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ArticleMicroorganisms2020

Uncoupling Foam Fractionation and Foam Adsorption for Enhanced Biosurfactant Synthesis and Recovery.

Christian C Blesken, Tessa Strümpfler, Till Tiso, Lars M Blank

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Article in Microorganisms, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Foam Formation in Shake Flasks and Its Consequences.Engineering in life sciences · 2025
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  3. Review
  4. High-quality physiology ofFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2023
    Article
  5. Evaluation of an external foam column forFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2023
    Article
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Christian C BleskeniAMB-Institute of Applied Microbiology, ABBt-Aachen Biology and Biotechnology, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
Tessa StrümpfleriAMB-Institute of Applied Microbiology, ABBt-Aachen Biology and Biotechnology, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
Till TisoiAMB-Institute of Applied Microbiology, ABBt-Aachen Biology and Biotechnology, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-4420-5609
Lars M BlankiAMB-Institute of Applied Microbiology, ABBt-Aachen Biology and Biotechnology, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0961-4976

Funding

Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe 22403415Horizon 2020 870294
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The production of biosurfactants is often hampered by excessive foaming in the bioreactor, impacting system scale-up and downstream processing. Foam fractionation was proposed to tackle this challenge by combining in situ product removal with a pre-purification step. In previous studies, foam fractionation was coupled to bioreactor operation, hence it was operated at suboptimal parameters. Here, we use an external fractionation column to decouple biosurfactant production from foam fractionation, enabling continuous surfactant separation, which is especially suited for system scale-up. As a subsequent product recovery step, continuous foam adsorption was integrated into the process. The configuration is evaluated for rhamnolipid (RL) or 3-(3-hydroxyalkanoyloxy)alkanoic acid (HAA, i.e., RL precursor) production by recombinant non-pathogenic

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3-(3-hydroxyalkanoyloxy)alkanoic acid (HAA)biosurfactantfoam adsorptionfoam fractionationintegrated product recoverymetabolic engineeringrhamnolipidscale-up

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PMID33353027
PMCPMC7766737

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