TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bäcker, Matthias
A1  - Kramer, F.
A1  - Huck, Christina
A1  - Poghossian, Arshak
A1  - Bratov, A.
A1  - Abramova, N.
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
T1  - Planar and 3D interdigitated electrodes for biosensing applications: The impact of a dielectric barrier on the sensor properties
JF  - Physica Status Solidi (A) - Applications and Materials Science
N2  - Planar and three-dimensional (3D) interdigitated electrodes (IDE) with electrode digits separated by an insulating barrier of different heights were electrochemically characterized and compared in terms of their sensing properties. Due to the impact of the surface resistance, both types of IDE structures display a non-linear behavior in low-ionic strength solutions. The experimental data were fitted to an electrical equivalent circuit and interpreted taking into account the surface-charge-governed properties. The effect of a charged polyelectrolyte layer electrostatically assembled onto the sensor surface on the surface resistance in solutions with different KCl concentration is studied. In case of the same electrode footprint, 3D-IDEs show a larger cell constant and a higher sensitivity to molecular adsorption than that of planar IDEs. The obtained results demonstrate the potential of 3D-IDEs as a new transducer structure for a direct label-free sensing of charged molecules.
Y1  - 2014
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201330416
SN  - 1521-396X (E-Journal); 1862-6319 (E-Journal); 0031-8965 (Print); 1862-6300 (Print)
VL  - 211
IS  - 6
SP  - 1357
EP  - 1363
PB  - Wiley-VCH
CY  - Weinheim
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Huck, Christina
A1  - Poghossian, Arshak
A1  - Kerroumi, Iman
A1  - Schusser, Sebastian
A1  - Bäcker, Matthias
A1  - Zander, Willi
A1  - Schubert, Jürgen
A1  - Buniatyan, Vahe V.
A1  - Martirosyan, Norayr W.
A1  - Wagner, Patrick
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
T1  - Multiparameter sensor chip with Barium Strontium Titanate as multipurpose material
JF  - Electroanalysis
N2  - It is well known that biochemical and biotechnological processes are strongly dependent and affected by a variety of physico-chemical parameters such as pH value, temperature, pressure and electrolyte conductivity. Therefore, these quantities have to be monitored or controlled in order to guarantee a stable process operation, optimization and high yield. In this work, a sensor chip for the multiparameter detection of three physico-chemical parameters such as electrolyte conductivity, pH and temperature is realized using barium strontium titanate (BST) as multipurpose material. The chip integrates a capacitively coupled four-electrode electrolyte-conductivity sensor, a capacitive field-effect pH sensor and a thin-film Pt-temperature sensor. Due to the multifunctional properties of BST, it is utilized as final outermost coating layer of the processed sensor chip and serves as passivation and protection layer as well as pH-sensitive transducer material at the same time. The results of testing of the individual sensors of the developed multiparameter sensor chip are presented. In addition, a quasi-simultaneous multiparameter characterization of the sensor chip in buffer solutions with different pH value and electrolyte conductivity is performed. To study the sensor behavior and the suitability of BST as multifunctional material under harsh environmental conditions, the sensor chip was exemplarily tested in a biogas digestate.
Y1  - 2014
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/elan.201400076
SN  - 1521-4109 (E-Journal); 1040-0397 (Print)
VL  - 26
IS  - 5
SP  - 980
EP  - 987
PB  - Wiley-VCH
CY  - Weinheim
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Heine, A.
A1  - Herrmann, G.
A1  - Selmer, Thorsten
A1  - Terwesten, F.
A1  - Buckel, W.
A1  - Reuter, K.
T1  - High resolution crystal structure of clostridium propionicum β-Alanyl-CoA:Ammonia Lyase, a new member of the "Hot Dog Fold" protein superfamily
JF  - Proteins
N2  - Clostridium propionicum is the only organism known to ferment β-alanine, a constituent of coenzyme A (CoA) and the phosphopantetheinyl prosthetic group of holo-acyl carrier protein. The first step in the fermentation is a CoA-transfer to β-alanine. Subsequently, the resulting β-alanyl-CoA is deaminated by the enzyme β-alanyl-CoA:ammonia lyase (Acl) to reversibly form ammonia and acrylyl-CoA. We have determined the crystal structure of Acl in its apo-form at a resolution of 0.97 Å as well as in complex with CoA at a resolution of 1.59 Å. The structures reveal that the enyzme belongs to a superfamily of proteins exhibiting a so called “hot dog fold” which is characterized by a five-stranded antiparallel β-sheet with a long α-helix packed against it. The functional unit of all “hot dog fold” proteins is a homodimer containing two equivalent substrate binding sites which are established by the dimer interface. In the case of Acl, three functional dimers combine to a homohexamer strongly resembling the homohexamer formed by YciA-like acyl-CoA thioesterases. Here, we propose an enzymatic mechanism based on the crystal structure of the Acl·CoA complex and molecular docking. Proteins 2014; 82:2041–2053. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Y1  - 2014
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/prot.24557
SN  - 1097-0134 (E-Journal); 0887-3585 (Print)
VL  - 82
IS  - 9
SP  - 2041
EP  - 2053
PB  - Wiley-Liss
CY  - New York
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Oberländer, Jan
A1  - Kirchner, Patrick
A1  - Boyen, Hans-Gerd
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
T1  - Detection of hydrogen peroxide vapor by use of manganese(IV) oxide as catalyst for calorimetric gas sensors
JF  - Physica status solidi A: Applications and materials science
N2  - In this work, the catalyst manganese(IV) oxide (MnO2), of calorimetric gas sensors (to monitor the sterilization agent vaporized hydrogen peroxide) has been investigated in more detail. Chemical analyses by means of X-ray-induced photoelectron spectroscopy have been performed to unravel the surface chemistry prior and after exposure to hydrogen peroxide vapor at elevated temperature, as applied in the sterilization processes of beverage cartons. The surface characterization reveals a change in oxidation states of the metal oxide catalyst after exposure to hydrogen peroxide. Additionally, a cleaning effect of the catalyst, which itself is attached to the sensor surface by means of a polymer interlayer, could be observed.
