil the principles of Green Chemistry.}, language = {en} } @article{EngelGemuendeHoltmannetal.2019, author = {Engel, Mareike and Gem{\"u}nde, Andre and Holtmann, Dirk and M{\"u}ller-Renno, Christine and Ziegler, Christiane and Tippk{\"o}tter, Nils and Ulber, Roland}, title = {Clostridium acetobutylicum's connecting world: cell appendage formation in bioelectrochemical systems}, series = {ChemElectroChem}, journal = {ChemElectroChem}, number = {Accepted Article}, publisher = {Wiley}, address = {Weinheim}, issn = {2196-0216}, doi = {10.1002/celc.201901656}, year = {2019}, language = {en} } @article{EngelBayerHoltmannetal.2019, author = {Engel, Mareike and Bayer, Hendrik and Holtmann, Dirk and Tippk{\"o}tter, Nils and Ulber, Roland}, title = {Flavin secretion of Clostridium acetobutylicum in a bioelectrochemical system - Is an iron limitation involved?}, series = {Bioelectrochemistry}, journal = {Bioelectrochemistry}, number = {In Press, Accepted Manuscript}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Amsterdam}, issn = {1567-5394}, doi = {10.1016/j.bioelechem.2019.05.014}, year = {2019}, language = {en} } @misc{StadtmuellerTippkoetterUlber2015, author = {Stadtm{\"u}ller, Ralf and Tippk{\"o}tter, Nils and Ulber, Roland}, title = {Method for production of single-stranded macronucleotides}, year = {2015}, abstract = {The invention relates to a method for production of single-stranded macronucleotides by amplifying and ligating an extended monomeric single-stranded target nucleic acid sequence (targetss) into a repetitive cluster of double-stranded target nucleic acid sequences (targetds), and subsequently cloning the construct into a vector (aptagene vector). The aptagene vector is transformed into host cells for replication of the aptagene and isolated in order to optain single-stranded target sequences (targetss). The invention also relates to single-stranded nucleic acids, produced by a method of the invention.}, language = {en} } @article{TippkoetterRoikaewUlberetal.2010, author = {Tippk{\"o}tter, Nils and Roikaew, Wipa and Ulber, Roland and Hoffmann, Alexander and Denzler, Hans-J{\"o}rg and Buchholz, Heinrich}, title = {Paracoccus denitrificans for the effluent recycling during continuous denitrification of liquid food}, series = {Biotechnology Progress}, volume = {26}, journal = {Biotechnology Progress}, number = {3}, publisher = {Wiley}, address = {Hoboken, NJ}, issn = {8756-7938}, doi = {10.1002/btpr.384}, pages = {756 -- 762}, year = {2010}, abstract = {Nitrate is an undesirable component of several foods. A typical case of contamination with high nitrate contents is whey concentrate, containing nitrate in concentrations up to 25 l. The microbiological removal of nitrate by Paracoccus denitrificans under formation of harmless nitrogen in combination with a cell retention reactor is described here. Focus lies on the resource-conserving design of a microbal denitrification process. Two methods are compared. The application of polyvinyl alcohol-immobilized cells, which can be applied several times in whey feed, is compared with the implementation of a two step denitrification system. First, the whey concentrate's nitrate is removed by ion exchange and subsequently the eluent regenerated by microorganisms under their retention by crossflow filtration. Nitrite and nitrate concentrations were determined by reflectometric color measurement with a commercially available Reflectoquant® device. Correction factors for these media had to be determined. During the pilot development, bioreactors from 4 to 250 mg·L-1 and crossflow units with membrane areas from 0.02 to 0.80 m2 were examined. Based on the results of the pilot plants, a scaling for the exemplary process of denitrifying 1,000 tons per day is discussed.}, language = {en} }