I. Publications in peer reviewed journals (original contributions)

  1. Berndt, H., D. Wölfle, H. Bahl, and A. Steinbüchel. 1979. Evidence for carbon monoxide insensitive respiration in the aerobic nitrogen fixing bacteria Azotobacter vinelandii OP and Xanthobacter autotrophicus GZ28. Z. Naturforschung 34c:576-581.
  2. Steinbüchel A. and H. G. Schlegel. 1983. NAD-linked L(+)-lactate dehydrogenase from the strict aerobe Alcaligenes eutrophus. Purification and properties. Eur. J. Biochem. 130:321-328.
  3. Steinbüchel A. and H. G. Schlegel. 1983. NAD-linked L(+)-lactate dehydrogenase from the strict aerobe Alcaligenes eutrophus. 2. Kinetic properties and inhibition by oxaloacetate. Eur. J. Biochem. 130:329-334.
  4. Steinbüchel, A. and H. G. Schlegel. 1983. The rapid purification of lactate dehydrogenase from Alcaligenes eutrophus in a two-step procedure. Eur. J. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 17:163-167.
  5. Steinbüchel, A., M. Kuhn, M. Niedrig, and H. G. Schlegel. 1983. Fermentation enzymes in strictly aerobic bacteria: comparative studies on strains of the genus Alcaligenes and on Nocardia opaca and Xanthobacter autotrophicus. J. Gen. Microbiol. 129:2825-2835.
  6. Steinbüchel, A. and H. G. Schlegel. 1984. A multifunctional fermentative alcohol dehydrogenase from the strict aerobe Acaligenes eutrophus: purification and properties. Eur. J. Biochem. 141:555-564.
  7. Kuhn, M., A. Steinbüchel, and H. G. Schlegel. 1984. Hydrogen evolution by strictly aerobic hydrogen bacteria under anaerobic conditions. J. Bacteriol. 159:633-639.
  8. Steinbüchel, A. and M. Müller. 1986. Glycerol, a metabolic end product of Trichomonas vaginalis and Tritrichomonas foetus. Mol. Biochem. Parasitol. 20:45-55.
  9. Steinbüchel, A. and M. Müller. 1986. Anaerobic pyruvate metabolism of Tritrichomonas foetus and Trichomonas vaginalis hydrogenosomes. Mol. Biochem. Parasitol. 20:57-65.
  10. Steinbüchel, A. 1986. Expression of the Escherichia coli pfkA gene in Alcaligenes eutrophus and other gram-negative bacteria. J. Bacteriol. 166:319-327.
  11. Steinbüchel, A., C. Fründ, D. Jendrossek, and H. G. Schlegel. 1987. Isolation of mutants of Alcaligenes eutrophus unable to derepress the fermentative alcohol dehydrogenase. Arch. Microbiol. 148:178-186.
  12. Jendrossek, D., A. Steinbüchel, and H. G. Schlegel. 1987. Three different proteins exhibiting NAD-dependent acetaldehyde dehydrogenase activity from Alcaligenes eutrophus. Eur. J. Biochem. 167:541-548.
  13. Kuhn, M., D. Jendrossek, C. Fründ, A. Steinbüchel and H. G. Schlegel. 1988. Cloning of the Alcaligenes eutrophus alcohol dehydrogenase gene. J. Bacteriol. 170:685-692.
  14. Oppermann, F. B., A. Steinbüchel, and H. G. Schlegel. 1988. Utilization of methylacetoin by the strict anaerobe Pelobacter carbinolicus and consequences for the catabolism of acetoin. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 55:47-52.
  15. Jendrossek, D., A. Steinbüchel, and H. G. Schlegel. 1988. Alcohol dehydrogenase from Alcaligenes eutrophus: subcloning, heterologous expression in Escherichia coli, sequencing and location of Tn5 insertions. J. Bacteriol. 170:5248-5256.
  16. Schubert, P., A. Steinbüchel, and H. G. Schlegel. 1988. Cloning of the Alcaligenes eutrophus gene for synthesis of poly-ß-hydroxybutyric acid and synthesis of PHB in Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol. 170:5837-5847.
  17. Steinbüchel, A. and H. G. Schlegel. 1989. Excretion of pyruvate by mutants of Alcaligenes eutrophus, which are impaired in the accumulation of poly(ß-hydroxybutyric acid) (PHB), under conditions permissive for synthesis of PHB. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 31:168-175.
  18. Oppermann, F. B., A. Steinbüchel, and H. G. Schlegel. 1989. Evidence for oxidative-thiolytic cleavage of acetoin in Pelobacter carbinolicus analogous to aerobic oxidative decarboxylation of pyruvate. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 60:113-118.
  19. Steinbüchel, A. and P. Schubert. 1989. Expression of the Alcaligenes eutrophus poly(ß-hydroxybutyric acid)-synthetic pathway in Pseudomonas sp.. Arch. Microbiol. 153:101-104.
  20. Fründ, C., H. Priefert, A. Steinbüchel, and H. G. Schlegel. 1989. Biochemical and genetic analysis of acetoin catabolism in Alcaligenes eutrophus. J. Bacteriol. 171:6539-6548.
  21. Oelmüller, U., N. Krüger, A. Steinbüchel, and C. G. Friedrich. 1990. Isolation of prokaryotic RNA and detection of specific mRNA with biotinylated probes. J. Microbiol. Meth. 11:73-81.
  22. Timm, A., D. Byrom, and A. Steinbüchel. 1990. Formation of blends of various poly(3-hydroxyalkanoic acids) by a recombinant strain of Pseudomonas oleovorans. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 33:296-301.
  23. Pries, A., A. Steinbüchel, and H. G. Schlegel. 1990. Lactose and galactose utilizing strains of poly(hydroxyalkanoic acid) accumulating Alcaligenes eutrophus and Pseudomonas saccharophila obtained by recombinant DNA technology. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 33:410- 417.
  24. Jendrossek, D., N. Krüger, A. Steinbüchel. 1990. Characterization of alcohol dehydrogenase genes of derepressible wild type Alcaligenes eutrophus H16 and of constitutive mutants. J. Bacteriol. 172:4844-4851.
  25. Timm, A., and A. Steinbüchel. 1990. Formation of polyesters consisting of medium-chain-length 3-hydroxyalkanoic acids from gluconate by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and other fluorescent pseudomonads. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 56:3360-3367.
  26. Schubert, P., Krüger, N., and A. Steinbüchel. 1991. Molecular analysis of the Alcaligenes eutrophus poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)-, PHB-, biosynthetic operon: identification of the N-terminus of PHB-synthase and identification of the promotor. J. Bacteriol. 173:168-175.
  27. Oppermann, F. B., B. Schmidt, and A. Steinbüchel. 1991. Purification and characterization of acetoin:DCPIP oxidoreductase, dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase and dihydrolipoamide acetyltransferase of the Pelobacter carbinolicus acetoin dehydro-genase system. J. Bacteriol. 173:757-767.
  28. Liebergesell, M., E. Hustede, A. Timm, A. Steinbüchel, R. C. Fuller, R. W. Lenz, and H. G. Schlegel. 1991. Formation of poly(3-hydroxyalkanoic acids) by phototrophic and chemolithotrophic bacteria. Arch. Microbiol. 155:415-421.
  29. Priefert, H., Hein, S., Krüger, N., Zeh, K., Schmidt, B. and A. Steinbüchel. 1991. Identification and molecular characterization of the Alcaligenes eutrophus H16 aco operon involved in acetoin catabolism. J. Bacteriol. 173:4056-4071.
  30. Pries, A., Priefert H., N. Krüger, and A. Steinbüchel. 1991. Identification and characterization of two Alcaligenes eutrophus gene loci relevant to the phenotype poly(ß-hydroxybutyric acid)-leaky which exhibit homology to ptsH and ptsI of Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol. 173:5843-5853.
  31. Valentin, H., A. Schönebaum, and A. Steinbüchel. 1992. Identification of 4-hydroxyvaleric acid as a constituent in biosynthetic polyhydroxyalkanoic acids from bacteria. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 36:507-514.
  32. Priefert, H., N. Krüger, D. Jendrossek, B. Schmidt and A. Steinbüchel. 1992. Identification and molecular characterization of the gene for acetaldehyde dehydrogenase II (acoD) from Alcaligenes eutrophus. J. Bacteriol. 174:899-907.
  33. Steinbüchel, A., and U. Pieper. 1992. Production of copolyesters of 3-hydroxybutyric acid and 3-hydroxyvaleric acid by a mutant of Alcaligenes eutrophus from single unrelated carbon sources. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 37:1-6.
  34. Jendrossek, D., I. Knoke, R. Habibian, A. Steinbüchel, D., and H. G. Schlegel. 1992. Degradation of poly(3-hydroxybutyric acid), PHB, by bacteria and purification of a novel PHB depolymerase from Comamonas sp. J. Environ. Polym. Degrad. 1:53-63.
  35. Krüger, N., and A. Steinbüchel. 1992. Identification of (acoR): a regulatory gene for the expression of genes essential for acetoin catabolism in Alcaligenes eutrophus H16. J. Bacteriol. 174:4391-4400.
  36. Steinbüchel, A., and S. Wiese. 1992. A Pseudomonas strain accumulating polyesters of 3-hydroxybutyric acid and medium-chain-length 3-hydroxyalkanoic acids. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 37:691-697.
  37. Hustede, E., Steinbüchel, A., and H. G. Schlegel. 1992. Cloning of poly(3-hydroxybutyric acid) synthase genes of Rhodobacter sphaeroides and Rhodospirillum rubrum and heterologous expression in Alcaligenes eutrophus. FEMS Microbiol. Lett., 93:285-290.
  38. Pieper, U., and A. Steinbüchel. 1992. Identification, cloning and sequence analysis of the poly(3-hydroxyalkanoic acid) synthase gene of the Gram-positive bacterium Rhodococcus ruber. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 96:73-80.
  39. Liebergesell, M., and A. Steinbüchel. 1992. Cloning and nucleotide sequences of genes relevant for biosynthesis of polyhydroxyalkanoic acid in Chromatium vinosum strain D. Eur. J. Biochem. 209:135-150.
  40. Priefert, H., and A. Steinbüchel. 1992. Identification and molecular characterization of the acetyl-coenzyme A synthetase gene (acoE) of Alcaligenes eutrophus. J. Bacteriol. 174:6590-6599.
  41. Timm, A., and A. Steinbüchel. 1992. Cloning and molecular characterization of the polyhydroxyalkanoic acid gene locus of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1. Eur. J. Biochem. 209:15-30.
  42. Pries, A., S. Hein, and A. Steinbüchel. 1992. Identification of a lipoamide dehydrogenase gene as second locus affected in poly(3-hydroxyalkanoic acid)-leaky mutants of Alcaligenes eutrophus. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 97:227-234.
  43. Liebergesell, M., and A. Steinbüchel. 1993. Cloning and molecular characterization of the poly(3-hydroxybutyric acid)-biosynthetic genes of Thiocystis violacea. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 38:493-501.
  44. Preusting, H., J. Kingma, G. Huisman, A. Steinbüchel, and B. Witholt. 1993. Formation of polyester blends by a recombinant strain of Pseudomonas oleovorans: different poly(3-hydroxyalkanoates) are stored in separate granules. J. Environ. Polym. Degrad. 1:45-53.
  45. Hustede, E., Steinbüchel, A. and H. G. Schlegel. 1993. Relationship between the photoproduction of hydrogen and the accumulation of PHB in non-sulphur purple bacteria. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 39:87-93.
  46. Lorenzl, H., F. B. Oppermann, B. Schmidt and A. Steinbüchel. 1993. Purification and characterization of the E1 component of the Clostridium magnum acetoin:DCPIP oxidoreductase enzyme system. Ant. v. Leeuwenhoek 64:9-15.
  47. Liebergesell, M., B. Schmidt, and A. Steinbüchel. 1992. Isolation and identification of granule-associated proteins relevant for poly(3-hydroxybutyric acid) biosynthesis in Chromatium vinosum. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 99:227-232.
  48. Valentin, H. and A. Steinbüchel. 1993. Cloning and characterization of the Methyolobacterium extorquens polyhydroxyalkanoic acid synthase structural gene. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 39:309-317.
  49. Steinbüchel, A., E. M. Debdzi, R. H. Marchessault and A. Timm. 1993. Synthesis and production of poly(3-hydroxyvaleric acid) by Chromobacterium violaceum. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 39:443-449.
  50. Hustede, E., and A. Steinbüchel. 1993. Characterization of the polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase gene locus of Rhodobacter sphaeroides. Biotechnol. Letters 15:709-714.
  51. Priefert, H., and A. Steinbüchel. 1993. Overproduction of a stable acetaldehyde dehydrogenase with high affinity to acetaldehyde by Escherichia coli expressing the acoD gene of Alcaligenes eutrophus. Biotechnol. Lett. 15:443-448.
  52. Föllner, C. G., W. Babel, H. E. Valentin and A. Steinbüchel. 1993. Expression of polyhydroxyalkanoic acid-biosynthesis genes in methylotrophic bacteria relying on the ribulosemonophosphate pathway. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 40:284-291.
  53. Jendrossek, D., H. D. Kratzin and A. Steinbüchel. 1993. The Alcaligens eutrophus ldh structural gene encodes a novel type of lactate dehydrogenase. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 112:229-236.
  54. Liebergesell, M., F. Mayer and A. Steinbüchel. 1993. Analysis of polyhydroxyalkanoic acid-biosynthesis genes of anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria reveals synthesis of a polyester exhibiting an unusual composition. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 40:292-300.
  55. Valentin, H. E. and A. Steinbüchel. 1994. Application of enzymatically synthesized short-chain-length hydroxy fatty acid coenzyme A thioesters for assay of polyhydroxyalkanoic acid synthases. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 40:699-709.
