Alexander Muhr

TL;DR: Technology platforms following the principles of bio-refineries shall be established to enable the design of sustainable and economically feasible production of marketable microalgal products.

TL;DR: The archaeon Haloferax mediterranei was selected for production of PHA co- and terpolyesters using inexpensive crude glycerol phase (CGP) from biodiesel production as carbon source, indicating the feasibility of applying CGP as feedstock.

TL;DR: In this article, the results from thermogravimetric analysis, differential scanning calorimetry and molecular mass determination, results were in a range typical for this type of PHA, also evidencing the occurrence of low quantities of unsaturated and 3-hydroxyvalerate building blocks high purity of the recovered materials was proofed by elemental analysis.

TL;DR: GC-FID analysis showed that the obtained biopolyester predominantly consists of 3-hydroxyoctanoate and3-hydroxydecanoate, and, to a minor extent, 3-Hydroxydodecanoic monomers, and the overall distribution of the monomers remained similar, regardless to working volumes, biodiesel concentrations and pre-treatment of the inoculum.

TL;DR: Two low structured mathematical models for fed-batch production of polyhydroxybutyrate and poly[hydroxy butyrate-co-hydroxyvalerate] by Cupriavidus necator DSM 545 on renewable substrates combined with glucose and valeric acid, were established and a strong inhibition of glycerol consumption by glucose was confirmed.