TY  - JOUR
A1  - Teumer, T.
A1  - Capitain, C.
A1  - Ross-Jones, J.
A1  - Tippkötter, Nils
A1  - Rädle, M.
A1  - Methner, F.-J.
T1  - In-line Haze Monitoring Using a Spectrally Resolved Back Scattering Sensor
JF  - BrewingScience
N2  - In the present work an optical sensor in combination with a spectrally resolved detection device for in-line particle-size-monitoring for quality control in beer production is presented. The principle relies on the size and wavelength dependent backscatter of growing particles in fluids. Measured interference structures of backscattered light are compared with calculated theoretical values, based on Mie-Theory, and fitted with a linear least square method to obtain particle size distributions. For this purpose, a broadband light source in combination with a process-CCD-spectrometer (charge ? coupled device spectrometer) and process adapted fiber optics are used. The goal is the development of an easy and flexible measurement device for in-line-monitoring of particle size. The presented device can be directly installed in product fill tubes or vessels, follows CIP- (cleaning in place) and removes the need of sample taking. A proof of concept and preliminary results, measuring protein precipitation, are presented.
Y1  - 2018
SN  - 1613-2041
VL  - 71
IS  - 5/6
SP  - 49
EP  - 55
PB  - Fachverlag Hans Carl
CY  - Nürnberg
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Aboulnaga, Elhussiny A.
A1  - Zou, Huibin
A1  - Selmer, Thorsten
A1  - Xian, Mo
T1  - Development of a plasmid-based, tunable, tolC-derived expression system for application in Cupriavidus necator H16
JF  - Journal of Biotechnology
N2  - Cupriavidus necator H16 gains increasing attention in microbial research and biotechnological application due to its diverse metabolic features. Here we present a tightly controlled gene expression system for C. necator including the pBBR1-vector that contains hybrid promoters originating from C. necator native tolC-promoter in combination with a synthetic tetO-operator. The expression of the reporter gene from these plasmids relies on the addition of the exogenous inducer doxycycline (dc). The novel expression system offers a combination of advantageous features as; (i) high and dose-dependent recombinant protein production, (ii) tight control with a high dynamic range (On/Off ratio), which makes it applicable for harmful pathways or for toxic protein production, (iii) comparable cheap inducer (doxycycline, dc), (iv) effective at low inducer concentration, that makes it useful for large scale application, (v) rapid, diffusion controlled induction, and (vi) the inducer does not interfere within the cell metabolism. As applications of the expression system in C. necator H16, the growth ability on glycerol was enhanced by constitutively expressing the E. coli glpk gene-encoding for glycerol kinase. Likewise, we used the system to overcome the expression toxicity of mevalonate pathway in C. necator H16. With this system, the mevalonate-genes were successfully introduced in the host and the recombinant strains could produce about 200 mg/l mevalonate.
Y1  - 2018
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiotec.2018.03.007
SN  - 0168-1656
VL  - 274
SP  - 15
EP  - 27
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  -