Y1  - 2014
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201330359
SN  - 1521-396X (E-Journal); 1862-6319 (E-Journal); 0031-8965 (Print); 1862-6300 (Print)
VL  - 211
IS  - 6
SP  - 1372
EP  - 1376
PB  - Wiley-VCH
CY  - Weinheim
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Huck, Christina
A1  - Poghossian, Arshak
A1  - Bäcker, Matthias
A1  - Chaudhuri, S.
A1  - Zander, W.
A1  - Schubert, J.
A1  - Begoyan, V. K.
A1  - Buniatyan, V. V.
A1  - Wagner, P.
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
T1  - Capacitively coupled electrolyte-conductivity sensor based on high-k material of barium strontium titanate
JF  - Sensors and actuators. B: Chemical
Y1  - 2014
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2014.02.103
SN  - 1873-3077 (E-Journal); 0925-4005 (Print)
IS  - 198
SP  - 102
EP  - 109
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Leinhos, Marcel
A1  - Schusser, Sebastian
A1  - Bäcker, Matthias
A1  - Poghossian, Arshak
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
T1  - Micromachined multi-parameter sensor chip for the control of polymer-degradation medium
JF  - Physica Status Solidi (A) : special issue on engineering and functional interfaces
N2  - It is well known that the degradation environment can strongly influence the biodegradability and kinetics of biodegradation processes of polymers. Therefore, besides the monitoring of the degradation process, it is also necessary to control the medium in which the degradation takes place. In this work, a micromachined multi-parameter sensor chip for the control of the polymer-degradation medium has been developed. The chip combines a capacitive field-effect pH sensor, a four-electrode electrolyte-conductivity sensor and a thin-film Pt-temperature sensor. The results of characterization of individual sensors are presented. In addition, the multi-parameter sensor chip together with an impedimetric polymer-degradation sensor was simultaneously characterized in degradation solutions with different pH and electrolyte conductivity. The obtained results demonstrate the feasibility of the multi-parameter sensor chip for the control of the polymer-degradation medium.
Y1  - 2014
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201330364
SN  - 1521-396X (E-Journal); 1862-6319 (E-Journal); 0031-8965 (Print); 1862-6300 (Print)
VL  - 211
IS  - 6
SP  - 1346
EP  - 1351
PB  - Wiley-VCH
CY  - Weinheim
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Schroeter, Rebecca
A1  - Hoffmann, Tamara
A1  - Voigt, Birgit
A1  - Meyer, Hanna
A1  - Bleisteiner, Monika
A1  - Muntel, Jan
A1  - Jürgen, Britta
A1  - Albrecht, Dirk
A1  - Becher, Dörte
A1  - Lalk, Michael
A1  - Evers, Stefan
A1  - Bongaerts, Johannes
A1  - Maurer, Karl-Heinz
A1  - Putzer, Harald
A1  - Hecker, Michael
A1  - Schweder, Thomas
A1  - Bremer, Erhard
T1  - Stress responses of the industrial workhorse Bacillus licheniformis to osmotic challenges
JF  - PLoS ONE
N2  - The Gram-positive endospore-forming bacterium Bacillus licheniformis can be found widely in nature and it is exploited in industrial processes for the manufacturing of antibiotics, specialty chemicals, and enzymes. Both in its varied natural habitats and in industrial settings, B. licheniformis cells will be exposed to increases in the external osmolarity, conditions that trigger water efflux, impair turgor, cause the cessation of growth, and negatively affect the productivity of cell factories in biotechnological processes. We have taken here both systems-wide and targeted physiological approaches to unravel the core of the osmostress responses of B. licheniformis. Cells were suddenly subjected to an osmotic upshift of considerable magnitude (with 1 M NaCl), and their transcriptional profile was then recorded in a time-resolved fashion on a genome-wide scale. A bioinformatics cluster analysis was used to group the osmotically up-regulated genes into categories that are functionally associated with the synthesis and import of osmostress-relieving compounds (compatible solutes), the SigB-controlled general stress response, and genes whose functional annotation suggests that salt stress triggers secondary oxidative stress responses in B. licheniformis. The data set focusing on the transcriptional profile of B. licheniformis was enriched by proteomics aimed at identifying those proteins that were accumulated by the cells through increased biosynthesis in response to osmotic stress. Furthermore, these global approaches were augmented by a set of experiments that addressed the synthesis of the compatible solutes proline and glycine betaine and assessed the growth-enhancing effects of various osmoprotectants. Combined, our data provide a blueprint of the cellular adjustment processes of B. licheniformis to both sudden and sustained osmotic stress.
Y1  - 2014
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0080956
SN  - 1932-6203
VL  - 8
IS  - 11
PB  - PLOS
CY  - San Francisco
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Moseley, Fiona
A1  - Halamek, Jan
A1  - Kramer, Friederike
A1  - Poghossian, Arshak
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
A1  - Katz, Evgeny
T1  - An enzyme-based reversible CNOT logic gate realized in a flow system
JF  - Analyst
N2  - An enzyme system organized in a flow device was used to mimic a reversible Controlled NOT (CNOT) gate with two input and two output signals. Reversible conversion of NAD⁺ and NADH cofactors was used to perform a XOR logic operation, while biocatalytic hydrolysis of p-nitrophenyl phosphate resulted in an Identity operation working in parallel. The first biomolecular realization of a CNOT gate is promising for integration into complex biomolecular networks and future biosensor/biomedical applications.
