Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!watmath!iuvax!bionet!com.qz.se!P35067
From: P35067@com.qz.se (Siegfried Michael Schoberth)
Newsgroups: bionet.technology.conversion
Subject: Sender: Siegfried Michael Schoberth
Message-ID: <8904191207.AA20729@net.bio.net>
Date: 18 Apr 89 08:52:00 GMT
Sender: daemon@NET.BIO.NET
Reply-To: "Anaerobic Digestion (MIRCEN) Technical" <C82@com.qz.se>
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Comment on :408044
Subject:  Book Review
Thank you, Foo for the information.

Here is my self introductory message:

I am Siegfried Michael Schoberth, and I am working in the
Institute of Biotechnology-1 (IBT-1) at the KFA-Juelich (Nuclear
Research Center Juelich), FRG, thus one of the about 4500
employees of the KFA. I am Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter
(Research Associate), but also involved in teaching. Years ago, me
and my family had very nice 1.5 years in Urbana/Illinois/USA, for
me to learn work with methanogenic bacteria in R. Wolfe's lab at
the Department of Microbiology/University of Illinois, and for my
family (and me too) to enjoy the American way of life; yet
recently we detected the good Australian way of life during a research study in
S
ydney. Since my Ph.D. work I study the
microbiology of anaerobic bacteria, especially those found in
methanogenic communities. A recent publication is:

 Folkerts, M., U. Ney, H. Kneifel, E. Stackebrandt, E.G. Witte, H.
 Foerstel, S.M. Schoberth, and H. Sahm. 1989. Desulfovibrio
 furfuralis sp. nov., a Furfural Degrading Strictly Anaerobic
 Bacterium. System. Appl. Microbiol. 12, 161-169.

D. furfuralis is able to degrade furfural anaerobically (furfural
is found in bulk quantities in sulfite evaporator condensate (SEC)
from many pulp and paper industries). The special technique to
isolate this organism and its use in anaerobic treatment of SEC
has been patented. KWU (SIEMENS) and SCHOTT Mainz build anaerobic
treatment plants in collaboration with us and IBT-2. There is also
an IBT-3 at the KFA.

Sender: Siegfried Michael Schoberth
Comment on :408044
Subject:  EARN, BITNET
Thank you, Foo for the information re computer network connection.
What would be a good EARN etc. address for sending annoying tryout
messages to?
Regards, Siggi

Sender: Siegfried Michael Schoberth
Comment on :403963
Subject:  AAFFE-process


Mr. Iza:
In front of me is a copy of M.S. Switzenbaum, et al. August 1978. The Anerobic A
t
tached Film Expanded Bed Reactor for the Treatment of Dilute Organic Wastes. US
D
epartment of Commerce, National Technical Information Service. I would be intere
s
ted what happened to AAFFE, since I lost touch to some applied aspects of anaero
b
ic treatment.

Thanks, Siegfried M. Schoberth