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Valk, L.C. (author), Luttik, M.A.H. (author), de Ram, C. (author), Pabst, Martin (author), van den Broek, M.A. (author), van Loosdrecht, Mark C.M. (author), Pronk, J.T. (author)D-galacturonate, a key constituent of pectin, is a ubiquitous monomer in plant biomass. Anaerobic, fermentative conversion of D-galacturonate is therefore relevant in natural environments as well as in microbial processes for microbial conversion of pectin-containing agricultural residues. In currently known microorganisms that anaerobically...journal article 2020
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Barrios Hernandez, M.L. (author), Pronk, M. (author), Garcia, H. (author), Boersma, Arne (author), Brdjanovic, Damir (author), van Loosdrecht, Mark C.M. (author), Hooijmans, Christine M. (author)The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the novel aerobic granular sludge (AGS) wastewater treatment technology in removing faecal indicator organisms (FIOs) compared to the conventional activated sludge (CAS) treatment system. The work was carried out at two full-scale wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) in the Netherlands,...journal article 2020
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Valk, L.C. (author), Diender, Martijn (author), Stouten, G.R. (author), Petersen, Jette F. (author), Nielsen, Per H. (author), Dueholm, Morten S. (author), Pronk, J.T. (author), van Loosdrecht, Mark C.M. (author)Acetogens have the ability to fixate carbon during fermentation by employing the Wood-Ljungdahl pathway (WLP), which is highly conserved across Bacteria and Archaea. In a previous study, product stoichometries in galacturonate-limited, anaerobic enrichment cultures of “Candidatus Galacturonibacter soehngenii,” from a novel genus within the...journal article 2020
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de Graaff, D.R. (author), van Loosdrecht, Mark C.M. (author), Pronk, M. (author)Seawater can be introduced or intrude in sewer systems and can thereby negatively influence biological wastewater treatment processes. Here we studied the impact of artificial seawater on the enhanced biological phosphate removal (EBPR) process performance by aerobic granular sludge (AGS) with synthetic wastewater. Process performance,...journal article 2020
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Feng, Cuijie (author), Welles, L. (author), Zhang, X. (author), Pronk, M. (author), de Graaff, D.R. (author), van Loosdrecht, Mark C.M. (author)Phosphorus has been successfully eliminated from wastewater by biological techniques of enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) process, which relies on a specific microbiota of polyphosphate accumulating organisms (PAOs) that accumulate phosphate as polyphosphates (poly-P). Most methods for quantification of poly-P pools suffer from...journal article 2020
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van Dijk, E.J.H. (author), Pronk, M. (author), van Loosdrecht, Mark C.M. (author)The settling behavior of aerobic granular sludge (AGS) in full-scale reactors is different from the settling of normal activated sludge. Current activated sludge models lack the features to describe the segregation of granules based on size during the settling process. This segregation plays an important role in the granulation process and...journal article 2020
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Haaksman, V.A. (author), Mirghorayshi, M. (author), van Loosdrecht, Mark C.M. (author), Pronk, M. (author)Operational disturbances in aerobic granular sludge (AGS) systems can result in aerobic availability of readily biodegradable COD (rbCOD). Different from activated sludge, morphological consequences on the short and long term are not well described in literature. This study investigated the effect of incomplete anaerobic uptake of acetate on...journal article 2020
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Pereira Espíndola, S. (author), Pronk, M. (author), Zlopasa, J. (author), Picken, S.J. (author), van Loosdrecht, Mark C.M. (author)Wastewater solids could be an attractive source of secondary raw cellulose, mainly originating from toilet paper. Cellulose can be recovered through sieving of raw wastewater, return sludge, or excess sludge. In particular, a large fraction of cellulose (13–15%) can be found in the excess sludge of the aerobic granular sludge produced by the...journal article 2021
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de Graaff, D.R. (author), van Loosdrecht, Mark C.M. (author), Pronk, M. (author)Abstract: Candidatus Accumulibacter phosphatis is an important microorganism for enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR). In a previous study, we found a remarkable flexibility regarding salinity, since this same microorganism could thrive in both freshwater- and seawater-based environments, but the mechanism for the tolerance to saline...journal article 2020
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van der Meij, Leander (author), Demetriou, A.M. (author), Tulin, Marina (author), Méndez, Ileana (author), Dekker, Peter (author), Pronk, Tila (author)There is evidence that testosterone and cortisol levels are related to the attraction of a romantic partner; testosterone levels relate to a wide range of sexual behaviors and cortisol is a crucial component in the response to stress. To investigate this, we conducted a speed-dating study among heterosexual singles. We measured salivary...journal article 2019