  56. Valentin, H. E., E. Y. Lee, C. Y. Choi, and A. Steinbüchel. 1994. Identification of 4-hydroxyhexanoic acid as a new constituent of biosynthetic polyhydroxyalkanoic acids from bacteria. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 40:710-716.
  57. Timm, A., S. Wiese and A. Steinbüchel. 1994. A general method for cloning of polyhydroxyalkanoic acid-synthase genes from pseudomonads belonging to the rRNA homology group I. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 40:669-675.
  58. Oppermann, F. B., and A. Steinbüchel. 1994. Identification and molecular characterization of the aco genes encoding the Pelobacter carbinolicus acetoin dehydrogenase enzyme system. J. Bacteriol. 176:469-485.
  59. Steinbüchel, A., H. E. Valentin and A. Schönebaum. 1994. Application of recombinant gene technology for production of polyhydroxyalkanoic acids: biosynthesis of poly(4-hydroxybutyric acid) homopolyester. J. Environ. Polym. Degrad. 2:67-74.
  60. Pieper-Fürst, U., M. H. Madkour, F. Mayer and A. Steinbüchel. 1994. Purification and characterization of a 14-kDa protein that is bound to the surface of polyhydroxyalkanoic acid granules in Rhodococcus ruber. J. Bacteriol.176:4328-4337.
  61. Lee, S. Y., K. M. Lee, H. N. Chang and A. Steinbüchel. 1994. Comparison of Escherichia coli strains for synthesis and accumulation of poly-(3-hydroxybutyric acid) and morphological changes. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 44:1337-1347.
  62. Krüger, N., F. B. Oppermann, H. Lorenzl and A. Steinbüchel. 1994. Biochemical and molecular characterization of the Clostridium magnum acetoin dehydrogenase enzyme system. J. Bacteriol. 176:3614-3630.
  63. Hein, S., and A. Steinbüchel. 1994. Biochemical and molecular characterization of the Alcaligenes eutrophus pyruvate dehydrogenase complex and identification of a new type of dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase. J. Bacteriol. 176:4394-4408.
  64. Liebergesell, M., K. Sonomoto, M. Madkour, F. Mayer, and A. Steinbüchel. 1994. Purification and characterization of the poly(hydroxyalkanoic acid) synthase from Chromatium vinosum and localization of the enzyme at the surface of poly(hydroxyalkanoic acid) granules. Eur. J. Biochem. 226:71-80.
  65. Lee, E. Y., D. Jendrossek, A. Schirmer, C. Y. Choi, and A. Steinbüchel. 1995. Biosynthesis of copolyesters consisting of 3-hydroxybutyrate and medium-chain-length 3-hydroxyalkanoates from 1,3-butanediol or from 3-hydroxybutyrate by Pseudomonas sp. A33. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 42:901-909.
  66. Huang, M., F. B. Oppermann, and A. Steinbüchel. 1994. Molecular characterization of the Pseudomonas putida 2,3-butanediol-catabolic pathway. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 124:141-150.
  67. Valentin, H. E., G. Zwingmann, A. Schönebaum and A. Steinbüchel. 1995. Metabolic pathway for biosynthesis of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-4-hydroxybutyrate) from 4-hydroxybutyrate by Alcaligenes eutrophus. Eur. J. Biochem. 227:43-60.
  68. Föllner, C. G., S. Müller, A. Steinbüchel and W. Babel. 1995. Microbial biosynthesis of poly-3-hydroxybutyric acid by the facultatively methanol-assimilating bacterium Mycoplana rubra B346 wild type and recombinant strains. J. Basic Microbiol. 35:179-188.
  69. Marchessault, R. H., Debzi, E. M., J. F. Revol, and A. Steinbüchel. 1995. Single crystals of bacterial and synthetic poly(3-hydroxyvalerate). Can. J. Microbiol. 41:297-302.
  70. Lopez, N. I., M. E. Floccari, A. Steinbüchel, A. F. Garcia and B. S. Mendez. 1995. Effect of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) content on the starvation-survival of bacteria in natural waters. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 16:95-102.
  71. Wieczorek, R., A. Pries, A. Steinbüchel, and F. Mayer 1995. Analysis of a 24-kDa protein associated with the polyhydroxyalkanoic acid granules in Alcaligenes eutrophus. J. Bacteriol. 177:2425-2435.
  72. Pieper-Fürst, M. H. Madkour, F. Mayer, and A. Steinbüchel (1995) Identification of the region of a 14-kDa protein of Rhodococcus ruber that is responsible for the binding of this phasin to polyhydroxyalkanoic acid granules. J. Bacteriol. 177:2513-2523.
  73. Föllner, C. G., W. Babel and A. Steinbüchel. 1995. Isolation and purification of granule-associated proteins relevant for poly-3-hydroxybutyric acid (PHB) biosynthesis from methylotrophic bacteria relying on the serine pathway. Can. J. Microbiol. 41:124-130.
  74. Floccari, M. E., N. I. Lopez, B. S. Mendez, U. Pieper-Fürst, and A. Steinbüchel. 1995. Isolation and partial characterization of Bacillus megaterium mutants deficient in poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) metabolism. Can. J. Microbiol. 41 (Suppl. 1):77-79.
  75. Valentin, H. E. and A. Steinbüchel. 1995. Accumulation of poly(3-hydroxybutyric acid-co-3-hydroxyvaleric acid-co-4-hydroxyvaleric acid) by mutants and recombinant strains of Alcaligenes eutrophus. J. Environ. Polym. Degrad. 3:169-175.
  76. Meier-Schneiders, M., W. Weikmann, U. Grosshans, C. Busch and A. Steinbüchel. 1995. On-line analysis of Alcaligenes eutrophus fermentations. Can. J. Microbiol. 41:267-273.
  77. Steinbüchel, A., and H. Schmack. 1995. Large scale production of poly(3-hydroxyvaleric acid) by fermentation of Chromobacterium violaceum technical processing and characterization of the homopolyester. J. Environ. Polym. Degrad. 3:243-258.
  78. Rodriges, M. F. A., da Silva, L. F., J. G. C. Gomez, H. E. Valentin, and A. Steinbüchel. 1995. Biosynthesis of poly(3-hydroxybutyric acid-co-3-hydroxy-4-pentenoic acid) from unrelated substrates by Burkholderia sp., Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 43:880-886.
  79. Fabritius, D., A. Steinbüchel, and H. J. Schäfer. 1996. Identification and production of 3-hydroxy-9-cis-1,18-octadecenedioic acid by a mutant of Candida tropicalis. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 45:342-348.
  80. Jaeger, K-E., A. Steinbüchel, and D. Jendrossek. 1995. Substrate specificities of bacterial polyhydroxyalkanoate depolymerases and lipases: bacterial lipases hydrolyze poly(-hydroxyalkanoates). Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 61:3113-3118.
  81. R. Wieczorek, and A. Steinbüchel. 1996. Occurrence of PHA granule-associated proteins related to the Alcaligenes eutrophus H16 GA24-protein in other bacteria. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 135:23-30.
  82. Hein, S., and A. Steinbüchel. 1996. Alcaligenes eutrophus possesses a second pyruvate dehydrogenase (E1). Eur. J. Biochem. 237:674-684.
  83. Alvarez, H. M., F. Mayer, F., D. Fabritius, and A. Steinbüchel. 1996. Formation of intracytoplasmic lipid inclusions by Rhodococcus opacus strain PD630. Arch. Microbiol. 165:377-386.
  84. Hein, S. and A. Steinbüchel. 1996. Cloning and characterization of the Alcaligenes eutrophus 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase complex. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 136:231-238.
  85. Liebergesell, M. and A. Steinbüchel. 1996. New knowledge about the pha-locus and PHA granule-associated proteins in Chromatium vinosum. Biotechnol. Lett. 18:719-724.
  86. Liu, S., and A. Steinbüchel. 1996. Investigations of poly(ß-L-malic acid) production by strains of Aureobasidium pullulans in liquid culture. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 46:273-278.
  87. Füchtenbusch, B., D. Fabritius, and A. Steinbüchel. 1996. Incorporation of 3-hydroxy-2-methylbutyric acid into polyhydroxyalkanoic acids by axenic cultures in defined media. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 138:153-160.
  88. Valentin, H. E., A. Schönebaum, and A. Steinbüchel. 1996. Identification of 5-hydroxyhexanoic acid, 4-hydroxyheptanoic acid and 4-hydroxyoctanoic acid as new constituents of bacterial polyhydroxyalkanoic acids. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 46:261-267.
  89. Lee, E. Y., W. J. Choi, A. Steinbüchel and C. Y. Choi. 1996. Cell-recycle fed batch production of a highly unsaturated polyhydroxyalkanoate from 1,3-butanediol by Pseudomonas A33. J. Environ. Polym. Degrad. 4:103-112.
  90. Mayer, F., M. H. Madkour, U. Pieper-Fürst, R. Wieczorek, M. Liebergesell and A. Steinbüchel. 1996. Electron microscopic observations on the macromolecular organization of the boundary layer of bacterial PHA inclusion bodies. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 42:445-455.
  91. Föllner, C. G., M. Madkour, F. Mayer, W. Babel, and A. Steinbüchel. 1997. Analysis of the PHA granule-associated proteins GA20 and GA11 in Methylobacterium extorquens and Methylobacterium rhodesianum. J. Basic Microbiol. 37:11-21.
  92. Priefert, H., J. Rabenhorst, and A. Steinbüchel. 1997. Molecular characterization of genes of Pseudomonas sp. strain HR199 involved in the bioconversion of vanillin to protocatechuate. J. Bacteriol. 179:2595-2607.
  93. Alvarez, H. M., O. H. Pucci, and A. Steinbüchel. 1997. Lipid storage compounds in marine bacteria. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 47:132-139.
  94. Liu, S.-J., and A. Steinbüchel. 1997. Production of poly(malic acid) from different carbon sources and its regulation in Aureobasidium pullulans. Biotechnol. Lett. 19:11-14.
  95. Langenbach, S., B. H. A. Rehm, and A. Steinbüchel. 1997. Functional expression of the PHA synthase gene phaC1 from Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Escherichia coli results in poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) synthesis. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 150:303-309.
  96. Fabritius, D., H. J. Schäfer and A. Steinbüchel. 1997. Biotransformation of linoleic acid with the Candida tropicalis M25 mutant. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 48:83-87.
  97. Alvarez, H. M., R. Kalscheuer, and A. Steinbüchel. 1997. Accumulation of storage lipids in species of Rhodococcus and Nocardia and effect of inhibitors and polyethylene glycol. Fett/Lipid 99:239-246.
  98. Steinbüchel, A. and V. Gorenflo. 1997. Biosynthetic and biodegradable polyesters from renewable resources: current state and prospects. Macromolecular Symposia 123:61-66.
  99. Hein, S., B. Söhling, G. Gottschalk, and A. Steinbüchel. 1997. Biosynthesis of poly(4-hydroxybutyric acid) by recombinant strains of Escherichia coli. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 153:411-418.
  100. Qingsheng, Qi, B. H. A. Rehm, and A. Steinbüchel. 1997. Synthesis of poly(3-hydroxyalkanoates) in Escherichia coli expressing the PHA synthase gene phaC2 from Pseudomonas aeruginosa: comparison of PhaC1 and PhaC2. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 157:155-162.
  101. Jossek, R., Reichelt, R., and A. Steinbüchel. 1998. In vitro biosynthesis of poly(3-hydroxybutyric acid) by using purified poly(hydroxyalkanoic acid) synthase of Chromatium vinosum. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 49:258-266.
  102. Füchtenbusch, B., D. Fabritius, M. Wältermann, and A. Steinbüchel. 1998. Biosynthesis of novel copolyesters containing 3-hydroxypivalic acid by Rhodococcus ruber NCIMB40126 and related bacteria. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 159:85-92.
  103. Linos, A., and A. Steinbüchel. 1998. Microbial degradation of natural and synthetic rubbers by novel bacteria belonging to the genus Gordona. Kautschuk, Gummi Kunststoffe 51:496-499.
  104. Schmack, G., V. Gorenflo, and A. Steinbüchel. 1998. Biotechnological production and characterization of polyesters containing 4-hydroxyvaleric acid and medium-chain-length hydroxyalkanoic acids. Macromolecules 31:644-649.
  105. Pettinari, M. J., G. J. Vazquez, N. Krüger, P.-S. Vary, A. Steinbüchel and B. S. Mendez. 1998. Trans activation of the Escherichia coli genes for short-chain fatty acid degradation by a regulatory protein from Bacillus megaterium. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 49:737-742.
  106. Hein, S., T. Hai, and A. Steinbüchel. 1998. Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 possesses a two-component polyhydroxyalkanoic acid synthase like anoxygenic purple sulfur bacteria. Arch. Microbiol. 170:162-170.
  107. Füchtenbusch, B., M. Wältermann, and A. Steinbüchel. 1998. Biotransformation of 2,2-dimethyl-1,3-propanediol to 3-hydroxypivalic acid by Acetobacter acetii DSMZ3508 and related bacteria. Biotechnol. Lett. 20:507-510.
  108. Fabritius, D., H.-J. Schäfer, and A. Steinbüchel. 1998. Bioconversion of sunflower oil, rapeseed oil and ricinoleic acid by Candida tropicalis M25. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 50:573-578
  109. Jossek, R., and A. Steinbüchel. 1998. In vitro synthesis of poly(3-hydroxybutyric acid) by using an enzymatic coenzyme A recycling system. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 168:319-324.
  110. Achterholt, S., H. Priefert, and A. Steinbüchel. 1998. Purification and characterization of the coniferyl aldehyde dehydrogenase from Pseudomonas sp. strain HR199 and molecular characterization of the gene. J. Bacteriol. 180:4387-4391.
  111. Rehm, B. H. A., N. Krüger, and A. Steinbüchel. 1998. A new metabolic link between fatty acid de novo synthesis and polyhydroxyalkanoic acid synthesis. The phaG gene from Pseudomonas putida KT2440 encodes a 3-hydroxyacyl-acyl carrier protein-coenzyme A transferase. J. Biol. Chem. 273:24044-24051.