Y1  - 2014
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C4AN00133H
SN  - 1364-5528 (E-Journal) ; 0003-2654 (Print)
VL  - 139
IS  - 8
SP  - 1839
EP  - 1842
PB  - Royal Society of Chemistry
CY  - Cambridge
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Kreyer, Jörg
A1  - Stollenwerk, Dominik
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
T1  - Tagung des Forschernachwuchses der FH Aachen 20. November 2013 / ed.: J. Kreyer, D. Stollenwerk, M. J. Schöning
Y1  - 2013
PB  - FH Aachen
CY  - Aachen
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Miyamoto, Ko-ichiro
A1  - Itabashi, Akinori
A1  - Wagner, Torsten
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
A1  - Yoshinobu, Tatsuo
T1  - High-speed chemical imaging inside a microfluidic channel
JF  - Sensors and actuators. B: Chemical
N2  - In this study, a high-speed chemical imaging system was developed for visualization of the interior of a microfluidic channel. A microfluidic channel was constructed on the sensor surface of the light-addressable potentiometric sensor (LAPS), on which the ion concentrations could be measured in parallel at up to 64 points illuminated by optical fibers. The temporal change of pH distribution inside the microfluidic channel was recorded at a maximum rate of 100 frames per second (fps). The high frame rate allowed visualization of moving interfaces and plugs in the channel even at a flow velocity of 111 mm/s, which suggests the feasibility of plug-based microfluidic devices for flow-injection analysis (FIA).
Y1  - 2014
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2013.12.090
SN  - 1873-3077 (E-Journal); 0925-4005 (Print)
VL  - 194
SP  - 521
EP  - 527
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Buniatyan, V.
A1  - Huck, Christina
A1  - Poghossian, Arshak
A1  - Aroutiounian, V. M.
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
T1  - BaxSr1-x TiO3/pc-Si heterojunction
JF  - Armenian journal of physics
Y1  - 2013
SN  - 1829-1171
VL  - 6
IS  - 4
SP  - 177
EP  - 187
PB  - National Academy of Sciences of Armenia
CY  - Yerevan
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Buniatyan, V.
A1  - Huck, Christina
A1  - Poghossian, Arshak
A1  - Aroutiounian, V. M.
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
T1  - BaxSr1-x TiO3/pc-Si heterojunction capacitance
JF  - Armenian journal of physics
Y1  - 2013
SN  - 1829-1171
VL  - 6
IS  - 4
SP  - 188
EP  - 197
PB  - National Academy of Sciences of Armenia
CY  - Yerevan
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Huck, Christina
A1  - Poghossian, Arshak
A1  - Bäcker, Matthias
A1  - Zander, W.
A1  - Schubert, J.
A1  - Sukoyan, L. H.
A1  - Begoyan, V.
A1  - Buniatyan, V. V.
A1  - Wagner, Patrick
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
T1  - Chemische Sensoren mit Bariumstrontiumtitanat als funktionelle Schicht zur Multiparameterdetektion
T2  - 11. Dresdner Sensor-Symposium : 9.-11.12.2013
Y1  - 2013
SN  - 978-3-9813484-5-3
SP  - 368
EP  - 372
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Oberländer, Jan
A1  - Reisert, Steffen
A1  - Kirchner, Patrick
A1  - Wagner, Patrick
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
T1  - Kalorimetrische Gassensoren zur H2O2-Detektion in aseptischen Sterilisationsprozessen
T2  - 11. Dresdner Sensor-Symposium : 9.-11.12.2013
Y1  - 2013
SN  - 978-3-9813484-5-3
SP  - 234
EP  - 238
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Wu, Chunsheng
A1  - Poghossian, Arshak
A1  - Werner, Frederik
A1  - Bronder, Thomas
A1  - Bäcker, Matthias
A1  - Wang, Ping
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
T1  - An application of a scanning light-addressable potentiometric sensor for label-free DNA detection
T2  - 11. Dresdner Sensor-Symposium : 9.-11.12.2013
Y1  - 2013
SN  - 978-3-9813484-5-3
SP  - 164
EP  - 168
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Schusser, Sebastian
A1  - Bäcker, Matthias
A1  - Leinhos, Marcel
A1  - Krischer, M.
A1  - Wenzel, L.
A1  - Poghossian, Arshak
A1  - Wagner, Patrick
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
T1  - Sensorkonzept zur in vitro Echtzeitmessung des Degradationsverhaltens von biodegradierbaren Biopolymeren
T2  - 11. Dresdner Sensor-Symposium : 9.-11.12.2013
Y1  - 2013
SN  - 978-3-9813484-5-3
SP  - 174
EP  - 177
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Takenaga, Shoko
A1  - Herrera, Cony F.
A1  - Werner, Frederik
A1  - Biselli, Manfred
A1  - Schnitzler, Thomas
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
A1  - Öhlschläger, Peter
A1  - Wagner, Torsten
T1  - Detection of the metabolic activity of cells by differential measurements based on a single light-addressable potentiometric sensor chip
T2  - 11. Dresdner Sensor-Symposium : 9.-11.12.2013
Y1  - 2013
SN  - 978-3-9813484-5-3
SP  - 63
EP  - 67
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bäcker, Matthias
A1  - Schusser, Sebastian
A1  - Poghossian, Arshak
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
T1  - Degradationsverhalten bioabbaubarer Polymere : siliziumbasierte Sensorik zur Überwachung
JF  - GIT Labor-Fachzeitschrift
Y1  - 2013
SN  - 0016-3538
SP  - 32
EP  - 33
PB  - Wiley-VCH
CY  - Weinheim
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Sabitova, A.
