Rosche Bettina, Li Xuan Zhong, Hauer Bernhard, Schmid Andreas, Buehler Katja
The University of New South Wales, School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
Trends Biotechnol. 2009 Nov;27(11):636-43. doi: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2009.08.001. Epub 2009 Sep 23.
Biofilm reactors have long been commercially used in the treatment of wastewater and off-gas. New opportunities are arising with the rapid expansion of our understanding of biofilm biology over the last few years. Biofilms have great potential as industrial workhorses for the sustainable production of chemicals because of their inherent characteristics of self-immobilization, high resistance to reactants and long-term activity, which all facilitate continuous processing. A variety of biofilm reactor configurations have been explored for productive catalysis and some reactors have been operated continuously for months. Sectors that might particularly benefit from this biofilm approach include synthetic chemistry (ranging from specialty to bulk chemicals), bioenergy, biologics and the food industry.
生物膜反应器长期以来一直被商业用于废水和废气处理。在过去几年里，随着我们对生物膜生物学认识的迅速扩展，新的机遇正在出现。生物膜作为可持续生产化学品的工业主力具有巨大潜力，因为它们具有自我固定、对反应物高度耐受和长期活性等固有特性，所有这些都有利于连续加工。人们已经探索了多种生物膜反应器配置用于生产催化，一些反应器已经连续运行了数月。可能特别受益于这种生物膜方法的领域包括合成化学（从特种化学品到大宗化学品）、生物能源、生物制品和食品工业。