  112. Qingsheng, Qi, A. Steinbüchel, and B. H. A. Rehm. 1998. Metabolic routing towards polyhydroxyalkanoic acid synthesis in recombinant Escherichia coli (fadR): inhibition of fatty acid -oxidation by acrylic acid. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 167:89-94.
  113. Mittendorf, V., E. J. Robertson, R. Leech, N. Krüger, A. Steinbüchel, and Y. Poirier. 1998. Synthesis of medium-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoates in Arabidopsis thaliana using intermediates of peroxisomal fatty acid ß-oxidation. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 95:13397-13402.
  114. Overhage, J., A. U. Kresse, H. Priefert, H. Sommer, G. Krammer, J. Rabenhorst, and A. Steinbüchel. 1999. Molecular characterization of the genes pcaG and pcaH, encoding protocatechuate 3,4-dioxygenase, which are essential for the vanillin catabolism in Pseudomonas sp. strain HR199. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 65:951-960.
  115. Hoppensack, A., B. H. A. Rehm, and A. Steinbüchel. 1999. Analysis of 4-phosphopantetheinylation of polyhydroxybutyrate synthase from Ralstonia eutropha: generation of ß-alanine auxotrophic Tn5 mutants and cloning of panD gene region. J. Bacteriol. 181:1429-1435.
  116. Spiekermann, P., B. H. A. Rehm, R. Kalscheuer, D. Baumeister and A. Steinbüchel. 1999. A sensitive, viable colony staining method using Nile Red for direct screening of bacteria that accumulate polyhydroxyalkanoic acids and other lipid storage compounds. Arch. Microbiol. 171:73-78.
  117. Song, S., S. Hein, and A. Steinbüchel. 1999. Production of poly(4-hydroxybutyric acid) by fed-batch cultures of recombinant strains of Escherichia coli. Biotechnol. Lett. 21:193-197.
  118. Gödde, C., M. Liebergesell, and A. Steinbüchel. 1999. Isolation of poly(ß-L-malic acid) degrading bacteria and purification and characterization of the PMA hydrolase from Comamonas acidovorans strain 7789. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 173:365-372.
  119. Füchtenbusch, B., and A. Steinbüchel. 1999. Biosynthesis of polyhydroxyalkanoates from low-rank coal liquefaction products by Pseudomonas oleovorans and Rhodococcus ruber. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 52:91-95.
  120. Min Huang, F. B. Oppermann, and A. Steinbüchel. 1999. Biochemical and molecular characterization of the Bacillus subtilis acetoin catabolic pathway. J. Bacteriol. 181:3837-3841.
  121. Gorenflo, V., A. Steinbüchel, S. Marose, M. Rieseberg and T. Scheper. 1999. Quantification of bacterial PHA by Nile Red staining. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 51:765-772.
  122. Kalscheuer, R., M. Arenskötter, and A. Steinbüchel. 1999. Establishment of a gene transfer system for Rhodococcus opacus PD630 based on electroporation and its application for recombinant bopsynthesis of poly(3-hydroxyalkanoic acids). Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 52:508-515.
  123. Linos, A., A. Steinbüchel, C. Spröer, and R. Kroppenstedt. 1999. Gordonia polyisoprenivorans sp. nov., a rubber degrading actinomycet isolated from automobile tire. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 49:1785-1791
  124. Overhage, J., H. Priefert, J. Rabenhorst, and A. Steinbüchel. 1999. Biotransformation of eugenol to vanillin by a mutant of Pseudomonas sp. strain HR199 constructed by disruption of the vanillin dehydrogenase (vdh) gene. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 52:820-828.
  125. Overhage, J., H. Priefert, and A. Steinbüchel. 1999. Biochemical and genetic analysis of the ferulic acid catabolism in Pseudomonas sp. strain HR199. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 65:4837-4847.
  126. Priefert, H., J. Overhage, and A. Steinbüchel. 1999. Identification and molecular characterization of the eugenol hydroxylase genes (ehyA/ehyB) of Pseudomonas sp. strain HR199. Arch. Microbiol. 172:354-363.
  127. Valentin, H. E., P. A. Berger, K. J. Gruys, M. F. de A. Rodriguez, A. Steinbüchel, M. Tran, and J. Asrar. 1999. Polyhydroxyalkanoate accumulation by Burkholderia sp., Macromolecules 32:7389-7395.
  128. Lütke-Eversloh, T. and A. Steinbüchel. 1999. Identification and molecular characterization of a succinate semialdehyde dehydrogenase gene involved in the catabolism of 4-hydroxybutyrate in Ralstonia eutropha. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 181:63-71.
  129. Hai, T., F. B. Oppermann-Sanio, and A. Steinbüchel. 1999. Purification and characterization of cyanophycin and cyanophycin synthetase from the thermophilic Synechococcus sp. MA19. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 181:229-236.
  130. Antonio, R.V., A. Steinbüchel, and B.H.A. Rehm. 2000. Analysis of in vivo substrate specificty of the PHA synthase from Ralstonia eutropha: Formation of novel copolyesters in recombinant Escherichia coli. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 182:111-117.
  131. Linos, A., R. Reichelt, U. Keller, and A. Steinbüchel. 2000. A Gram-negative bacterium identified as Pseudomonas aeruginosa AL 98, is potent degrader of natural rubber and synthetic cis-1,4polyisoprene. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 182:155-161.
  132. Liu, S.-J., and A. Steinbüchel. 2000. A novel genetically engineered pathway for synthesis of poly(hydroxyalkanoic acids) in Escherichia coli. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 66:739-743.
  133. Füchtenbusch, B., D. Wullbrandt, and A. Steinbüchel. 2000. Production of polyhydroxyalkanoic acids by Ralstonia eutropha and Pseudomonas oleovorans from waste oil remaining from the production of rhamnose as sole carbon source. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 53:167-172.
  134. Berekaa, M.M., A. Linos, R. Reichelt, U. Keller, and A. Steinbüchel. 2000. Effect of pretreatment of rubber material on its biodegradability by various rubber degrading bacteria. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 184:199-206.
  135. Hoffmann, N., A. Steinbüchel, and B. H. A. Rehm. 2000. The Pseudomonas aeruginosa phaG gene product is involved in the synthesis of polyhydroxyalkanoic acids consisting of medium-chain-length constituents from non-related carbon sources. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 184:253-260.
  136. Rose, K., M. Liebergesell, and A. Steinbüchel. 2000. Molecular analysis of the Aureobasidium pullulans URA3 gene encoding orotidine-5´-phosphate decarboxylase and isolation of mutants defective in this gene. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 53:296-300.
  137. Hai, T., H. Ahlers and A. Steinbüchel. 2000. Axenic cultivation of anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria, cyanobacteria and microalgae in a new closed tubular glass photobioreactor. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 53: 383-389.
  138. Clemente, T., D. Shah, M. Tran, D. Stark, S. Padgette, D. Dennis, K. Brückener, A. Steinbüchel, and T. Mitsky. 2000. Sequence of PHA synthase gene from two strains of Rhodospirillum rubrum and In vivo substrate specificity of four PHA synthases across two heterologous expression systems. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 53:420-429.
  139. Rodrigues, F., H.E. Valentin, P.A. Berger, M. Tran, J.M Asrar, K. Gruys, and A. Steinbüchel. 2000. Polyhydroxyalkanoate accumulation in Burkholderia sp.: a molecular approach to elucidate the genes involved in fromation of two distinct short-chain homopolymers. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 53:453-460.
  140. Wältermann N., H. Luftmann, D. Baumeiser, R. Kalscheuer, and A. Steinbüchel. 2000. Rhodococcus opacus strain PD 630 as a new source of high-value single cell oil ? Isolation and characterization of triacylglycerols and other storage lipids. Microbiology 146:1143-1149.
  141. Linos, A., M. M. Berekaa, U. Keller, R. Reichelt, J. Schmitt, H.-C. Flemming, R. M. Kroppenstedt, and A. Steinbüchel. 2000. Biodegradation of cis-1,4-polyisoprene rubbers by distinct actinomycetes: microbial strategies and detailed surface analysis. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 66:1639-1645.
  142. Liu, S.-J., and A. Steinbüchel. 2000. Exploitation of butyrate kinase and phosphotransbutyrylase from Clostridium acetobutylicum for the in vitro biosynthesis of poly(3-hydroxyalkanoic acids). Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 53:545-552.
  143. Song, S., S. Hein, and A. Steinbüchel. 2000. Cloning, nucleotide sequence and primary biochemical characterization of esterase EstA from Ralstonia eutropha CH34. Biotechnol. Lett. 22:443-449.
  144. Fiedler, S., A. Steinbüchel, and B. H. A. Rehm. 2000. PhaG-mediated synthesis of poly(3-hydroxyalkanoates) consisting of medium-chain-length constituents from non-related carbon sources in recombinant Pseudomonas fragi. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 66:2117-2124.
  145. Reinecke, F., T. Groth, K.-P. Heise, W. Joentgen, N. Müller, A. Steinbüchel. 2000. Isolation and characterization of Alcaligenes xylosoxidans strain B3 and other bacteria capable to degrade the synthetic chelating agent iminodisuccinate. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 188:41-46.
  146. Qi, Q., A. Steinbüchel, and B. H. A. Rehm. 2000. In vitro synthesis of poly(3-hydroxydecanoate): purification of type II polyhydroxyalkanoate synthases PhaC1 and PhaC2 from Pseudomonas aeruginosa and development of an enzyme assay. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 54:37-43.
  147. Liebergesell, M., S, Rahalkar, and A. Steinbüchel. 2000. Analysis of the Thiocapsa pfennigii polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase: subcloning, molecular characterization and generation of hybrid synthases with the corresponding Chromatium vinosum enzyme. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 54:186-194.
  148. Alvarez, H. M., R. Kalscheuer, and A. Steinbüchel. 2000. Accumulation and mobilization of storage lipids by Rhodococcus opacus PD630 and Rhodococcus ruber NCIMB 40126. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 54:218-223.
  149. Wältermann, M. and A. Steinbüchel. 2000. In vitro effects of sterculic acid on Rhodococcus opacus strain PD630 and isolation of mutants defective in fatty acid desaturation. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 190:45-50.
  150. Hezayen, F. F., B. H. A. Rehm, R. Eberhardt, and A. Steinbüchel. 2000. Polymer production by two newly isolated extremely halophilic archaea: Application of a novel corrosion-resistant bioreactor. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 54:319-325.
  151. Berekaa, M. M. and A. Steinbüchel. 2000. Microbial degradation of the multiple-branched alkane 2,6,10,15,19,23-hexamethyltetracosane (squalane) by Mycobacterium fortuitum and Mycobacterium ratisbonense. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 66:4462-4467.
  152. Hoffmann, N., B. H. A. Rehm and A. Steinbüchel. 2000. Homologous functional expression of cryptic phaG from Pseudomonas oleovorans establishes the transacylase-mediated polyhydroxyalkanoate biosynthesis pathway. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 54:665-670.
  153. Aboulmagd, E., F. B. Oppermann-Sanio and A. Steinbüchel. 2000. Molecular characterization of the cyanophycin synthetase of Synechocystis sp. PCC6308. Arch. Microbiol. 174:297-306.
  154. Achterholt, S., H. Priefert, and A. Steinbüchel. 2000. Identification of Amycolatopsis sp. strain HR167 genes involved in the bioconversion of ferulic acid to vanillin. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 54:799-807.
  155. Rodrigues, F. M. de A., E. J. Vicente and A. Steinbüchel. 2000. Studies on PHA accumulation in a polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase-negative mutant of Burkholderia cepacia generated by homogenotization. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 193:179-185
  156. Lütke-Eversloh, T., K. Bergander, H. Luftmann, and A. Steinbüchel. 2001. Biosynthesis of a new class of biopolymer: Bacterial synthesis of a sulfur containing polymer with thioester linkages. Microbiology 147:11-19.
  157. Pötter, M., F. B. Oppermann-Sanio, and A. Steinbüchel. 2001. Cultivation of bacteria producing polyamino acids with liquid manures as carbon and nitrogen source. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 67:617-622.
  158. Gorenflo, V., G. Schmack, R. Vogel and A. Steinbüchel. 2001. Development of a process for the biotechnological large-scale production of 4HV-containing polyesters and characterization of their physical and mechanical properties. Biomacromolecules 2:45-57.
  159. Rehm, B. H. A., and A. Steinbüchel. 2001. Heterologous expression of the acyl-acyl carrier protein thioesterase gene from the plant Umbellularia californica mediates poyhydroxyalkanoate biosynthesis in recombinant Escherichia coli. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 55:205-209.
  160. Hezayen, F. F., B. H. A. Rehm, B. J. Tindall, and A. Steinbüchel. 2001. Transfer of Natrialba asiatica B1T to Natrialba taiwanensis sp. nov. and Natrialba egyptiaca sp. nov., a novel extremely halophilic, non-pigmented archaeon from Egypt which produces extracellular poly(glutamic acid). Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 51:1133-1142.
  161. Drewlo, S., C. O. Brämer, M. Madkour, F. Mayer, and A. Steinbüchel. 2001. Cloning and expression of a Ralstonia eutropha HF39 gene mediating indigo formation in E. coli. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 67:1964-1969.
  162. Aboulmagd, E., F. B. Oppermann-Sanio, F. B. and A. Steinbüchel. 2001. Purification of the Synechocystis sp. strain PCC6308 cyanophycin synthetase and its characterization with respect to substrate and primer specificity. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 67:2176-2182.
  163. Voß, I., and A. Steinbüchel. 2001. High cell density cultivation of Rhodococcus opacus for lipid production at a pilot scale. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 55:547-555.
  164. Brämer, C. O. and A. Steinbüchel 2001. The methylcitric acid pathway in Ralstonia eutropha: new genes identified in propionate metabolism. Microbiology 147:2203-2214.
