Process development for the production of Alternaria toxins in a bioreactor [Elektronische Ressource] / Katrin Brzonkalik. Betreuer: C. Syldatk

“Process development for the production of Alternaria toxins in a bioreactor” zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades eines DOKTORS DER INGENIEURWISSENSCHAFTEN (Dr.-Ing.) von der Fakultät für Chemieingenieurwesen und Verfahrenstechnik des Karlsruher Instituts für Technologie (KIT) genehmigte DISSERTATION von Dipl.-Biol. Katrin Brzonkalik aus Marl Referent: Prof. Dr. Christoph Syldatk Korreferent: Prof. Dr. Clemens Posten Tag der mündlichen Prüfung: 06.12.2011 „Durch Wissenschaft wird bewiesen, durch Intuition aber entdeckt.“ Henri Poincare (1854 - 1912) Acknowledgements I would like to thank the following persons for their support during my PhD thesis: Prof. Dr. Syldatk for giving me the possibility to carry out my PhD thesis in his department, for his guidance and his support and for the opportunity to visit and do research in South Africa. Prof. Dr. Posten from the Chair of Bioprocess Engineering who accepted to report on my thesis. Dr. Anke Neumann for the introduction into fermentation techniques, her enormous help, her guidance and for always finding some of her rare time for me and my concerns. All colleagues at the Chair of Technical Biology; Ina, Ines, Ulrike, Sandra, Markus M., Markus A.