A1  - Ebert, Ph.
A1  - Lenz, A.
A1  - Schaafhausen, S.
A1  - Ivanova, L.
A1  - Dähne, M.
A1  - Hoffmann, A.
A1  - Dunin-Borkowski, R. E.
A1  - Förster, Arnold
A1  - Grandidier, B.
A1  - Eisele, H.
T1  - Intrinsic bandgap of cleaved ZnO(112¯0) surfaces
JF  - Applied physics letters
Y1  - 2013
SN  - 1077-3118 (E-Journal); 0003-6951 (Print)
VL  - Vol. 102
SP  - 021608
ER  - 
TY  - GEN
A1  - Abdelghani, Adnane
A1  - Menaa, Bouzid
A1  - Obare, Sherine O.
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
T1  - Special issue on nanoscale science and technology / guest eds.: Adnane Abdelghani, Bouzid Menaa, Sherine O. Obare, Michael J. Schöning
T2  - International journal of nanotechnology
Y1  - 2013
SN  - 1741-8151 (E-Journal), 1475-7435 (Print)
VL  - Vol. 10
IS  - No. 5-7
SP  - 373
EP  - 619
ER  - 
TY  - GEN
A1  - Ingebrandt, Sven
A1  - Wagner, Patrick
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
T1  - Engineering of functional interfaces / guest eds. Sven Ingebrandt ; Patrick Wagner ; Michael J. Schöning
T2  - Physica Status Solidi (A)
Y1  - 2013
SN  - 1521-396X (E-Journal); 1862-6319 (E-Journal); 0031-8965 (Print); 1862-6300 (Print)
VL  - Vol. 210
IS  - Iss. 5
SP  - 845
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Miyamoto, Ko-ichiro
A1  - Hirayama, Yuji
A1  - Wagner, Torsten
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
A1  - Yoshinobu, Tatsuo
T1  - Visualization of enzymatic reaction in a microfluidic channel using chemical imaging sensor
JF  - Electrochimica acta
Y1  - 2013
SN  - 1873-3859 (E-Journal); 0013-4686 (Print)
SP  - Publ. online
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Reisert, Steffen
A1  - Geissler, Hanno
A1  - Flörke, Rudolf
A1  - Weiler, Christian
A1  - Wagner, Patrick
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
T1  - Characterisation of aseptic sterilisation processes using an electronic nose
JF  - International journal of nanotechnology
Y1  - 2013
SN  - 1475-7435 (Print) 7141-8151 (Online)
VL  - Vol. 10
IS  - No. 5-7
SP  - 470
EP  - 484
PB  - Inderscience Enterprises
CY  - Genève
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bandodkar, Amay J.
A1  - Molinnus, Denise
A1  - Mirza, Omar
A1  - Guinovart, Tomas
A1  - Windmiller, Joshua R.
A1  - Valdes-Ramirez, Gabriela
A1  - Andrade, Francisco J.
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
A1  - Wang, Joseph
T1  - Epidermal tattoo potentiometric sodium sensors with wireless signal transduction for continuous non-invasive sweat monitoring
JF  - Biosensors and bioelectronics
N2  - This article describes the fabrication, characterization and application of an epidermal temporary-transfer tattoo-based potentiometric sensor, coupled with a miniaturized wearable wireless transceiver, for real-time monitoring of sodium in the human perspiration. Sodium excreted during perspiration is an excellent marker for electrolyte imbalance and provides valuable information regarding an individual's physical and mental wellbeing. The realization of the new skin-worn non-invasive tattoo-like sensing device has been realized by amalgamating several state-of-the-art thick film, laser printing, solid-state potentiometry, fluidics and wireless technologies. The resulting tattoo-based potentiometric sodium sensor displays a rapid near-Nernstian response with negligible carryover effects, and good resiliency against various mechanical deformations experienced by the human epidermis. On-body testing of the tattoo sensor coupled to a wireless transceiver during exercise activity demonstrated its ability to continuously monitor sweat sodium dynamics. The real-time sweat sodium concentration was transmitted wirelessly via a body-worn transceiver from the sodium tattoo sensor to a notebook while the subjects perspired on a stationary cycle. The favorable analytical performance along with the wearable nature of the wireless transceiver makes the new epidermal potentiometric sensing system attractive for continuous monitoring the sodium dynamics in human perspiration during diverse activities relevant to the healthcare, fitness, military, healthcare and skin-care domains.