  165. Rehm, B. H. A., Q. Qi, Br. B. Beermann, H.-J. Hinz and A. Steinbüchel. 2001. Matrix-assisted in vitro refolding of Pseudomonas aeruginosa class II polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase from inclusion bodies produced in recombinant Escherichia coli. Biochem. J. 358:263-268.
  166. Rehm, B. H. A., T. A. Mitsky, and A. Steinbüchel. 2001. Role of fatty acid de novobiosynthesis in polyhydroxyalkanoic acid (PHA) and rhamnolipid synthesis by pseudomonads: Establishment of the transacylase (PhaG) -mediated PHA biosynthesis in Escherichia coli. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 67:3102-3109.
  167. Omar, S., A. Rayes, A. Eqaab, I. Voß, and A. Steinbüchel. 2001. Effect of differentcultivation conditions on cell growth and poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) accumulation in a Bacillus megaterium strain isolated from Saudi-Arabia. Biotechnol. Lett. 23:1119-1123.
  168. Brämer, C. O., P. Vandamme, L. F. da Silva, J. G. C. Gomez and A. Steinbüchel. 2001. Burkholderia sacchari, sp. nov., a polyhydroxyalkanoate-accumulating bacterium isolated from soil of a sugar-cane plantation in Brazil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 51:1709-1713.
  169. Brandt, K., S. Thewes, J. Overhage, H. Priefert, and A. Steinbüchel. 2001. Characterization of the eugenol hydroxylase genes (ehyA/ehyB) from the new eugenol degrading Pseudomonas sp. strain OPS1. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 56:724-730.
  170. Lütke-Eversloh, T., K. Bergander, H. Luftmann, and A. Steinbüchel. 2001. Biosynthesis of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-mercaptobutyrate) as a sulfur analoque to poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) Biomacromolecules 2:1061-1065.
  171. Hai, T., S. Hein, and A. Steinbüchel. 2001. Multiple evidence for widespread and general occurrence of type-III PHA synthases in cyanobacteria and molecular characterization of the PHA synthases from two thermophilic cyanobacteria: Chlorogloeopsis fritschii strain PCC6912 and Synechococcus sp. strain MA19. Microbiology 147:3047-3060.
  172. Riedel, S., M. Kraft, T. Kucharzik, H. G. Pauels, M. Tiemann, A. Steinbüchel, W. Domschke, and N. Lügering. 2001. CD4+ Th1-cells predominate in low-grade B cell lymphoma of gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT-type). Scand. J. Gastroenterol. 36:1198-1203.
  173. Pettinari, M. J., G. J. Vazquez, D. Silberschmidt, B. H. A. Rehm, A. Steinbüchel, and B. S. Mendez. 2001. Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) synthesis genes in Azotobacter strain FA8. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 67:5331-5334.
  174. Aboulmagd, E., Voß, I., F. B. Oppermann-Sanio, and A. Steinbüchel. 2001. Heterologous expression of cyanophycin synthetase and cyanophycin synthesis the industrial relevant bacteria Corynebacterium glutamicum and Ralstonia eutropha and in Pseudomonas putida. BioMacromolecules 2:1338-1342.
  175. Kalscheuer, R, H., M. Wältermann, M. Alvarez, and A. Steinbüchel. 2001. Preparative isolation of lipid inclusion bodies from Rhodococcus opacus and Rhodococcus ruber and identification of granule-associated proteins. Arch. Microbiol. 177:20-28.
  176. Plaggenborg, R., A. Steinbüchel , and H. Priefert. 2001. The coenzyme A-dependent, non-ß-oxidation pathway and not direct deacetylation is the major route for ferulic acid degradation in Delftia acidovorans. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 205:9-16.
  177. M. Arenskötter, D. Baumeister, M. Berekaa, G. Pötter, R. M. Kroppenstedt, A. Linos, and A. Steinbüchel. 2001. Taxonomic characterization of two rubber degrading bacteria belonging to the species Gordonia polyisoprenivorans and analysis of hyper variable regions of 16S rDNA sequences. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 205:277-282.
  178. Kraft, M., S. Riedel, C. Maaser, T. Kucharzik, A. Steinbüchel, W. Domschke, N. Lügering. 2001. IFN-g synergizes with TNF-a but not with viable H. pylori in up-regulating CXC chemokine scretion in grastric epithelial cells. Clinical Exp. Immun. 126:474-481.
  179. Rehm, B. H. R., R. V. Antonio, P. Spiekermann, A. A. Amara, and A. Steinbüchel. 2002. Molecular characterization of the poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) synthase from Ralstonia eutropha: In vitro evolution, site-specific mutagenesis and development of PHB synthase protein model. Biochim. Biophys. Acta Protein Struct. Mol. Eng. 1594:178-190.
  180. Hai, T., F. B. Oppermann-Sanio, and A. Steinbüchel. 2002. Molecular characterization of a thermostable cyanophycin synthetase from the thermophilic cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. strain MA19 and in vitro synthesis of cyanophycin and related polyamides. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 68:93-101.
  181. Brämer, C. , Silva, L. F., J. G. C. Gomez, H. Priefert, and A. Steinbüchel. 2002. Identification of the 2-methylcitrate pathway involved in the catabolism of propionate in the polyhydroxyalkanoate producing bacterium Burkholderia sp. IPT-101T and analysis of a mutant accumulating a copolyester with higher 3-hydroxyvalerate content. Appl. Environ. Microbiol 68:271-279.
  182. Lütke-Eversloh, T., J. Kawada, R. H. Marchessault, and A. Steinbüchel. 2002. Characterization of biological polythioesters: physical properties of novel copolymers synthesized by Ralstonia eutropha. BioMacromolecules 3:159-166.
  183. Green, P. R., J. Kemper, L. Schechtman, L. Guo, M. Satkowski, S. Fiedler, A. Steinbüchel, and B. H. A. Rehm. 2002. Formation of short chain length/medium chain length polyhydroxyalkanoate copolymers by fatty acid ß-oxidation inhibited Ralstonia eutropha. BioMacromolecules 3:208-213.
  184. Hein, S., J. Paletta, and A. Steinbüchel. 2002. Cloning, characterization and comparison of the Pseudomonas mendocina polyhydroxyalkanoate synthases PhaC1 and PhaC2. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 58:229-236.
  185. Priefert, H., Achterholt, S., and A. Steinbüchel. 2002. Transformation of the Pseudonocardiaceae Amycolatopsis sp. HR167 is highly dependent on the physiological state of the cells. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 58:454-460.
  186. Ewering, C., T. Lütke-Eversloh, H. Luftmann, and A. Steinbüchel. 2002. Identification of novel sulfur containing bacterial polyesters: biosynthesis of poly(3-hydroxy-S-propyl-w-thioalkanoates) containing thioether linkages in the side chains. Microbiology 148:1397-1406.
  187. Alvarez, H. M., H. Luftmann, Silva, R. A., Cesari, A. C., Viale, A., M. Wältermann, and A. Steinbüchel. 2002. Identification of phenyldecanoic acid as a constituent of triacylglycerols and wax esters produced by Rhodococcus opacus PD630 Microbiology 148:1407-1412
  188. Krehenbrink, M., F. B. Oppermann-Sanio, and A. Steinbüchel. 2002. Evaluation of non-cyanobacterial genome sequences for occurrence of cyanophycin synthetase homologous genes and cloning of an active cyanophycin synthetase from Acinetobacter sp. DSM 587. Arch. Microbiol. 177:371-380.
  189. Bohmert, K., I. Balbo, A. Steinbüchel., G. Tischendorf, and L. Willmitzer. 2002. Constitutive expression of the ß-ketothiolase gene in transgenic plants: a major obstacle for obtaining polyhydroxybutyrate producing plants. Plant Physiol. 128:1282-1290.
  190. Linos, A., M. M. Berekaa, A. Steinbüchel, K. K. Kim, C. Spröer, and R. Kroppenstedt. 2002. Gordonia westfalica sp. nov., a novel rubber degrading actinomycete. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 52:1133-1139.
  191. Rose, K., and A. Steinbüchel. 2002. Construction and intergeneric conjugative transfer of a pSG5-based cosmid vector from Escherichia coli to the polyisoprene rubber degrading strain Micromonospora aurantiaca W2b. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 211:129-132.
  192. Frey, K. M., F. B. Oppermann-Sanio, H. Schmidt, and A. Steinbüchel. 2002. Technical scale production of cyanophycin with recombinant strains of E. coli. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 68:3377-3384.
  193. Amara, A. A., A. Steinbüchel, and B. H. A. Rehm. 2002. In vivo evolution of the Aeromonas punctata polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) synthase: Isolation and characterization of modified PHA synthases with enhanced activity. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 59:477-482.
  194. Pötter, M., M. H. Madkour, F. Mayer, and A. Steinbüchel. 2002. Regulation of phasin expression and polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) granule formation in Ralstonia eutropha H16. Microbiology 148:2413-2426.
  195. Obst, M., F. B. Oppermann-Sanio, and A. Steinbüchel. 2002. Isolation of cyanophycin degrading bacteria, cloning and characterization of an extracellular cyanophycinase gene (cphE) from Pseudomonas anguilliseptica strain BI – The cphE gene from P. anguilliseptica BI encodes a cyanophycin-hydrolyzing enzyme. J. Biol. Chem. 277:25096-25105.
  196. Brämer, C. O., and A. Steinbüchel. 2002. The malate dehydrogenase of Ralstonia eutropha and functionality of the C3/C4-metabolism in a Tn5-induced mdh mutant. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 212:159-164.
  197. Fiedler, S. A. Steinbüchel, and B. H. A. Rehm. 2002. The role of the fatty acid ß-oxidation multienzyme complex from Pseudomonas oleovorans in polyhydroxyalkanoate biosynthesis: Molecular characterization of the fadBA operon from P. oleovorans and of the enoyl-CoA hydratase genes phaJ from P. oleovorans and P. putida. Arch. Microbiol. 178:149-160.
  198. Hezayen, F., B. H. , A. Steinbüchel, and B. H. A. Rehm. 2002. Biochemical and enzymological properties of the polyhydroxybutyrate synthase from the extremely halophilic archaeon strain 56. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 403:284-291.
  199. Overhage, J., A. Steinbüchel, and H. Priefert. 2002. Biotransformation of eugenol to ferulic acid by a recombinant strain of Ralstonia eutropha H16. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 68:4315-4321.
  200. Hezayen, F. F., B. J. Tindall, A. Steinbüchel, and B. H. A. Rehm 2002. Characterization of a novel halophilic archaeon Halobiforma haloterrestris gen. nov., sp., nov., and transfer of Natronobacterium nitratireducens to Halobiforma nitratireducens comb. nov.. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 52:2271-2280
  201. Lütke-Eversloh, T., A. Fischer, U. Remminghorst, J. Kawada, R. H. Marchessault, A. Bögershausen, M. Kalwei, H. Eckert, R. Reichelt, S.-J. Liu, and A. Steinbüchel. 2002. Biosynthesis of novel thermoplastic polythioesters by engineered Escherichia coli. Nature Materials 1:236-240.
  202. Hoppensack, A., F. B. Oppermann-Sanio and A. Steinbüchel. 2003. Conversion of the nitrogen content in liquid manure into biomass and polyglutamic acid by a newly isolated strain of Bacillus licheniformis. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 218:39-45.
  203. Godoy, F., M. Vancanneyt, M. Martinez, A. Steinbüchel, J. Swings, and B. H. A. Rehm. 2003. Sphingopixis chilensis sp. nov. a chlorophenol degrading bacterium that accumulates polyhydroxyalkanoate and transfer of Sphingomonas alaskensis to Sphingopixis alaskensis comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 53:473-477.
  204. Kalscheuer, R., and A. Steinbüchel. 2003. A novel bifunctional wax ester synthase/acyl-CoA:diacylglycerol acyltransferase mediates wax ester and triacylglycerol biosynthesis in Acinetobacter calcoaceticus ADP1. J. Biol. Chem. 278:8075-8082.
  205. Lütke-Eversloh, T. and A. Steinbüchel. 2003. Novel precursor substrates for polythioesters (PTEs) and limits of PTE biosynthesis in Ralstonia eutropha. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 221:191-196.
  206. Elbanna K., T. Lütke-Eversloh, S. van Trappen, J. Mergaert, J. Swings and A. Steinbüchel. 2003. Isolation and characterization of Schlegelella thermodepolymerans gen. nov. sp. nov., a new thermophilic bacterium degrading poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-mercaptopropionate). Int. J. Syst.Evol. Microbiol. 53:1165-1168.
  207. Plaggenborg, J., J. Overhage, A. Steinbüchel, and H. Priefert. 2003. Functional analysis of genes involved in the metabolism of ferulic acid in Pseudomonas putida KT2440. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 61:528-535.
  208. Pettinari, M. J., L. Chaneton, G. Vasquez, A. Steinbüchel, and B. Mendez. 2003. Insertion sequence-like elements associated with putative polyhydroxybutyrate regulatory genes in Azotobacter sp. FA8. Plasmid 50:36-44.
  209. Arenskötter, M., D. Baumeister, R. Kalscheuer, and A. Steinbüchel. 2003. Identification and application of plasmids suitable for transfer of foreign DNA to members of the genus Gordonia. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 69:4971-4974.
  210. Kalscheuer, R., S. Uthoff, H. Luftmann, and A. Steinbüchel. 2003. In vitro and in vivo biosynthesis of wax diesters by an unspecific bifunctional wax ester synthase/acyl-CoA:diacylglycerol acyltransferase (WS/DGAT) from Acinetobacter calcoaceticus ADP1. Eur. J. Lip. Sci. Technol 105:578-584.
  211. Kawada, J., R. H. Marchessault, T. Lütke-Eversloh, and A. Steinbüchel. 2003. Physical properties of microbial polythioesters: poly(3-mercaptoalkanoates) by engineered Escherichia coli. BioMacromolecules 4:1698-1702.
