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Produktive Biofilme

Bauteiloberflächen: Morphologie auf der Mikroskala

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Biofilms can be considered as complex agglomerates of microorganisms which grow associated to a surface. Whereas biofilms are applied since decades for wastewater treatment, their use in biotechnological production processes is still limited. Within a recently launched project the interactions of microstructured metallic substrates with biofilm producing microorganisms are investigated. One major aim is to investigate morphology-related growth as well as productivity of different microorganisms.

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  1. Lehrgebiet Bioverfahrenstechnik, TU Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany

    Kai Muffler, Christin Schlegel & Roland Ulber

  2. AG Grenzflächen — Nanomaterialen — Biophysik, FB Physik und Forschungszentrum Optimas, TU Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany

    Christiane Ziegler

  3. Lehrstuhl für Fertigungstechnik und Betriebsorganisation, TU Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany

    Jan C. Aurich

  4. Lehrgebiet Bioverfahrens technik Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Gottlieb-Daimler-Straße 44, D-67663, Kaiserslautern, Germany

    Kai Muffler

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Muffler, K., Schlegel, C., Ziegler, C. et al. Produktive Biofilme. Biospektrum 19, 216–217 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12268-013-0294-0

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