Y1  - 2014
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2013.11.039
SN  - 1873-4235 (E-Journal); 0956-5663 (Print)
VL  - 54
SP  - 603
EP  - 609
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Wiegand, Sandra
A1  - Dietrich, Sascha
A1  - Hertel, Robert
A1  - Bongaerts, Johannes
A1  - Evers, Stefan
A1  - Volland, Sonja
A1  - Daniel, Rolf
A1  - Liesegang, Heiko
T1  - RNA-Seq of Bacillus licheniformis: active regulatory RNA features expressed within a productive fermentation
JF  - BMC genomics
Y1  - 2013
SN  - 1471-2164
VL  - Vol. 14
SP  - 667
PB  - BioMed Central
CY  - London
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Rachinger, Michael
A1  - Bauch, Melanie
A1  - Strittmatter, Axel
A1  - Bongaerts, Johannes
A1  - Evers, Stefan
A1  - Maurer, Karl-Heinz
A1  - Daniel, Rolf
A1  - Liebl, Wolfgang
A1  - Liesegang, Heiko
A1  - Ehrenreich, Armin
T1  - Size unlimited markerless deletions by a transconjugative plasmid-system in Bacillus licheniformis
JF  - Journal of biotechnology
Y1  - 2013
SN  - 1873-4863 (E-Journal); 0168-1656 (Print)
VL  - Vol. 164
IS  - Iss. 4
SP  - 365
EP  - 369
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Voigt, Birgit
A1  - Schroeter, Rebecca
A1  - Jürgen, Britta
A1  - Albrecht, Dirk
A1  - Evers, Stefan
A1  - Bongaerts, Johannes
A1  - Maurer, Karl-Heinz
A1  - Schweder, Thomas
A1  - Hecker, Michael
T1  - The response of Bacillus licheniformis to heat and ethanol stress and the role of the SigB regulon
JF  - Proteomics
Y1  - 2013
SN  - 1615-9861 (E-Journal); 1615-9853 (Print)
VL  - Vol. 13
IS  - Iss. 14
SP  - 2140
EP  - 2146
PB  - Wiley
CY  - Weinheim
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Wilming, Anja
A1  - Begemann, Jens
A1  - Kuhne, Stefan
A1  - Regestein, Lars
A1  - Bongaerts, Johannes
A1  - Evers, Stefan
A1  - Maurer, Karl-Heinz
A1  - Büchs, Jochen
T1  - Metabolic studies of γ-polyglutamic acid production in Bacillus licheniformis by small-scale continuous cultivations
JF  - Biochemical engineering journal
Y1  - 2013
SN  - 1873-295X (E-Journal); 1369-703X (Print)
VL  - Vol. 73
SP  - 29
EP  - 37
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Scheele, Sandra
A1  - Oertel, Dan
A1  - Bongaerts, Johannes
A1  - Evers, Stefan
A1  - Hellmuth, Hendrik
A1  - Maurer, Karl-Heinz
A1  - Bott, Michael
A1  - Freudl, Roland
T1  - Secretory production of an FAD cofactor-containing cytosolic enzyme (sorbitol–xylitol oxidase from Streptomyces coelicolor) using the twin-arginine translocation (Tat) pathway of Corynebacterium glutamicum
JF  - Microbial biotechnology
Y1  - 2013
SN  - 1751-7915
SP  - 202
EP  - 206
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
CY  - Oxford
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Borgmeier, Claudia
A1  - Bongaerts, Johannes
A1  - Meinhardt, Friedhelm
T1  - Genetic analysis of the Bacillus licheniformis degSU operon and the impact of regulatory mutations on protease production
JF  - Journal of biotechnology
N2  - Disruption experiments targeted at the Bacillus licheniformis degSU operon and GFP-reporter analysis provided evidence for promoter activity immediately upstream of degU. pMutin mediated concomitant introduction of the degU32 allele – known to cause hypersecretion in Bacillus subtilis – resulted in a marked increase in protease activity. Application of 5-fluorouracil based counterselection through establishment of a phosphoribosyltransferase deficient Δupp strain eventually facilitated the marker-free introduction of degU32 leading to further protease enhancement achieving levels as for hypersecreting wild strains in which degU was overexpressed. Surprisingly, deletion of rapG – known to interfere with DegU DNA-binding in B. subtilis – did not enhance protease production neither in the wild type nor in the degU32 strain. The combination of degU32 and Δupp counterselection in the type strain is not only equally effective as in hypersecreting wild strains with respect to protease production but furthermore facilitates genetic strain improvement aiming at biological containment and effectiveness of biotechnological processes.
KW  - Marker-free mutagenesis
KW  - Extracellular enzymes
KW  - Uracil-phosphoribosyltransferase
KW  - Hypersecretion
Y1  - 2012
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiotec.2012.02.011
SN  - 1873-4863 (E-Journal); 0168-1656 (Print)
VL  - 159
IS  - 1-2
SP  - 12
EP  - 20
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bongaerts, Johannes
A1  - Esser, Simon
A1  - Lorbach, Volker
A1  - Al-Momani, Lóay
A1  - Müller, Michael A.
A1  - Franke, Dirk
A1  - Grondal, Christoph
A1  - Kurutsch, Anja
A1  - Bujnicki, Robert
A1  - Takors, Ralf
A1  - Raeven, Leon
A1  - Wubbolts, Marcel
A1  - Bovenberg, Roel
A1  - Nieger, Martin
A1  - Schürmann, Melanie
A1  - Trachtmann, Natalie
A1  - Kozak, Stefan
A1  - Sprenger, Georg A.