  212. Wang Z,-X., C. O. Brämer, and A. Steinbüchel. 2003. Two phenotypically compensating isocitrate dehydrogenases in Ralstonia eutropha. FEMS Microbiol. 227:9-16.
  213. Overhage, J., A. Steinbüchel, and H. Priefert. 2003. Highly efficient biotransformation of eugenol to ferulic acid and further conversion to vanillin in recombinant strains of Escherichia coli. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 69:6569-6576.
  214. Wang, Z.-X., C. O. Brämer, and A. Steinbüchel. 2003. The glyoxylate bypass of Ralstonia eutropha. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 228:63-71.
  215. Obst, M., A. Sallam, H. Luftmann, and A. Steinbüchel. 2004. Isolation and characterization of Gram-positive cyanophycin degrading bacteria – kinetic studies on cyanophycinase activity in aerobic bacteria. Biomacromolecules 5:153-161
  216. Bröker, D., M. Arenskötter, A. Legatzki, D. H. Nies, and A. Steinbüchel. 2004. Characterization of the 101-kilobase-pair megaplasmid pKB1 isolated from the rubber degrading bacterium Gordonia westfalica Kb1. J. Bacteriol. 186:212-225.
  217. Kempf V. A. J., M. Schmalzing, A. A. Yassin, K. P. Schaal, D. Baumeister, M. Arenskötter, A. Steinbüchel, and I. B. Autenrieth. 2004. Gordonia polyisoprenivorans septicemia in a bone marrow transplant patient. Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 23:226-228.
  218. Pötter, M., H. Müller, F. Reinecke, R. Wieczorek, F. Fricke, B. Bowien, B. Friedrich, and A. Steinbüchel. 2004. The complex structure of polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) granules: four orthologous and paralogous phasins occur in Ralstonia eutropha. Microbiology, 150:2301-2311.
  219. Krehenbrink, M., and A. Steinbüchel. 2004. Partial purification and characterization of a non-cyanobacterial cyanophycin synthetase from Acinetobacter calcoaceticus strain ADP1 with regard to substrate specificity, substrate affinity and binding to cyanophycin. Microbiology 150:2599-2608.
  220. Hai, T., D. Lange, R. Rabus, and A. Steinbüchel. 2004. Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) accumulation in sulfate-reducing bacteria and identification of a class-III PHA synthase (PhaEC) in Desulfococcus multivorans. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 70:4440-4448.
  221. Voß, I., S. C. Diniz, E. Aboulmagd, and A. Steinbüchel. 2004. Identification of the Anabaena sp. strain PCC7120 cyanophycin synthetase as suitable enzyme for production of cyanophycin in Gram-negative bacteria like Pseudomonas putida and Ralstonia eutropha. Biomacromolecules 5:1588-1595.
  222. Elbanna, K., T. Lütke-Eversloh, D. Jendrossek, H. Luftmann, and A. Steinbüchel. 2004. Studies on the biodegradability of polythioesters by polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) degrading bacteria and PHA depolymerases. Arch. Microbiol. 182:212-225.
  223. Lütke-Eversloh, T., K. Elbanna, M. C. Cnockaert, J. Mergaert, J. Swings, C. M. Manaia, and A. Steinbüchel. 2004. Reclassification of Caenibacterium thermophilum is a later synonym of Schlegelella thermodepolymerans. Int. J. System. Evol. Microbiol. 54:1933-1935.
  224. Alvarez, H. M., R. A. Silva, A. C. Cesari, A. L. Zamit, S. R. Peressutti, R. Reichelt, U. Keller, U. Malkus, C. Rasch, T. Maskow, F. Mayer, and A. Steinbüchel. 2004. Physiological and morphological responses of the soil bacterium Rhodococcus opacus strain PD630 to dehydration. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 50:75-86.
  225. Kalscheuer, R., H. Luftmann, and A. Steinbüchel. 2004. Accumulation of multiple storage lipids in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by heterologous expression of an unspecific bacterial acyltransferase. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 70:7119-7125.
  226. Uthoff, S., T. Stöveken, N. Weber, K. Vosmann, E. Klein, R. Kalscheuer, and A. Steinbüchel. 2005. Thio wax ester biosynthesis utilizing the unspecific bifunctional wax ester synthase/acyl-CoA:diacylglycerol acyltransferase of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus ADP1. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71:790-796.
  227. Rose, K., K. B. Tenberge, and A. Steinbüchel. 2005. Identification and characterization of genes from Streptomyces sp. strain K30 responsible for clear zone formation on natural rubber latex and poly(cis-1,4-isoprene) rubber degradation. Biomacromolecules 6:180-188.
  228. Thakor, N., T. Lütke-Eversloh, and A. Steinbüchel. 2005. Application of BPEC process for biotechnological production of poly(3-mercaptopropionate) by recombinant Escherichia coli at 30 l and 500 l scale pilot plants. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71:835-841.
  229. Wältermann, M., A. Hinz, H. Robenek, D. Troyer, R, Reichelt, U. Malkus, H. J. Gala, R. Kalscheuer, T. Stöveken, P. von Landenberg, and A. Steinbüchel. 2005. Mechanism of lipid-body formation in prokaryotes: how bacteria fatten up. Molecular Microbiology 55:750-763.
  230. Stöveken, T., R. Kalscheuer, U. Malkus, R. Reichelt, and A. Steinbüchel. 2005. The bifunctional wax ester synthase/acyl-CoA:diacylglycerol acyltransferase from Acinetobacter calcoaceticus ADP1: characterization of a novel type of acyltransferase. J. Bacteriol. 187:1369-1376.
  231. Elbahloul, Y., M. Krehenbrink, R. Reichelt, and A. Steinbüchel. 2005. Physiological conditions for high cyanophycin content in biomass of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus strain ADP1. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71:858-866.
  232. Arenskötter, M., A. Linos, P. Schumann, R. Kroppenstedt, and A. Steinbüchel. 2005. Gordonia nitida Yoon et al. 2000 is a later synonym of Gordonia alkanivorans Kummer et al. 1999. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 55:695-697.
  233. Pötter, M., H. Müller, and A. Steinbüchel. 2005. Influence of homologous phasins (PhaP) on PHA accumulation and regulation of their expression by the transcription represor PhaR in Ralstonia eutropha H16. Microbiology 151:825-833.
  234. Kim, D. J., K. Elbanna, N. Thakor, T. Lütke-Eversloh, and A. Steinbüchel. 2005. Poly(3-mercaptopropionate): A non-biodegradable biopolymer? Biomacromolecules 6:897-901.
  235. Füser, G., and A. Steinbüchel. 2005. Investigations on the solubility behavior of cyanophycin - solubility of cyanophycin in solutions of simple inorganic salts. Biomacromolecules 6:1367-1374.
  236. Obst, M., H. Luftmann, and A. Steinbüchel. 2005. Degradation of cyanophycin by Sedimentibacter hongkongensis strain K1 and Citrobacter amalonaticus strain G isolated from an anaerobic bacterial consortium. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71:3642-3652.
  237. Banh, Q., M. Arenskötter, and A. Steinbüchel. 2005. Establishment of Tn5096-based transposon mutagenesis in Gordonia polyisoprenivorans. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71:5077-5084.
  238. Zeller, M., M. Pötter, F. Reinecke, A. Steinbüchel, W. I. Burkitt, P. J. Derrick, and S. König. 2004. Mass spectrometry identifies homologues of phasin PhaP1 protein of Ralstonia eutropha on polyhydroxybutyrate granules. J. Biomacromol. Mass Spectrom. 1:75-84.
  239. Elbahloul, Y., K. Frey, J. Sanders, and A. Steinbüchel. 2005. Protamylasse, a residual compound of industrial starch production, provides a suitable medium for large scale cyanophycin production. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71:7759-7767.
  240. Voß, I., and A. Steinbüchel. 2005. Application of a KDPG aldolase gene-dependent addiction system for enhanced production of cyanophycin in Ralstonia eutropha. Metabol. Engin 8:66-78.
  241. Kalscheuer, R., T. Stöveken, H. Luftmann, U. Malkus, R. Reichelt, and A. Steinbüchel. 2006. Neutral lipid biosynthesis in engineered Escherichia coli: Jojoba oil-like wax esters and fatty acid butyl esters. Appl. Enivron. Microbiol. 72: 1373-1379.
  242. Ewering, C., C. O. Brämer, N. Bruland, A. Bethke, and A. Steinbüchel. 2005. Three tricarboxylate synthases in Ralstonia eutropha: one citrate synthase and two 2-methylcitrate synthases. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 71:80-89.
  243. Elbahloul, Y., and A. Steinbüchel. 2006. Engineering the genotype of Acinetobacter sp. strain ADP1 towards enhanced biosynthesis of cyanophycin. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72:1410-1419.
  244. Diniz, S., I. Voß, and A. Steinbüchel. 2005. Optimization of cyanophycin production in recombinant strains of Pseudomonas putida and Ralstonia eutropha employing elementary mode analysis and statistical experimental design. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 93:698-717.
  245. Wübbeler, J. H., T. Lütke-Eversloh, S. van Trappen, P. Vandamme, and A. Steinbüchel. 2006. Tetrathiobacter mimigardefordensis, sp. nov, isolated from compost, a β-proteobacterium capable of utilizing the organic disulfide 3,3-dithiodipropionic acid. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 56:1305-1310.
  246. Ibrahim, E. M. A., M. Arenskötter, H. Luftmann, and A. Steinbüchel. 2006. Identification of poly(cis-1,4-isoprene) degradation intermediates during growth of moderately thermophilic actinomycetes on rubber and cloning of a functional active lcp homologue from Nocardia farcinica strain E1. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72:3375-3382.
  247. Kalscheuer, R., T. Stölting, and A. Steinbüchel. 2006. MicroDiesel: Escherichia coli engineered for fuel production. Microbiology (SGM) 152:2529-2536.
  248. Overhage, J., A. Steinbüchel, and H. Priefert. 2006. Harnessing eugenol as a substrate for production of aromatic compounds with recombinant strains of Amycolatopsis sp. HR167. Biotechnol. J. 125:369-376.
  249. Plaggenborg, R., J. Overhage, A. Loos, J. A. C. Archer, P. Lessard, A. J. Sinskey, A. Steinbüchel, and H. Priefert. 2006. Potential of Rhodococcus strains for biotechnological vanillin production from ferulic acid and eugenol. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 72:745-755.
  250. Hänisch, J., M. Wältermann, H. Robenek, and A. Steinbüchel. 2006. Eukaryotic lipid body proteins in oleogenous Actinomycetes and their targeting to intracellular triacylglycerol (TAG) inclusions: impacts on the model of lipid body biogenesis. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72:6743-6750.
  251. Pohlmann, A., W. F. Fricke, F. Reinecke, B. Kusian, H. Liesegang, R. Cramm, T. Eitinger, C. Ewering, M. Pötter, E. Schwartz, A. Strittmatter, I. Voß, G. Gottschalk, A. Steinbüchel, B. Friedrich, and B. Bowien. 2006. Hydrogen-based biotechnology: genome sequence of the bioplastic-producing "Knallgas" bacterium Ralstonia eutropha H16. Nature Biotechnol. 24:1257-1262.
  252. Ewering, C., F. Heuser, J. K. Benölken, C. O. Brämer, and A. Steinbüchel. 2006. Metabolic engineering of strains of Ralstonia eutropha and Pseudomonas putida for biotechnological production of 2-methylcitric acid. Metabol. Eng. 8:587-602.
  253. Hänisch, J., M. Wältermann, H. Robenek, and A. Steinbüchel. 2006. The Ralstonia eutropha H16 phasin PhaP1 targets to intracellular triacylgycerol inclusions in Rhodococcus opacus PD630 and Mycobacterium smegmatis mc2155 and provides an anchor to target other proteins. Microbiology (SGM) 152:3271-3280.
  254. Hai, T., K. M. Frey, and A. Steinbüchel. 2006. Engineered cyanophycin synthetase (CphA) from Nostoc ellipsosporum confers enhanced CphA activity and cyanophycin accumulation to Escherichia coli. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72:7652-7660.
  255. Sabirova, J. S., M. Ferrer, H. Lünsdorf, V. Wray, R. Kalscheuer, A. Steinbüchel, K. N. Timmis, and P. N. Golyshin. 2006. Mutation in a "tesB-like" hydroxyacyl-Coenzyme A-specific thioesterase gene causes hyperproduction of extracellular polyhydroxyalcanoates by Alcanivorax borkumensis SK2. J. Bacteriol. 188:8452-8459.
  256. Tessmer, N., S. König, R. Reichelt, M. Pötter, and A. Steinbüchel. 2006. Heat shock protein HspA and other proteins mimicking the function of phasins sensu strictu in recombinant strains of Escherichia coli accumulating polythioesters or polyhydroxyalcanoates. Microbiology (SGM) 153:366-374.
  257. Warneke, S., M. Arenskötter, K. B. Tenberge, and A. Steinbüchel. 2007. Bacterial degradation of poly(trans-1,4-isoprene) (gutta percha). Microbiology (SGM) 153:347-356.
  258. Kuchta, K., L. F. Chi, H. Fuchs, M. Pötter, and A. Steinbüchel. 2007. Studies on the influence of phasins on accumulation and mobilization of PHB and nanostructure of granules in Ralstonia eutropha H16. Biomacromolecules 8:657-662.
  259. Kalscheuer, R., T. Stöveken, U. Malkus, R. Reichelt, P. N. Golyshin, J. S. Sabirova, M. Ferrer, K. N. Timmis, and A. Steinbüchel. 2007. Analysis of storage lipid accumulation in Alcanivorax borkumensis: Evidence for alternative triacylglycerol biosynthesis routes in bacteria. J. Bacteriol. 189:918-928.
  260. Impallomeni, G., A. Steinbüchel, T. Lütke-Eversloh, T. Barbuzzi, and A. Ballistreri. 2007. Nuclear magnetic resonance and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry for characterization of microbial copolymers consisting of 3-hydroxybutyrate and 3-mercaptoalkanoic acids. Biomacromolecules 8:985-991.
