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Enhanced dibenzothiophene biodesulfurization in a microchannel reactor

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A microchannel reactor system was used in a biodesulfurization process in which the rate of biodesulfurization in the oil/water phase of the microchannel reaction was more than nine-fold that in a batch (control) reaction. In addition, the microchannel reaction system using a bacterial cell suspension degraded alkylated dibenzothiophene that was not degraded by the batch reaction system. This work provides a foundation for the application of a microchannel reactor system consisting of biological catalysts using an oil/water phase reaction.

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This work was supported in part by the Special Coordination Funds from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan. We thank all the staff of the Bio-Microdevice Department for their helpful discussions and advice.

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  1. Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima, 739-8530, Japan

    Ken-ichi Noda, Yuji Murakami & Akio Kuroda

  2. Department of Bio-Microdevice, Bussan Nanotech Research Institute Inc, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0074, Japan

    Tomonari Kogure, Shiro Irisa & Minoru Sakata

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Noda, Ki., Kogure, T., Irisa, S. et al. Enhanced dibenzothiophene biodesulfurization in a microchannel reactor. Biotechnol Lett 30, 451–454 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10529-007-9557-5

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