A1  - Müller, Michael
T1  - Diversity-oriented production of metabolites derived from chorismate and their use in organic synthesis
JF  - Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Y1  - 2011
SN  - 1521-3773 (E-Journal); 0570-0833 (Print); 1433-7851 (Print)
VL  - Vol. 50
IS  - Iss. 34
SP  - 7781
EP  - 7786
PB  - Wiley
CY  - Weinheim
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Deppe, Veronika Maria
A1  - Klatte, Stephanie
A1  - Bongaerts, Johannes
A1  - Maurer, Karl-Heinz
A1  - O'Connell, Timothy
A1  - Meinhardt, Friedhelm
T1  - Genetic control of Amadori product degradation in Bacillus subtilis via regulation of frlBONMD expression by FrlR
JF  - Applied and environmental microbiology
Y1  - 2011
SN  - 1098-5336 (E-Journal); 0003-6919 (Print); 0099-2240 (Print)
VL  - Vol. 77
IS  - No. 9
SP  - 2839
EP  - 2846
PB  - American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
CY  - New York
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Deppe, Veronika Maria
A1  - Bongaerts, Johannes
A1  - O'Connell, Timothy
A1  - Maurer, Karl-Heinz
A1  - Meinhardt, Friedhelm
T1  - Enzymatic deglycation of Amadori products in bacteria
JF  - Applied microbiology and biotechnology
Y1  - 2011
SN  - 1432-0614 (E-Journal); 0171-1741 (Print); 0175-7598 (Print); 0340-2118 (Print)
VL  - Vol. 90
IS  - Iss. 2
SP  - 399
EP  - 406
PB  - Springer
CY  - Berlin
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Degering, Christian
A1  - Eggert, Thorsten
A1  - Puls, Michael
A1  - Bongaerts, Johannes
A1  - Evers, Stefan
A1  - Maurer, Karl-Heinz
A1  - Jaeger, Karl-Erich
T1  - Optimization of protease secretion in Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus licheniformis by screening of homologous and herologous signal peptides
JF  - Applied and environmental microbiology
N2  - Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus licheniformis are widely used for the large-scale industrial production of proteins. These strains can efficiently secrete proteins into the culture medium using the general secretion (Sec) pathway. A characteristic feature of all secreted proteins is their N-terminal signal peptides, which are recognized by the secretion machinery. Here, we have studied the production of an industrially important secreted protease, namely, subtilisin BPN′ from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens. One hundred seventy-three signal peptides originating from B. subtilis and 220 signal peptides from the B. licheniformis type strain were fused to this secretion target and expressed in B. subtilis, and the resulting library was analyzed by high-throughput screening for extracellular proteolytic activity. We have identified a number of signal peptides originating from both organisms which produced significantly increased yield of the secreted protease. Interestingly, we observed that levels of extracellular protease were improved not only in B. subtilis, which was used as the screening host, but also in two different B. licheniformis strains. To date, it is impossible to predict which signal peptide will result in better secretion and thus an improved yield of a given extracellular target protein. Our data show that screening a library consisting of homologous and heterologous signal peptides fused to a target protein can identify more-effective signal peptides, resulting in improved protein export not only in the original screening host but also in different production strains.
Y1  - 2010
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.01146-10
SN  - 1098-5336 (E-Journal); 0003-6919 (Print); 0099-2240 (Print)
VL  - 76
IS  - 19
SP  - 6370
EP  - 6378
PB  - American Society for Microbiology
CY  - Washington, DC
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Scheele, S.
A1  - Bongaerts, Johannes
A1  - Maurer, K.-H.
A1  - Freudl, R.
T1  - Sekretion einer Kofaktor-haltigen Oxidase durch Corynebacterium glutamicum
JF  - Chemie - Ingenieur - Technik (CIT)
Y1  - 2009
SN  - 1522-2640 (E-Journal); 0009-286X (Print)
VL  - Vol. 81
IS  - Iss. 8
SP  - 1309
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Polen, T.
A1  - Krämer, Marco
A1  - Bongaerts, Johannes
A1  - Wubbolts, Marcel
A1  - Wendisch, V. F.
T1  - The global gene expression response of Escherichia coli to L-phenylalanine
JF  - Journal of biotechnology
Y1  - 2005
SN  - 1873-4863 (E-Journal); 0168-1656 (Print)
VL  - Vol. 115
IS  - Iss. 3
SP  - 221
EP  - 237
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Krämer, Marco
A1  - Bongaerts, Johannes
A1  - Bovenberg, Roel
A1  - Kremer, Susanne
A1  - Müller, Ulrike
A1  - Orf, Sonja
A1  - Wubbolts, Marcel
A1  - Raeven, Leon
T1  - Metabolic engineering for microbial production of shikimic acid
JF  - Metabolic engineering
Y1  - 2003
SN  - 1096-7184 (E-Journal); 1096-7176 (Print)
VL  - Vol. 5
IS  - Iss. 4
SP  - 277
EP  - 283
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Iken, Heiko
A1  - Ahlborn, K.
A1  - Gerlach, F.
A1  - Vonau, W.
A1  - Zander, W.
A1  - Schubert, J.
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
T1  - Development of redox glasses and subsequent processing by means of pulsed laser deposition for realizing silicon-based thin-film sensors
JF  - Electrochimica acta
Y1  - 2013
SN  - 1873-3859 (E-Journal); 0013-4686 (Print)
SP  - Available online 30.8.2013
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Schusser, Sebastian
A1  - Menzel, S.
A1  - Bäcker, Matthias
A1  - Leinhos, Marcel
A1  - Poghossian, Arshak
A1  - Wagner, P.