  261. Koop, A., I. Voss, A. Thesing, H. Kohl, R. Reichelt, and A. Steinbüchel. 2007. Identification and localization of cyanophycin in bacteria cells via imaging of the nitrogen distribution using energy filtering transmission electron microscopy. Biomacromolecules 8:2675-2683.
  262. Bröker, D., M. Arenskötter, and A. Steinbüchel. 2007. Transfer of megaplasmid pKB1 from the rubber-degrading bacterium Gordonia westfalica strain Kb1 to relate bacteria and its modification. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol., in press.

II Other original contributions

  1. Schlegel, H. G. and A. Steinbüchel. 1981. Die relative Respirationsrate (RRR), ein neuer Belüftungsparameter. In: R. M. Lafferty (ed.) Fermentation. Springer Verlag, Wien 1981, pp. 11-26.
  2. Bu`Lock, J. D., W. J. Kilgour, F. Knauseder, K. Demnorova, and A. Steinbüchel. 1982. The azasterols of Geotrichum flaveobruneum - a problem in autotoxicity, resistance, adaptation and selection. In: V. Krumphanzl and Z. Vanek (eds.) Overproduction of microbial products. Academic Press, pp. 77-87.
  3. Schubert, P., A Steinbüchel, and H. G. Schlegel. 1988. Synthesis of poly-ß-hydroxybutyric acid in Alcaligenes eutrophus, its genetic localization and conjugational transfer of the genes. Nachrichten der Akademie der Wissenschaften Göttingen. II. Mathematisch-Physikalische Klasse, Nr. 4, pp. 1-10.
  4. Pries, A., A. Steinbüchel, and H. G. Schlegel. 1989. Construction of lactose-utilizing strains of the poly(ß-hydroxyalkanoic acid) accumulating Alcaligenes eutrophus. In: D. Behrens and A. J. Driesel (eds.) DECHEMA-Biotechnology-Conferences, Vol. 3, Part A, pp. 421-424.
  5. Schubert, P., A. Steinbüchel, and H. G. Schlegel. 1989. Genes involved in the synthesis of poly(ß-hydroxyalkanoic acid) in Alcaligenes eutrophus. In: D. Behrens and A. J. Driesel (eds.) DECHEMA-Biotechnology-Conferences, Vol. 3 Part A, pp. 433-436.
  6. Timm, A., and A. Steinbüchel. 1990. Formation of poly(3-hydroxyalkanoates) by wild type and recombinant strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and other fluorescent pseudomonads. In E. A. Dawes (ed.) Novel biodegradable microbial polymers. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, pp. 445-446.
  7. Schubert, P., A. Pries, N. Krüger, and A. Steinbüchel. 1990. Molecular analysis of the Alcaligenes eutrophus PHB-biosynthetic genes: identification of the NH2-terminus of PHB synthase and identification of the transcription start site of phbC. In E. A. Dawes (ed.) Novel biodegradable microbial polymers. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, pp. 447-448.
  8. Priefert, H. and A. Steinbüchel. 1990. Physiological and genetic studies on the overproduction of a NAD-dependent acetaldehyde dehydrogenase from Alcaligenes eutrophus with high affinity for acetaldehyde. In: D. Behrens and P. Krämer (eds.) DECHEMA-Biotechnology Conferences, Vol. 4, Part A, pp. 167-170.
  9. Schlegel, H.G., and A. Steinbüchel. 1992. International Symposium of Bacterial Polyhydroxyalkanoates. FEMS Microbiol. Rev. 103. Guest editorial
  10. Rehm, H. J., and A. Steinbüchel. 1995. Editorial. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 43.
  11. Pickartz, S., F. B. Oppermann and A. Steinbüchel. 1996. Biodegradation of poly-g-glutamic acid. In: DECHEMA Monographs, Vol. 133 (Eds. W. Sand und G. Kreysa), pp. 655-662.
  12. Paletta, J. and A. Steinbüchel. 1996. Degradation of polyethyleneglycol by bacteria. In: DECHEMA Monographs, Vol. 133 (Eds. W. Sand und G. Kreysa), pp. 663-670.
  13. Linos, A., and A. Steinbüchel. 1996. Investigations on the microbial breakdown of natural and synthetic rubbers. In: DECHEMA Monographs, Vol. 133 (Eds. W. Sand und G. Kreysa), pp. 279-286.
  14. Vazquez, G. J., R. Wieczorek, A. Steinbüchel and B. S. Mendez. 1996. Granulos de poli(3-hydroxibutyrate) en Bacillus megaterium. Aislamento y análisis de las proteinas asociadas. Revista Argentina de Microbiologia 28:118-122.
  15. Liu, S., and A. Steinbüchel. 1997. Production of polymalic acid by Aureobasidium pullulans CBS 591.75 and DSM 2404 in 2L and 20L fermentors. Chin. J. Biotechnol. 13:279-283.
  16. Steinbüchel, A. 1997. Statement from the Editor-in Chief. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 48:432-433.
  17. Steinbüchel, A. 1998. Foreword. In: A. Steinbüchel (Ed.) Proceedings of the international symposium on "Biochemical Principles and Mechanisms of Biosynthesis and Biodegradation of Polymers" in Münster (Germany), June 3 - 6, 1998, Wiley-VCH publisher.
  18. Fabritius, D., H.J. Schäfer, and A. Steinbüchel. 1998. Mikrobielle Gewinnung von 3-Hydroxydicarbonsäuren durch Candida tropicalis M25. Proceedings of the 1st Workshop "Biokonversion nachwachsender Rohstoffe" in Detmold, Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe (Ed.), Landwirtschaftsverlag, Münster, pp. 231-237.
  19. Steinbüchel, A. 1998. Proceedings of the Symposium H „Biodegradable Polymers & Macromolecules“ at the EMRS Spring meeting, Strasbourg (France), June 16-20, 1997. Guest editorial. Polym. Degrad. stabil. 59:1.
  20. Alvarez, H. M., R. Kalscheuer, O. Pucci, and A. Steinbüchel. 1998. Hydrocarbon-utilizing bacteria: From hydrocarbons to lipids potentially applicable on Biotechnology. In: LABS 3. Biodegradation & Biodeterioration in Latin America. (Eds. C. C. Gaylarde, T. C. P. Barbosa , and N. H. Gabilan). British Phycological Society (UK), pp. 1-6.
  21. Steinbüchel, A., I. Voß and V. Gorenflo. 2000. Interesting carbon sources for biotechnological production of biodegradable polyesters: the use of rape seed oil methyl ester (biodiesel). ACS Symposium Series 764 „Polymers from Renewable Resources. Biopolyesters and Biocatalysis“ (eds. C. Scholz and R. A. Gross), Oxford University Press, pp. 14-24.
  22. Liu, S. J., T. Lütke-Eversloh, and A. Steinbüchel. 2003. Biosynthesis of poly(3-mercaptopropionate and poly(3-mercaptopropionate-co-3-hydroxybutyrate) with recombinant Escherichia coli. Chin. J. Biotechnol. 19:195-199.
  23. Steinbüchel, A. 2005. A commentary on "Biosynthesis of terpolyesters of 3-hydroxybutyrate, 3-hydroxyvalerate, and 5-hydroxyvalerate in Alcaligenes eutrophus from 5-chloropentanoic and pentanoic acids" by Y. Doi, A. Tamaki, M. KUnioka, K. Soga, Macromol. Chem., Rapid Commu. 1987, 8:631-635
  24. Kozhevnikov, I. V., T. G. Volova, T. Hai, A. Steinbüchel, and E. V. Volodina. 2005. Cloning and molecular organization of the polyhydroxyalkanoate-synthase gene (phaC) from Ralstonia eutropha. Vestnik Krasnoyarskogo gosuniversiteta (Bulletin of the Krasnoyarsk State University). No. 5, pp. 214-223 (in Russian).

III Review articles in peer reviewed journals or books

  1. Steinbüchel, A., and H. G. Schlegel. 1991. Genetics of poly(ß-hydroxyalkanoic acid) synthesis in Alcaligenes eutrophus. Mol. Microbiol. 5:535-542.
  2. Steinbüchel, A. 1991. Recent advances in the knowledge of bacterial poly(hydroxy-alkanoic acid) metabolism and potential impacts on the production of biodegradable thermoplastics. Acta Biotechnologica 11:419-427.
  3. Steinbüchel, A. 1991. Polyhydroxyfettsäuren - thermoplastisch verformbare und biologisch abbaubare Polyester aus Bakterien. Nachr. Chem. Tech. Lab. 39:1112-1124.
  4. Steinbüchel, A. 1991. Polyhydroxyalkanoic acids. In: Biomaterials. D. Byrom (ed.), MacMillan Publishers, Basingstoke, pp. 123-213.
  5. Steinbüchel. 1992. Biodegradable plastics. Current Opinion in Biotechnology 3:291-297.
  6. Steinbüchel, A., Hustede E., Liebergesell, M., Timm, A., Pieper, U., and H. Valentin. 1992. Molecular basis for biosynthesis and accumulation of polyhydroxyalkanoic acids in bacteria. FEMS Microbiol. Rev. 103:217-230.
  7. Steinbüchel, A., and H. E. Valentin. 1995. Diversity of bacterial polyhydroxyalkanoic acids. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 128:219-228.
  8. Steinbüchel, A., K. Aerts, W. Babel, C. Föllner, M. Liebergesell, M. H. Madkour, F. Mayer, U. Pieper-Fürst, A. Pries, H. E. Valentin and R. Wieczorek. 1995. Considerations on the structure and biochemistry of bacterial polyhydroxyalkanoic acid inclusions. Can. J. Microbiol. 41 (Suppl. 1):94-105.
  9. Steinbüchel, A. 1995. Mikrobielle und chemische Synthese von biologisch abbaubaren Polyestern. Bakterien als Quelle für thermoplastisch verformbare Polyester aus Hydroxyfettsäuren. Chemie in unserer Zeit 29:260-271.
  10. Steinbüchel, A. 1996. PHB and other polyhydroxyalkanoic acids. In: H. J. Rehm, G. Reed, A. Pühler and P. Stadler (eds.) Biotechnology, 2nd Edition, Vol. 6, pp. 403-464.
  11. Steinbüchel, A., and B. Füchtenbusch. 1998. Bacterial and other biological systems for polyester production. Trends in Biotechnology 16:419-427.
  12. Rehm, B. H. A. and A. Steinbüchel. 1999. Biochemical and genetic analysis of PHA synthases and other proteins required for PHA synthesis. Int. J. Biol. Macromol. 25:3-19.
  13. Klein, J., D.E.A Catchside, R. Fakoussa, L. Gazso, W. Fritsche, M. Höfer, F. Laborda, I. Margarit, H.-J. Rehm, M. Reich-Walber, W. Sand, S. Schacht, H. Schmiers, L. Setti, and A. Steinbüchel. 1999. Biological processing of fossil fuels. Résumé of the Bioconvension Session of ICCS´97. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 52:2-15.
  14. Alvarez, H. M., R. Kalscheuer, and A. Steinbüchel. 2000. Triacilglicéridos en bacteria Rhodococcus. Revista FABICIB 4:207-216.
  15. Steinbüchel, A., and S. Hein. 2001. Biochemical and molecular basis of polyhydroxyalkanoic acids in microorganisms. In: Biopolyesters (A. Steinbüchel and W. Babel, Eds.), Adv. Biochem. Eng. Biotechnol. 71:81-123.
  16. Steinbüchel, A. 2001. Perspectives for biotechnological production and utilization of biopolymers: Metabolic engineering of polyhydroxyalkanoate biosynthesis pathways as a successful example. Macromol. Bioscience 1:1-24.
  17. Klein, J., R. Fakoussa, U. Hölker, M. Hofrichter, H. Schmiers, , C. Sinder, and A. Steinbüchel. 2001. Biotechnology of coal. In: H. J. Rehm, G. Reed, A. Pühler and P. Stadler (eds.) Biotechnology, 2nd Edition, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, pp. 153-189.
  18. Steinbüchel, A. 2001. New degradable resins. In: H. J. Rehm, G. Reed, A. Pühler and P. Stadler (eds.) Biotechnology, 2nd Edition, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, pp. 423-438.
  19. Linos, A., and A. Steinbüchel. 2001. Biodegradation of natural and synthetic rubbers. In: Koyama and A. Steinbüchel (eds.) Biopolymers – Vol. 2, 1st Edition, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, pp. 321-359.
  20. Meyrahn, H., and A. Steinbüchel. 2001. Biotechnological conversion of coal into upgraded products. In: Koyama and A. Steinbüchel (eds.) Biopolymers – Vol. 2, 1st Edition, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, pp. 459-474.
  21. Jung, C., and A. Steinbüchel. 2001. Bioplastik aus Nutzpflanzen. Biologie in unserer Zeit 31:250-258.
  22. Priefert, H., J. Rabenhorst, and A. Steinbüchel. 2001. Biotechnological production of vanillin. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 56:296-314.
  23. Rehm, B. H. A., and A. Steinbüchel. 2001. PHA synthases – the key enzymes of PHA synthesis. In: Y. Doi and A. Steinbüchel (eds.) Biopolymers, 1st Edition, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, pp. 173-215.
  24. Oppermann,-Sanio, F. B., and A. Steinbüchel. 2002. Occurrence, functions and biosynthesis of polyamides in microorganisms and biotechnological production. Naturwissenschaften 89:11-22.
  25. Alvarez, H. M., and A. Steinbüchel. 2002. Triacylglycerols in prokaryotic microorganisms. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 60:367-376.
  26. Lütke-Eversloh, T, and A. Steinbüchel. 2003. Polythioesters. In: Matsumura, S. and A. Steinbüchel (eds.) Biopolymers, Vol 10, 1st Edition, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, pp. 63-80.
