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Fish and Shellfish Upgrading, Traceability
Recognition of the limited biological resources and the increasing environmental pollution has emphasised the need for better utilisation of...
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Membrane Reactors at Degussa
The review covers the development of membrane reactor technologies at Degussa for the synthesis of fine chemicals. The operation of fed-batch or...
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Lager brewing yeast
Lager brewing yeast is a group of closely related strains of Saccharomyces pastorianus/S. carlsbergensis used for lager beer production all over the...
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Fatty Acids from Lipids of Marine Organisms: Molecular Biodiversity, Roles as Biomarkers, Biologically Active Compounds, and Economical Aspects
Because of their characteristic living environments, marine organisms produce a variety of lipids. Fatty acids constitute the essential part of...
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Marine Microalgae
Marine microalgae, the largest primary biomass, have been attracting attention as resources for new metabolites and biotechnologically useful...
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The Oxygen Mass Transfer, Carbon Dioxide Inhibition, Heat Removal, and the Energy and Cost Efficiencies of High Pressure Fermentation
This study focuses on the enhancement of oxygen transfer in aerobic fermentation processes through the use of the reactor headspace pressure as a...
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Novel Genes Involved in Cephalosporin Biosynthesis: The Three-component Isopenicillin N Epimerase System
Cephalosporin is one of the best β-lactam antibiotics, widely used in the treatment of infectious diseases. It is synthesized by Acremonium...
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Ricin: structure, synthesis, and mode of action
Ricin is a lectin produced by the seeds of the Ricinus communis plant. It is potently toxic to mammalian cells, where it acts to inhibit the...
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Marine Pharmacology: Potentialities in the Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Osteoporosis and Alzheimer's Disease
Several molecules isolated from various marine organisms (microorganisms, algae, fungi, invertebrates, and vertebrates) are currently under study...
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Bioprocess Engineering Data on the Cultivation of Marine Prokaryotes and Fungi
The temperature/pressure dependency of marine prokaryotes and fungi, in terms of their growth behaviour as well as their potential to produce new...
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Regulation of Cephalosporin Biosynthesis
The filamentous fungus Acremonium chrysogenum is the natural producer of the β-lactam antibiotic cephalosporin C and is as such used worldwide in...
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Control of Fluxes Towards Antibiotics and the Role of Primary Metabolism in Production of Antibiotics
Yield improvements in antibiotic-producing strains have classically been obtained through random mutagenesis and screening. An attractive alternative...
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Effects of Sex Steroids on Innate and Adaptive Immunity
Estrogens and androgens are classically recognized as reproductive sex steroid hormones because of their well-documented effects on reproductive...
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Extreme Environments as a Resource for Microorganisms and Novel Biocatalysts
The steady increase in the number of newly isolated extremophilic microorganisms and the discovery of their enzymes by academic and industrial...
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Downstream Processing in Marine Biotechnology
Downstream processing is one of the most underestimated steps in bioprocesses and this is not only the case in marine biotechnology. However, it...
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Asymmetric Total Synthesis of Complex Marine Natural Products
Among nature's ecosystems, the marine environment has been an extremely rich source of structurally complex and biologically active molecules. This...
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Technical Application of Biological Principles in Asymmetric Catalysis
The production of enantiopure compounds is becoming increasingly important to the chemical and biotechnological industries. Bioorganic...
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Enzyme-Catalyzed Regio- and Enantioselective Ketone Reductions
In this chapter, examples are given of the application of highly reactive prochiral ketones as substrates for enzymatic reductions....
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Employing protein size in the functional analysis of orthologous proteins, as illustrated with the yeast HOG pathway
Comparative genomics has provided us with a new handle on the interpretation of protein sequences. The sequencing of numerous fungal genomes has...
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ExoU: A cytotoxin delivered by the type III secretion system of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
ExoU is a potent cytotoxin that is injected into host cells by the type III secretion system of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. It has recently been shown to...