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
T1  - Degradation of thin poly(lactic acid) films: characterization by capacitance-voltage, atomic force microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and contact-angle measurements
JF  - Electrochimica Acta
Y1  - 2013
SN  - 1873-3859 (E-Journal); 0013-4686 (Print)
VL  - Vol. 113
SP  - 779
EP  - 784
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Kramer, Friederike
A1  - Halamkova, Lenka
A1  - Poghossian, Arshak
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
A1  - Katz, Evgeny
A1  - Halamek, Jan
T1  - Biocatalytic analysis of biomarkers for forensic identification of ethnicity between Caucasian and African American
JF  - The analyst. August 2013
Y1  - 2013
SN  - 1364-5528 (E-Journal); 0003-2654 (Print)
VL  - Vol. 138
SP  - 6251
EP  - 6257
PB  - Royal Society of Chemistry
CY  - Cambridge
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bohrn, Ulrich
A1  - Mucha, Andreas
A1  - Werner, Frederik
A1  - Trattner, Barbara
A1  - Bäcker, Matthias
A1  - Krumbe, Christoph
A1  - Schienle, Meinrad
A1  - Stütz, Evamaria
A1  - Schmitt-Landsiedel, Doris
A1  - Fleischer, Maximilian
A1  - Wagner, Patrick
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
T1  - A critical comparison of cell-based sensor systems for the detection of Cr (VI) in aquatic environment
JF  - Sensors and actuators. B: Chemical
Y1  - 2013
SN  - 1873-3077 (E-Journal); 0925-4005 (Print)
VL  - Vol. 182
SP  - 58
EP  - 65
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Miyamoto, Ko-ichiro
A1  - Ichimura, Hiroki
A1  - Wagner, Torsten
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
A1  - Yoshinobu, Tatsuo
T1  - Chemical imaging of the concentration profile of ion diffusion in a microfluidic channel
JF  - Sensors and actuators. B: Chemical
N2  - The chemical imaging sensor is a device to visualize the spatial distribution of chemical species based on the principle of LAPS (light-addressable potentiometric sensor), which is a field-effect chemical sensor based on semiconductor. In this study, the chemical imaging sensor has been applied to investigate the ion profile of laminar flows in a microfluidic channel. The chemical images (pH maps) were collected in a Y-shaped microfluidic channel while injecting HCl and NaCl solutions into two branches. From the chemical images, it was clearly observed that the injected solutions formed laminar flows in the channel. In addition, ion diffusion across the laminar flows was observed, and the diffusion coefficient could be derived by fitting the pH profiles to the Fick's equation.
Y1  - 2013
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2013.04.057
SN  - 1873-3077 (E-Journal); 0925-4005 (Print)
N1  - Part of special issue "Selected Papers from the 26th European Conference on Solid-State Transducers"
VL  - 189
SP  - 240
EP  - 245
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Abulnaga, El-Hussiny
A1  - Pinkenburg, Olaf
A1  - Schiffels, Johannes
A1  - E-Refai, Ahmed
A1  - Buckel, Wolfgang
A1  - Selmer, Thorsten
T1  - Effect of an Oxygen-Tolerant Bifurcating Butyryl Coenzyme A Dehydrogenase/Electron-Transferring Flavoprotein Complex from Clostridium difficile on Butyrate Production in Escherichia coli
JF  - Journal of bacteriology
Y1  - 2013
SN  - 1098-5530 [E-Journal]
SN  - 0021-9193 [Print]
VL  - 195
IS  - 16
SP  - 3704
EP  - 3713
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Schiffels, Johannes
A1  - Pinkenburg, Olaf
A1  - Schelden, Maximilian
A1  - Aboulnaga, El-Hussiny A. A.
A1  - Baumann, Marcus
A1  - Selmer, Thorsten
T1  - An innovative cloning platform enables large-scale production and maturation of an oxygen-tolerant [NiFe]-hydrogenase from cupriavidus necator in Escherichia coli
JF  - PLOS one. 2013
Y1  - 2013
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0068812
SN  - 1932-6203
PB  - Public Library of Science
CY  - San Francisco, California
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Murib, M. S.
A1  - Grinsven, B. van
A1  - Grieten, L.
A1  - Janssens, S. D.
A1  - Vermeeren, V.
A1  - Eersels, K.
A1  - Broeders, J.
A1  - Ameloot, M.
A1  - Michiels, L.
A1  - Ceuninck, W. De
A1  - Haenen, K.
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
A1  - Wagner, Patrick
T1  - Electronic monitoring of chemical DNA denaturation on nanocrystalline diamond electrodes with different molarities and flow rates
JF  - Physica Status Solidi (A). Vol. 210 (2013), iss. 5
Y1  - 2013
SN  - 0031-8965
SP  - 911
EP  - 917
PB  - Wiley-VCH
CY  - Berlin
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Huck, Christina
A1  - Schiffels, Johannes
A1  - Herrera, Cony N.
A1  - Schelden, Maximilian
A1  - Selmer, Thorsten
A1  - Poghossian, Arshak
A1  - Baumann, Marcus
A1  - Wagner, Patrick
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
T1  - Metabolic responses of Escherichia coli upon glucose pulses captured by a capacitive field-effect sensor
JF  - Physica Status Solidi (A)
N2  - Living cells are complex biological systems transforming metabolites taken up from the surrounding medium. Monitoring the responses of such cells to certain substrate concentrations is a challenging task and offers possibilities to gain insight into the vitality of a community influenced by the growth environment. Cell-based sensors represent a promising platform for monitoring the metabolic activity and thus, the “welfare” of relevant organisms. In the present study, metabolic responses of the model bacterium Escherichia coli in suspension, layered onto a capacitive field-effect structure, were examined to pulses of glucose in the concentration range between 0.05 and 2 mM. It was found that acidification of the surrounding medium takes place immediately after glucose addition and follows Michaelis–Menten kinetic behavior as a function of the glucose concentration. In future, the presented setup can, therefore, be used to study substrate specificities on the enzymatic level and may as well be used to perform investigations of more complex metabolic responses. Conclusions and perspectives highlighting this system are discussed.