  27. Oppermann-Sanio, F. B., and A. Steinbüchel. 2003. Cyanophycin. In: Fahnestock, S. R. and A. Steinbüchel (eds.) Biopolymers, Vol. 7, 1st Edition, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, pp. 83-106.
  28. Steinbüchel, A. 2003. In vivo and in vitro metabolic engineering of PHA biosynthesis pathways. In: H. N. Cheng and R. A. Gross (eds.) Biocatalysis in Polymer Science. ACS Symposium Book series 840, pp. 120-123.
  29. Steinbüchel, A. and T. Lütke-Eversloh. 2003. Metabolic engineering and pathway construction for biotechnological production of relevant polyhydroxyalkanoates in microorganisms. Biochem. Eng. J. 16:81-96.
  30. Steinbüchel, A. 2003. Production of rubber-like polymers by microorganisms. Curr. Opin. Microbiol. 6:261-270.
  31. Lütke-Eversloh, T., and A. Steinbüchel. 2004. Microbial Polythioesters. Macromol. Bioscience, 4:165-174.
  32. Arenskötter, M., D. Bröker, and A. Steinbüchel. 2004. Biology of the metabolically diverse genus Gordonia. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 70:3195-3204.
  33. Obst, M., and A. Steinbüchel. 2004. Microbial degradation of poly(amino acid)s. Biomacromolecules 5:1166-1176.
  34. Brämer, C. O., and A. Steinbüchel. 2004. Occurrence, functions and biosynthesis of non-carbohydrate biopolymers. In: C. V. Stevens and R. G. Verhé (Eds.) Renewable Bioresources: scope and modification for non-food applications. Wiley (London), pp. 189-207.
  35. Meyrahn, H., and A. Steinbüchel. 2005. Biotechological conversion of coals into upgraded products. In: Steinbüchel, A., and Y. Doi (Eds.) Biotechnology of Biopolymers – From Synthesis to Patents. Volume 1, pp. 55-70, WILEY-VCH, Weinheim
  36. Oppermann-Sanio, and A. Steinbüchel. 2005. Cyanophycin. In: Steinbüchel, A., and Y. Doi (Eds.) Biotechnology of Biopolymers – From Synthesis to Patents. Volume 2, pp. 767-790, WILEY-VCH, Weinheim.
  37. Lütke-Eversloh, T., and A. Steinbüchel. 2005. Polythioesters. In: Steinbüchel, A., and Y. Doi (Eds.) Biotechnology of Biopolymers – From Synthesis to Patents. Volume 2, pp. 1063-1080, WILEY-VCH, Weinheim.
  38. Pötter, M., and A. Steinbüchel. 2005. Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) granule associated proteins: Impacts on PHB synthesis and degradation. Biomacromolecules 6:552-560.
  39. Rose, K., and A. Steinbüchel. 2005. Biodegradation of natural rubber and related compounds: Recent insights into a rare and hardly understood catabolic capability of microorganisms. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71:2803-2812.
  40. Wältermann, M., and A. Steinbüchel. 2005. Neutral lipid-bodies in prokaryotes: Recent insights into structure, formation and relationship to eukaryotic lipid depots. J. Bacteriol. 187:3607-3619.
  41. Steinbüchel, A. 2005. Biopolymere und Vorstufen. In: Antranikian, G. (Ed.) Angewandte Mikrobiologie. pp. 373-396, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg.
  42. Steinbüchel, A. 2005. Biosynthesis of non-biodegradable polymers. Curr. Opin. Biotechnol. 16:607-613.
  43. Schively, J. M., G. C. Cannon, S. Heinhorst, D. A. Bryant, S. DasSarma, D. Bazylinski, J. Preiss, A. Steinbüchel, R. Docampo, and C. Dahl. 2006. Bacterial inclusions. Encyclopedia of Life Sciences, in press. (doi: 10.1038/npg.els.0004268)
  44. Pötter, M., and A. Steinbüchel. 2006. Biogenesis and structure of polyhydroxyalkanoate granules. In: Shively, J. M. (Ed.) Inclusions in Prokaryotes, Volume 1 of Microbiology Monographs, pp. 109-136, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg.
  45. Wältermann, M., and A. Steinbüchel. 2006. Wax ester and triacylglycerol inclusions. In: Shively, J. M. (Ed.) Inclusions in Prokaryotes, Volume 1 of Microbiology Monographs, pp. 137-166, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg.
  46. Obst, M., and A. Steinbüchel. 2006. Cyanophycin - an ideal bacterial nitrogen storage material with unique chemical properties. In: Shively, J. M. (Ed.) Inclusions in Prokaryotes, Volume 1 of Microbiology Monographs, pp. 167-193, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg.
  47. Steinbüchel, A. 2006. Nachwachsende Rohstoffe für die Weiße Biotechnologie. In: S. Heiden and H. Zinke (Eds.) Weiße Biotechnologie - Industrie im Aufbruch. BIOCOM AG, Berlin, pp. 76-91.
  48. Wältermann, M., T. Stöveken, and A. Steinbüchel. 2006. Key enzymes for biosynthesis of neutral lipid storage compounds in prokaryotes: Properties, function and occurrence of wax ester synthases/acyl-CoA:diacylglycerol acyltransferases. Biochemie 89:230-242.
  49. Hazer, B., and A. Steinbüchel. 2007. Increased diversification of polyhydroxyalcanoates by modification reactions for industrial and medical applications. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 74:1-12.
  50. Kalscheuer, R., T. Stövken, and A. Steinbüchel. 2007. Engineered microorganisms for sustainable production of diesel fuel and other eleochemicals from renewable plant biomass. Int. Sugar J./Sugar Cane Int. 109:16-19.
  51. Füser, G., and A. Steinbüchel. 2007. Analysis of genome sequences for genes of cyanophycin metabolism: identifying putative cyanophycin metabolizing prokaryotes. Macromol. Biosci. 7:278-296.
  52. Mooibroek, H., N. Osterhuis, M. Giuseppin, M. Toonen, H. Franssen, E. Scott, J. Sanders, and A. Steinbüchel. 2007. Assessment of technological options and economical feasiblity for cyanophycin biopolymer and high-value amino acid production. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 77:257-267.
  53. Reinecke, F., and A. Steinbüchel. 2007. Ralstonia eutropha strain H16 as model organism for PHA metabolism and for biotechnological production of technically interesting biopolymers. J. Mol. Microbiol. Biotechnol., in press.

IV Other review articles

  1. Steinbüchel, A. 1984. Die Zoologische Station in Neapel - Auch für Kurse in mariner Mikrobiologie offen. Forum Mikrobiologie 7:142-148.
  2. Steinbüchel, A. and H. G. Schlegel. 1988. Biologisch abbaubare Kunststoffe. Bakterielle Poly-ß-hydroxyfettsäuren als Kunststoffe der Zukunft. Sonderpublikation Laborpraxis. Labor 2000, pp. 148-155.
  3. Steinbüchel A. 1989. Poly(hydroxyfettsäuren) - Speicherstoffe von Bakterien: Biosynthese und Genetik. Forum Mikrobiologie 12:190-198.
  4. Steinbüchel, A. 1990. Neue Verfahren lassen Schadstoffen keine Chance. VDI Nachrichten vom 20.4.1990.
  5. Steinbüchel, A., P. Schubert, A. Timm, and A. Pries. 1990. Genetic analysis of the Alcaligenes eutrophus poly(hydroxyalkanoate)-synthetic genes and accumulation of PHA in recombinant bacterial strains. In E. A. Dawes (ed.) Novel biodegradable microbial polymers. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, pp. 143-159.
  6. Steinbüchel, A., N. Krüger, H. Valentin, A. Timm, A. Pries, E. Hustede, and H. G. Schlegel. 1991. Physiological and genetic analysis of polyhydroxyalkanoate biosynthetic pathways. In Pseudomonas: molecular biology and biotechnology, E. Galli, S. Silver and B. Witholt (eds.) American Society for Microbiology, Washington D.C., pp. 315- 327.
  7. Steinbüchel, A., K. A. Malik, and D. Jendrossek. 1994. PHB and other polyhydroxyalkanoic acids as a basis for biodegradable plastics. Proceedings of the 2nd Asia-Pacific Biotechnology Congress ´91, L. L. Ilag and A. K. Raymundo (Eds.) Los Banos, Philippines, pp. 141-153.
  8. Steinbüchel, A., and M. Liebergesell. 1992. "Kunststoffe" aus Bakterien - aus nachwachsenden Rohstoffen und biologisch abbaubar. GIT-Fachzeitschrift für das Laboratorium 36:26-29.
  9. Schlegel, H. G., and A. Steinbüchel. 1992. Production of polyhydroxyalkanoic acids by bacteria and their application. In: M. R. Ladisch and A. Bose (Eds.) Harnessing Biotechnology for the 21st Century, pp. 94- 97, ACS Conference Proceedings Series, American Chemical Society, Washington DC.
  10. Steinbüchel, A. 1992. Umwelt/neue Materialien. Proceedings Workshop: Molekulare Naturstofforschung". (Ed.) Bundesministerium für Forschung und Technologie.
  11. Steinbüchel, A. 1993. Materialien aus nachwachsendenden Rohstoffen: geeignet für die Kompostierung ? Proceedings "Perspektiven der biologischen Abfallbehandlung. Biologische Behandlungsverfahren als ein Eckpfeiler einer zukunftsorientierten ökologischen Abfallwirtschaft". July 6 - 7, 1992, (Ed.) Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit pp.205-220.
  12. Steinbüchel, A. 1993. Thermoplastisch verformbare und biologisch abbaubare Polyester aus Bakterien: geeignete neue Werkstoffe aus nachwachsenden Rohstoffen ? Chemie in Labor und Biotechnik 44:378-384.
  13. Steinbüchel, A. 1995. Biologischer Abbau von polymeren Strukturen. Chemie in Labor und Biotechnik. 46:60-67.
  14. Steinbüchel, A. 1994. Biologischer Abbau polymerer Strukturen. BioEngineering 10:58-59.
  15. Steinbüchel, A. 1995. Use of biosynthetic, biodegradable thermoplastics and lastomers from renewable resources: the pros and cons. J. Macromol. Sci., Pure and Appl. Chem. A32(4):653-660.
  16. Steinbüchel, A. 1995. Bacterial inclusions for the synthesis of biodegradable polyesters. Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering Vol. 72, p.132 (Proceedings of the ASM Division of Polymeric Materials:Science and Engineering)
  17. Steinbüchel, A. 1995. Mikroorganismen für die Herstellung von Polymeren. Chemie in Labor und Biotechnik. 46:228-231 und 277-278.
  18. Steinbüchel, A., R. Wieczorek, and N. Krüger. 1996. PHA biosynthesis, its regulation and application of C1-utilizing microorganisms for polyester production. In: M. E. Lidstrom and F. R. Tabita (Eds.) Microbial growth on C1 compounds, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, pp. 237-244.
  19. Steinbüchel, A. 1996. Synthese und Produktion biologisch abbaubarer Thermoplaste und Elastromere: gegenwärtiger Stand und Ausblick. Kautschuk Gummi Kunststoffe 49:120-124.
  20. Steinbüchel, A. 1996. Plastik aus Bakterien - Biotechnologische Produktion neuer polymerer Werkstoffe. Broschure to the exhibition "Faszination Forschung" at the airport Münster-Osnabrück, October 23 - November 15, 1996.
  21. Steinbüchel, A. 1996. Pflanzen mit sonstigen Inhaltsstoffen. Proceedings: Workshop "Biotechnologie und Gentechnik in der Industriepflanzenzüchtung" im Rahmen der Gülzower Fachgespräche vom 30.11.1995. Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe e. V. (Ed.)
  22. Steinbüchel, A., S. Hein, M. Huang, N. Krüger and F. B. Oppermann. 1996. Biochemistry and molecular genetics of bacterial TPP-dependent acetoin dehydrogenases. In: H. Bisswanger and A. Schellenberger (Eds.) Biochemistry and Physiology of Thiamin Diphosphate Enzymes, Wissenschaftlicher Verlag A. u. C. Intemann, Prien, pp. 586-599.
  23. Steinbüchel, A. 1996. Biodegradability of polymers and mechanisms of biodegradation. In: DECHEMA Monographs, Vol. 133 (Eds. W. Sand und G. Kreysa), pp. 245-254.
  24. Steinbüchel, A. 1996. Forscher suchen biologisch abbaubare "Kunststoffe": Ein neues Feld für Ackerbauern. Bauernblatt für Schleswig-Holstein und Hamburg 146:11-13.
  25. Steinbüchel, A., H. Pape, F. Meinhardt, P. Tudzynski and B. Barnekow. 1997. Mikrobiologische Lehre und Forschung am Fachbereich Biologie der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster. BIOspektrum 3:39-40.
  26. Steinbüchel, A., R. Wieczorek, H. M. Alvarez and R. Jossek. 1997. Assembly of bacterial PHA granules and other aspects of PHA biosynthesis. Proceedings of the 1996 International Symposium on bacterial polyhydroxyalkanoates. G. Eggink, A. Steinbüchel, Y. Poirier and B. Witholt (Eds.) NRC Research Press, Ottawa, pp. 36-47.
  27. Steinbüchel, A., B. Füchtenbusch, V. Gorenflo, S. Hein, R. Jossek, S. Langenbach and B. H. A. Rehm. 1998. Biosynthesis of polyesters in bacteria and recombinant organisms. Polym. Degrad. Stabil. 59:177-182.
  28. Oppermann, F.B., S. Pickartz and A. Steinbüchel. 1998. Biodegradation of polyamides. Polym. Degrad. Stabil. 59:337-344.
  29. Steinbüchel, A. 1998. Biokonversion pflanzlicher Photosyntheseprodukte, von CO2 und technischen Rohstoffen in Polyhydroxyfettsäuren. Proceedings of the 1st Workshop "Biokonversion nachwachsender Rohstoffe" in Detmold, Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe (Ed.), Landwirtschaftsverlag, Münster, pp. 173-183.