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Bracher, J.M. (author), Verhoeven, M.D. (author), Wisselink, H. Wouter (author), Crimi, B. (author), Nijland, Jeroen G. (author), Driessen, Arnold J.M. (author), Klaassen, Paul (author), van Maris, A.J.A. (author), Daran, J.G. (author), Pronk, J.T. (author)Background: l-Arabinose occurs at economically relevant levels in lignocellulosic hydrolysates. Its low-affinity uptake via the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Gal2 galactose transporter is inhibited by d-glucose. Especially at low concentrations of l-arabinose, uptake is an important rate-controlling step in the complete conversion of these...journal article 2018
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Çelik, M. (author), Devendran, Kathikeyan (author), Paulussen, Geert (author), Pronk, Pepijn (author), Frinking, Ferry (author), de Jong, W. (author), Boersma, B.J. (author)A new concept for energy efficient annealing of steel strip comprises of multiple rotating heat pipes. Each heat pipe extracts heat from the cooling strip which is reused to increase the temperature of the heating strip. In this context, the heat transfer between the steel strip and the rotating heat pipe is investigated. When the strip is...journal article 2018
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Papapetridis, I. (author), van Dijk, M. (author), van Maris, A.J.A. (author), Pronk, J.T. (author)Background: Glycerol, whose formation contributes to cellular redox balancing and osmoregulation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, is an important by-product of yeast-based bioethanol production. Replacing the glycerol pathway by an engineered pathway for NAD<sup>+</sup>-dependent acetate reduction has been shown to improve ethanol yields and...journal article 2017
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Marques, W.L. (author), Mans, R. (author), Henderson, Ryan K. (author), Marella, Eko Roy (author), ter Horst, J. (author), de Hulster, A.F. (author), Poolman, Bert (author), Daran, J.G. (author), Pronk, J.T. (author), Gombert, Andreas K. (author), van Maris, A.J.A. (author)Anaerobic industrial fermentation processes do not require aeration and intensive mixing and the accompanying cost savings are beneficial for production of chemicals and fuels. However, the free-energy conservation of fermentative pathways is often insufficient for the production and export of the desired compounds and/or for cellular growth...journal article 2018
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de Graaff, D.R. (author), Felz, S. (author), Neu, Thomas R. (author), Pronk, M. (author), van Loosdrecht, Mark C.M. (author), Lin, Y. (author)Sialic acids have been discovered in the extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) of seawater-adapted aerobic granular sludge (AGS). Sialic acids are a group of monosaccharides with a nine-carbon backbone, commonly found in mammalian cells and pathogenic bacteria, and frequently described to protect EPS molecules and cells from attack by...journal article 2019
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Gorter de Vries, A.R. (author), Couwenberg, Lucas G.F. (author), van den Broek, M.A. (author), De La Torre Cortés, Pilar (author), ter Horst, J. (author), Pronk, J.T. (author), Daran, J.G. (author)Targeted DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) with CRISPR-Cas9 have revolutionized genetic modification by enabling efficient genome editing in a broad range of eukaryotic systems. Accurate gene editing is possible with near-perfect efficiency in haploid or (predominantly) homozygous genomes. However, genomes exhibiting polyploidy and/or high...journal article 2018
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Gorter de Vries, A.R. (author), Koster, C.C. (author), Weening, S.M. (author), Luttik, M.A.H. (author), Kuijpers, N.G.A. (author), Geertman, Jan Maarten A. (author), Pronk, J.T. (author), Daran, J.G. (author)Interspecies hybrids of Saccharomyces species are found in a variety of industrial environments and often outperform their parental strains in industrial fermentation processes. Interspecies hybridization is therefore increasingly considered as an approach for improvement and diversification of yeast strains for industrial application....journal article 2019
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Else-Hassing, J. (author), de Groot, P.A. (author), Marquenie, Vita R. (author), Pronk, J.T. (author), Daran, J.G. (author)The organic compound 2-phenylethanol (2PE) has a pleasant floral scent and is intensively used in the cosmetic and food industries. Microbial production of 2PE by phenylalanine bioconversion or de novo biosynthesis from sugar offer sustainable, reliable and natural production processes compared to chemical synthesis. Despite the ability of...journal article 2019
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Baldi, N. (author), Dykstra, James C. (author), Luttik, M.A.H. (author), Pabst, Martin (author), Wu, Liang (author), Benjamin, Kirsten R. (author), Vente, André (author), Pronk, J.T. (author), Mans, R. (author)Efficient production of fuels and chemicals by metabolically engineered micro-organisms requires availability of precursor molecules for product pathways. In eukaryotic cell factories, heterologous product pathways are usually expressed in the cytosol, which may limit availability of precursors that are generated in other cellular...journal article 2019
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Liu, Y. (author), Esen, Osman (author), Pronk, J.T. (author), van Gulik, W.M. (author)This study explores the relation between biomass-specific succinic acid (SA) production rate and specific growth rate of an engineered industrial strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, with the aim to investigate the extent to which growth and product formation can be uncoupled. Ammonium-limited aerobic chemostat and retentostat cultures were...journal article 2021