Y1  - 2013
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201200900
SN  - 0031-8965
VL  - 210
IS  - 5
SP  - 926
EP  - 931
PB  - Wiley-VCH
CY  - Weinheim
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Schusser, Sebastian
A1  - Leinhos, Marcel
A1  - Bäcker, Matthias
A1  - Poghossian, Arshak
A1  - Wagner, Patrick
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
T1  - Impedance spectroscopy: A tool for real-time in situ monitoring of the degradation of biopolymers
JF  - Physica Status Solidi (A)
N2  - Investigation of the degradation kinetics of biodegradable polymers is essential for the development of implantable biomedical devices with predicted biodegradability. In this work, an impedimetric sensor has been applied for real-time and in situ monitoring of degradation processes of biopolymers. The sensor consists of two platinum thin-film electrodes covered by a polymer film to be studied. The benchmark biomedical polymer poly(D,L-lactic acid) (PDLLA) was used as a model system. PDLLA films were deposited on the sensor structure from a polymer solution by using the spin-coating method. The degradation kinetics of PDLLA films have been studied in alkaline solutions of pH 9 and 12 by means of an impedance spectroscopy (IS) method. Any changes in a polymer capacitance/resistance induced by water uptake and/or polymer degradation will modulate the global impedance of the polymer-covered sensor that can be used as an indicator of the polymer degradation. The degradation rate can be evaluated from the time-dependent impedance spectra. As expected, a faster degradation has been observed for PDLLA films exposed to pH 12 solution.
Y1  - 2013
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201200941
SN  - 1521-396X ; 0031-8965
VL  - 210
IS  - 5
SP  - 905
EP  - 910
PB  - Wiley
CY  - Weinheim
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Poghossian, Arshak
A1  - Weil, M.
A1  - Cherstvy, A. G.
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
T1  - Electrical monitoring of polyelectrolyte multilayer formation by means of capacitive field-effect devices
JF  - Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry
N2  - The semiconductor field-effect platform represents a powerful tool for detecting the adsorption and binding of charged macromolecules with direct electrical readout. In this work, a capacitive electrolyte–insulator–semiconductor (EIS) field-effect sensor consisting of an Al-p-Si-SiO2 structure has been applied for real-time in situ electrical monitoring of the layer-by-layer formation of polyelectrolyte (PE) multilayers (PEM). The PEMs were deposited directly onto the SiO2 surface without any precursor layer or drying procedures. Anionic poly(sodium 4-styrene sulfonate) and cationic weak polyelectrolyte poly(allylamine hydrochloride) have been chosen as a model system. The effect of the ionic strength of the solution, polyelectrolyte concentration, number and polarity of the PE layers on the characteristics of the PEM-modified EIS sensors have been studied by means of capacitance–voltage and constant-capacitance methods. In addition, the thickness, surface morphology, roughness and wettabilityof the PE mono- and multilayers have been characterised by ellipsometry, atomic force microscopy and water contact-angle methods, respectively. To explain potential oscillations on the gate surface and signal behaviour of the capacitive field-effect EIS sensor modified with a PEM, a simplified electrostatic model that takes into account the reduced electrostatic screening of PE charges by mobile ions within the PEM has been proposed and discussed.
Y1  - 2013
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00216-013-6951-9
SN  - 1432-1130 ; 1618-2642
VL  - 405
IS  - 20
SP  - 6425
EP  - 6436
PB  - Springer
CY  - Berlin
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Werner, Frederik
A1  - Wagner, Torsten
A1  - Yoshinobu, Tatsuo
A1  - Keusgen, Michael
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
T1  - Frequency behaviour of light-addressable potentiometric sensors
JF  - Physica Status Solidi (A)
N2  - Light-addressable potentiometric sensors (LAPS) are semiconductor-based potentiometric sensors, with the advantage to detect the concentration of a chemical species in a liquid solution above the sensor surface in a spatially resolved manner. The addressing is achieved by a modulated and focused light source illuminating the semiconductor and generating a concentration-depending photocurrent. This work introduces a LAPS set-up that is able to monitor the electrical impedance in addition to the photocurrent. The impedance spectra of a LAPS structure, with and without illumination, as well as the frequency behaviour of the LAPS measurement are investigated. The measurements are supported by electrical equivalent circuits to explain the impedance and the LAPS-frequency behaviour. The work investigates the influence of different parameters on the frequency behaviour of the LAPS. Furthermore, the phase shift of the photocurrent, the influence of the surface potential as well as the changes of the sensor impedance will be discussed.
Y1  - 2013
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201200929
SN  - 1521-396X ; 0031-8965
VL  - 210
IS  - 5
SP  - 884
EP  - 891
PB  - Wiley-VCH
CY  - Weinheim
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Itabashi, Akinori
A1  - Kosaka, Naoki
A1  - Miyamoto, Ko-ichiro
A1  - Wagner, Torsten
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
T1  - High-speed chemical imaging system based on front-side-illuminated LAPS
JF  - Sensors and actuators B: Chemical
N2  - The chemical imaging sensor is a semiconductor-based chemical sensor that can visualize the spatial distribution of specific ions on the sensing surface. The conventional chemical imaging system based on the light-addressable potentiometric sensor (LAPS), however, required a long time to obtain a chemical image, due to the slow mechanical scan of a single light beam. For high-speed imaging, a plurality of light beams modulated at different frequencies can be employed to measure the ion concentrations simultaneously at different locations on the sensor plate by frequency division multiplex (FDM). However, the conventional measurement geometry of back-side illumination limited the bandwidth of the modulation frequency required for FDM measurement, because of the low-pass filtering characteristics of carrier diffusion in the Si substrate. In this study, a high-speed chemical imaging system based on front-side-illuminated LAPS was developed, which achieved high-speed spatiotemporal recording of pH change at a rate of 70 frames per second.
Y1  - 2013
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2013.03.016
SN  - 1873-3077
VL  - 182
SP  - 315
EP  - 321
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  -