  30. Steinbüchel, A. 1998. Biotechnische Produktionsverfahren für "Kunststoffe" und andere relevante Polymere. In: Chancen und Risiken der Gentechnik im Umweltschutz. Thüringer Ministerium für Landwirtschaft, Naturschutz und Umwelt (Ed.), Gotha Druck und Verpackung, Wechmar, pp. 150-162.
  31. Steinbüchel, A., C. Brämer, B. Füchtenbusch, V. Gorenflo, T. Hai, S. Hein, R. Jossek, S. Langenbach, Q. Qi, B. H. A. Rehm, and S. Song. 1998. Poly(hydroxyalkanoic acid) biosynthesis pathways. In: A. Steinbüchel (Ed.) Proceedings of the international symposium on "Biochemical Principles and Mechanisms of Biosynthesis and Biodegradation of Polymers" in Münster (Germany), June 3 - 6, 1998, Wiley-VCH publisher, pp. 35 - 47.
  32. Oppermann-Sanio, F. B., T. Hai., E. Aboulmagd, F. F. Hezayen, S. Jossek, and A. Steinbüchel. 1998. Biochemistry of microbial polyamide metabolism. In: A. Steinbüchel (Ed.) Proceedings of the international symposium on "Biochemical Principles and Mechanisms of Biosynthesis and Biodegradation of Polymers" in Münster (Germany), June 3 - 6, 1998, Wiley-VCH publisher, pp. 185 - 193.
  33. Mittendorf, V., N. Krüger, A. Steinbüchel, and Y. Poirier. 1998. Biosynthesis of medium-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoates in transgenic Arabidopsis plants expressing the PHAC1 and PHAC2 synthases from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. In: A. Steinbüchel (Ed.) Proceedings of the international symposium on "Biochemical Principles and Mechanisms of Biosynthesis and Biodegradation of Polymers" in Münster (Germany), June 3 - 6, 1998, Wiley-VCH publisher, pp. 368 - 375.
  34. Reinecke, F., and A. Steinbüchel. 1999. Thaumatin, ein Protein mit der 100.000fachen Süßkraft von Saccharose, und andere Süßstoffe. Chemie in Labor und Biotechnik 50:404-409.
  35. Steinbüchel, A. 2000. Perspektiven der biotechnologischen Produktion und Nutzung von Biopolymeren mit Hilfe von Mikroorganismen unter besonderer Berücksichtigung nachwachsender Rohstoffe. Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop "Biokonversion nachwachsender Rohstoffe" in Braunschweig, Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe (Ed.), Landwirtschaftsverlag, Münster, pp. 10-27.
  36. Kalscheuer, R., M. Wältermann, and A. Steinbüchel. 2000. Biosynthese und Speicherung von Triglyceriden und Wachsen in Bakterien. Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop "Biokonversion nachwachsender Rohstoffe" in Braunschweig, Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe (Ed.), Landwirtschaftsverlag, Münster, pp. 253-261.
  37. Arenskötter, M., D. Baumeister, D. Bröker, E. M. A. Ibrahim, K. Rose, and A. Steinbüchel. 2002. Mikrobieller Abbau von Natur- und Synthesekautschuk. BIOforum 25:124-126.
  38. Steinbüchel, A. 2003. Technisch relevante Biopolymere und Feinchemikalien aus bakteriellen Speicherstoffen. Tagungsband „Symposium „Nachwachsende Rohstoffe für die Chemie“, Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe (Hrsgb.) pp. 103-116.
  39. Arenskötter, M., D. Baumeister, D. Bröker, U. Hölker, E. M. A. Ibrahim, J. Lenz, K. Rose, and A. Steinbüchel. 2003. Entwicklung eines biotechnologischen Verfahrens zur stofflichen Wiederverwertung kautschukhaltiger Rest- und Abfallstoffe. Transkript 9 (Sonderband):28-32.
  40. Rehm, B. H. A., N. Hoffmann, Q. Qi, S. Fiedler, and A. Steinbüchel. 2004. Biosynthesis of latex-like polyhydroxyalkanoates. In: Jonas, R., A. Pandesy, and G. Tharun (Eds.) Biotechnological advances and applications in bioconversion of renewable raw materials. pp. 163-175, Döring Druck, Druckerei und Verlag GmbH, Braunschweig.
  41. Steinbüchel, A., B. Bowien, B. Friedrich, and H. Heumann. 2004. Ralstonia eutropha Stamm H16 - eine potentielle Zellfabrik. GenomXpress 4:13-14.
  42. Wältermann, M., M. Pötter, and A. Steinbüchel. 2005. Methoden zur Erfassung der Biogenese und Struktur bakterieller Lipideinschlüsse. BIOspektrum 11:398-400.
  43. Steinbüchel, A. 2005. Commentary on "Biosynthesis of terpolyesters of 3-hydroxybutyrate, 3-hydroxyvalerate, and 5-hydroxyvalerate in Alcaligenes eutrophus from 5-chloropentanoic and pentanoic acids" by Y. Doi, A. Tamaki, M Kunioka, K. Soga (Makromol. Chem., Rapid Commun. 1987, 8:631-635), Macromol. Rap. Commun. 26:1025-1026.
  44. Kalscheuer, R., and A. Steinbüchel. 2006. Mikrobielle Treibstofffabriken für eine nachhaltige Zukunft. Technologie & Management 55:22-24.
  45. Pohlmann, A., W. F. Fricke, F. Reinecke, B. Kusian, H. Liesegang, R. Cramm, T. Eitinger, C. Ewering, M. Pötter, E. Schwartz, A. Strittmatter, I. Voß, G. Gottschalk, A. Steinbüchel, B. Friedrich, and B. Bowien. 2006. Ralstonia eutropha H16: Genom eines Bioplastik produzierenden Knallgasbakteriums. GenomXpress 4:7-8.

V Books edited by A. Steinbüchel

  1. Schlegel, H. G. and A. Steinbüchel. 1992. International Symposium of Bacterial Polyhydroxyalkanoates. FEMS Microbiol. Rev. 103; Guest editorial. 390 pages
  2. Schlegel, H. G. and A. Steinbüchel. 1993. Proceedings of the International Symposium of Bacterial Polyhydroxyalkanoates, June 1 - 5, Golze Druck, Göttingen, 490 pages
  3. Eggink, G., A. Steinbüchel, Y. Poirier, and B. Witholt (Eds.). 1997. Proceedings of the "1996 International Symposium on Bacterial Polyhydroxyalkanoates". Research Press, Ottawa, Canada, 179 pages.
  4. Steinbüchel, A. (Ed.) 1998. Proceedings of the Symposium H "Biodegradable Polymers and Macromolecules" at the International Conference on Advanced Materials ICAM´97/European Materials Research Society Spring Meeting E-MRS´97 in Strasbourg, June 16 - 20, Polym. Degrad. Stabil. 59: 393 pages
  5. Steinbüchel, A. 1998. Proceedings of the International Symposium "Biochemical Principles and Mechanisms of Biosynthesis and Biodegradation of Polymers", Wiley-VCH, Heidelberg, 408 pages.
  6. Babel, W. and A. Steinbüchel. 2001. Biopolyesters. Special issue (No. 71) of Advances in Biochemical Engineering Biotechnology. Springer, Berlin. 342 pages.
  7. Steinbüchel, A. 2001. Biopolymers – Biology l Chemistry l Biotechnology l Applications. A ten volumes book series, Volume 1: Lignin, Humic substances and Coal (Editors: M. Hofrichter & A. Steinbüchel), WILEY-VCH, Weinheim.
  8. Steinbüchel, A. 2001. Biopolymers – Biology l Chemistry l Biotechnology l Applications. A ten volumes book series,Volume 2: Polyisoprenoides (Editors: T. Koyama & A. Steinbüchel), WILEY-VCH, Weinheim.
  9. Steinbüchel, A. 2001. Biopolymers – Biology l Chemistry l Biotechnology l Applications. A ten volumes book series,Volume 3a: Polyesters I (Editors: Y. Doi & A. Steinbüchel), WILEY-VCH, Weinheim.
  10. Steinbüchel, A. 2001. Biopolymers – Biology l Chemistry l Biotechnology l Applications. A ten volumes book series,Volume 3b: Polyesters II (Editors: Y. Doi & A. Steinbüchel), WILEY-VCH, Weinheim.
  11. Steinbüchel, A. 2002. Biopolymers – Biology l Chemistry l Biotechnology l Applications. A ten volumes book series,Volume 4: Polyesters III (Editors: Y. Doi & A. Steinbüchel), WILEY-VCH, Weinheim.
  12. Steinbüchel, A. 2002. Biopolymers – Biology l Chemistry l Biotechnology l Applications. A ten volumes book series,Volume 5: Polysaccharides (Editors: E. Vandamme, S. De Baets & A. Steinbüchel), WILEY-VCH, Weinheim.
  13. Steinbüchel, A. 2002. Biopolymers – Biology l Chemistry l Biotechnology l Applications. A ten volumes book series,Volume 6: Polysaccharides (Editors: S. De Baets, E. Vandamme & A. Steinbüchel), WILEY-VCH, Weinheim.
  14. Steinbüchel, A. 2003. Biopolymers – Biology l Chemistry l Biotechnology l Applications. A ten volumes book series,Volume 7: Polyamides and Complex Proteinaceous Materials (Editors: S. Fahnestock & A. Steinbüchel), WILEY-VCH, Weinheim.
  15. Steinbüchel, A. 2003. Biopolymers – Biology l Chemistry l Biotechnology l Applications. A ten volumes book series,Volume 8: Polyamides and Complex Proteinaceous Materials (Editors: S. Fahnestock & A. Steinbüchel), WILEY-VCH, Weinheim.
  16. Steinbüchel, A. 2003. Biopolymers – Biology l Chemistry l Biotechnology l Applications. A ten volumes book series,Volume 9: Miscelleanus Biopolymers and Biodegradation of Synthetic Polymers (Editors: Matsumura & A. Steinbüchel), WILEY-VCH, Weinheim.
  17. Steinbüchel, A. 2003. Biopolymers – Biology l Chemistry l Biotechnology l Applications. A ten volumes book series,Volume 10: General Aspects and Special Applications (Editor: A. Steinbüchel), WILEY-VCH, Weinheim.
  18. Steinbüchel, A. 2003. Biopolymers – Biology l Chemistry l Biotechnology l Applications. A ten volumes book series: Cumulative Index (Editor: A. Steinbüchel), WILEY-VCH, Weinheim.
  19. Steinbüchel, A., F. B. Oppermann-Sanio, C. Ewering, M. Pötter, and F. Reinecke 2003. Mikrobiologisches Praktikum. Springer-Verlag.
  20. Steinbüchel, A. 2004. Biopolymers – Biology l Chemistry l Biotechnology l Applications. A ten volumes book series, Volume 1: Lignin, Humic substances and Coal (Editors: M. Hofrichter & A. Steinbüchel), WILEY-VCH, Weinheim; Chinese Edition published by Chemical Industry Press (Beijing, PR China).
  21. Steinbüchel, A. 2004. Biopolymers – Biology l Chemistry l Biotechnology l Applications. A ten volumes book series,Volume 3a: Polyesters I (Editors: Y. Doi & A. Steinbüchel), WILEY-VCH, Weinheim; Chinese Edition published by Chemical Industry Press (Beijing, PR China).
  22. Steinbüchel, A. 2004. Biopolymers – Biology l Chemistry l Biotechnology l Applications. A ten volumes book series,Volume 4: Polyesters III (Editors: Y. Doi & A. Steinbüchel), WILEY-VCH, Weinheim; Chinese Edition published by Chemical Industry Press (Beijing, PR China).
  23. Steinbüchel, A. 2004. Biopolymers – Biology l Chemistry l Biotechnology l Applications. A ten volumes book series,Volume 5: Polysaccharides (Editors: E. Vandamme, S. De Baets & A. Steinbüchel), WILEY-VCH, Weinheim; Chinese Edition published by Chemical Industry Press (Beijing, PR China).
  24. Steinbüchel, A. 2004. Biopolymers – Biology l Chemistry l Biotechnology l Applications. A ten volumes book series,Volume 6: Polysaccharides (Editors: S. De Baets, E. Vandamme & A. Steinbüchel), WILEY-VCH, Weinheim; Chinese Edition published by Chemical Industry Press (Beijing, PR China).
  25. Steinbüchel, A., and Y. Doi. 2005. Biotechnology of Biopolymers – From Synthesis to Patents. Volume 1. WILEY-VCH, Weinheim.
  26. Steinbüchel, A., and Y. Doi. 2005. Biotechnology of Biopolymers – From Synthesis to Patents. Volume 2. WILEY-VCH, Weinheim.
  27. Steinbüchel, A., and R. H. Marchessault. 2005. Biopolymers for Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Applications. Volume 1. WILEY-VCH, Weinheim.
  28. Steinbüchel, A., and R. H. Marchessault. 2005. Biopolymers for Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Applications. Volume 2. WILEY-VCH, Weinheim.
  29. Steinbüchel, A., and S. K. Rhee. 2005. Polysaccharides and polyamides in the food industry. Volume 1. WILEY-VCH, Weinheim.
  30. Steinbüchel, A., and S. K. Rhee. 2005. Polysaccharides and polyamides in the food industry. Volume 2. WILEY-VCH, Weinheim.
  31. Steinbüchel, A. 2005. Biopolymers – Biology l Chemistry l Biotechnology l Applications. A ten volumes book series,Volume 3B: Polyesters II (Editors: Y. Doi & A. Steinbüchel), WILEY-VCH, Weinheim; Chinese Edition published by Chemical Industry Press (Beijing, PR China).
  32. Steinbüchel, A. 2005. Biopolymers – Biology l Chemistry l Biotechnology l Applications. A ten volumes book series,Volume 8: Polyamides and Complex Proteinaceous Materials (Editors: S. Fahnestock & A. Steinbüchel), WILEY-VCH, Weinheim; Chinese Edition published by Chemical Industry Press (Beijing, PR China).
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