Synthesis gas (Syngas)-derived medium-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoate synthesis in engineered Rhodospirillum rubrum
Authors: Daniel Heinrich, Matthias Raberg, Philipp Fricke, Shane T Kenny, Laura Morales-Gamez, Ramesh P Babu, Kevin E O’Connor, Alexander Steinbüchel Publication Date: 10/15/2016 Journal: Applied and environmental microbiology Volume: 82 Issue: 20 Pages: 6132-6140 Publisher: American Society for Microbiology The purple nonsulfur alphaproteobacterium Rhodospirillum rubrum S1 was genetically engineered to synthesize a heteropolymer of mainly […]
Pervaporation separation of butyric acid from aqueous and anaerobic digestion (AD) solutions using PEBA based composite membranes
Authors: Santosh K Choudhari, Federico Cerrone, Trevor Woods, Kieran Joyce, Vincent O’Flaherty, Kevin O’Connor, Ramesh Babu Publication Date: 03/25/2015 Journal: Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Volume: 23 Pages: 163-170 Publisher: Elsevier Polyether block amides (PEBA) composite membranes were prepared by dispersing different two dimensional (2D) layered nanomaterials such as graphene, graphene oxide and molybdenum […]
Use of a mannitol rich ensiled grass press juice (EGPJ) as a sole carbon source for polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) production through high cell density cultivation
Authors: Federico Cerrone, Reeta Davis, Shane T Kenny, Trevor Woods, Anthonia O’Donovan, Vijai Kumar Gupta, Maria Tuohy, Ramesh P Babu, Padraig O’Kiely, Kevin O’Connor Publication Date: 01/09/2015 Journal: Bioresource Technology Volume: 191 Pages: 45-52 Publisher: Elsevier This study demonstrates the use of a mannitol rich ensiled grass press juice (EGPJ) as a renewable carbon substrate […]
Conversion of waste cooking oil into medium chain polyhydroxyalkanoates in a high cell density fermentation
Authors: Carolina Ruiz, Shane T Kenny, Tanja Narancic, Ramesh Babu, Kevin O’Connor Publication Date: 12/20/2019 Journal: Journal of biotechnology Volume: 306 Pages: 9-15 Publisher: Elsevier Biodegradable and biocompatible polymers polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) have a wide range of applications from packaging to medical. For the production of PHA at scale it is necessary to develop a high […]
Progressing plastics circularity: A review of mechano-biocatalytic approaches for waste plastic (re) valorization
Authors: Efstratios Nikolaivits, Brana Pantelic, Muhammad Azeem, George Taxeidis, Ramesh Babu, Evangelos Topakas, Margaret Brennan Fournet, Jasmina Nikodinovic-Runic Publication Date: 06/22/2021 Journal: Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology Volume: 9 Pages: 696040 Publisher: Frontiers Media SA Inspirational concepts, and the transfer of analogs from natural biology to science and engineering, has produced many excellent technologies to […]
The anti-cancer activity of a cationic anti-microbial peptide derived from monomers of polyhydroxyalkanoate
Authors: Stephen O’Connor, Emilia Szwej, Jasmina Nikodinovic-Runic, Aisling O’Connor, Annette T Byrne, Marc Devocelle, Norma O’Donovan, William M Gallagher, Ramesh Babu, Shane T Kenny, Kevin E O’Connor Publication Date: 01/04/2013 Journal: Biomaterials Volume: 34 Issue: 11 Pages: 2710-2718 Publisher: Elsevier The biodegradable polymer medium chain length polyhydroxyalkanoate (mclPHA), produced by Pseudomonas putida CA-3, was depolymerised […]
High cell density cultivation of Pseudomonas putida KT2440 using glucose without the need for oxygen enriched air supply
Authors: Reeta Davis, Gearoid Duane, Shane T Kenny, Federico Cerrone, Maciej W Guzik, Ramesh P Babu, Eoin Casey, Kevin E O’Connor Publication Date: 04/2015 Journal: Biotechnology and Bioengineering Volume: 112 Issue: 4 Pages: 725-733 High Cell Density (HCD) cultivation of bacteria is essential for the majority of industrial processes to achieve high volumetric productivity (g L−1 h−1) […]
The conversion of BTEX compounds by single and defined mixed cultures to medium-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoate
Authors: Jasmina Nikodinovic, Shane T Kenny, Ramesh P Babu, Trevor Woods, Werner J Blau, Kevin E O’Connor Publication Date: 09/2008 Journal: Applied microbiology and biotechnology Volume: 80 Pages: 665-673 Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg Here, we report the use of petrochemical aromatic hydrocarbons as a feedstock for the biotechnological conversion into valuable biodegradable plastic polymers—polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs). […]
Medium chain length polyhydroxyalkanoate (mcl-PHA) production from volatile fatty acids derived from the anaerobic digestion of grass
Authors: Federico Cerrone, Santosh K Choudhari, Reeta Davis, Denise Cysneiros, Vincent O’Flaherty, Gearoid Duane, Eoin Casey, Maciej W Guzik, Shane T Kenny, Ramesh P Babu, Kevin O’Connor Publication Date: 01/2014 Journal: Applied microbiology and biotechnology Volume: 98 Pages: 611-620 Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg A two step biological process for the conversion of grass biomass to […]
Membrane characteristics as determinant in fouling of UF membranes
Authors: P Ramesh Babu, VG Gaikar Publication Date: 01/06/2001 Journal: Separation and Purification Technology Volume: 24 Issue: 1-2 Pages: 23-24 Publisher: Elsevier Ultrafiltration of bovine serum albumin solutions using cellulose triacetate (CTA) and regenerated cellulose (RC) membranes showed that CTA membranes were more vulnerable to fouling than hydrophilic RC membranes. The flux decline for both […]
