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Georg M. Guebitz

Georg M. Guebitz

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Chemistry

D-Index
70
Citations
17339
World Ranking
5856
National Ranking
29

Overview

Georg M. Guebitz is affiliated with BOKU University in Austria. Their research output spans multiple areas within engineering and materials science, focusing notably on biomaterials and biomedical engineering. The subfields of their work include molecular biology, pollution, and plant science.

The scientist's primary research topics cover a range of areas such as biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties, microplastics and plastic pollution, biofuel production and bioconversion, enzyme-mediated dye degradation, lignin and wood chemistry, enzyme catalysis and immobilization, and extraction and separation processes.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Georg M. Guebitz include:

  • Alessandro Pellis
  • Doris Ribitsch
  • Felice Quartinello
  • Gibson S. Nyanhongo
  • K Kremser

The venues where Georg M. Guebitz has published most often include:

  • Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
  • Resources Conservation and Recycling
  • New Biotechnology
  • International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Representative recent publications by Georg M. Guebitz and colleagues are:

  • "Chitosan: Sources, Processing and Modification Techniques", 2022, published in Gels
  • "Harnessing the Power of Enzymes for Tailoring and Valorizing Lignin", 2020, published in Trends in Biotechnology
  • "Biotechnological production and high potential of furan-based renewable monomers and polymers", 2021, published in Biotechnology Advances
  • "Cutinase-Catalyzed Polyester-Polyurethane Degradation: Elucidation of the Hydrolysis Mechanism", 2022, published in Polymers
  • "The Biomodified Lignin Platform: A Review", 2023, published in Polymers

Best Publications

  • Conversion of sewage sludge into lipids by Lipomyces starkeyi for biodiesel production.

    C. Angerbauer;M. Siebenhofer;M. Mittelbach;G.M. Guebitz

  • CuO–cotton nanocomposite: Formation, morphology, and antibacterial activity

    I. Perelshtein;G. Applerot;N. Perkas;E. Wehrschuetz-Sigl

  • Enzymatic surface hydrolysis of PET : effect of structural diversity on kinetic properties of cutinases from thermobifida

    Enrique Herrero Acero;Doris Ribitsch;Georg Steinkellner;Karl Gruber

  • Potential applications of laccase-mediated coupling and grafting reactions: A review

    Tukayi Kudanga;Gibson S. Nyanhongo;Georg M. Guebitz;Stephanie Burton

  • Antimicrobial enzymes: an emerging strategy to fight microbes and microbial biofilms.

    Barbara Thallinger;Endry Nugroho Prasetyo;Gibson S Nyanhongo;Georg M Guebitz;Georg M Guebitz

  • Formal Asymmetric Biocatalytic Reductive Amination

    Dominik Koszelewski;Iván Lavandera;Dorina Clay;Georg M. Guebitz

  • Enzymatic surface hydrolysis of poly(ethylene terephthalate) and bis(benzoyloxyethyl) terephthalate by lipase and cutinase in the presence of surface active molecules

    Anita Eberl;Sonja Heumann;Tina Brückner;Rita Araujo

  • Enzymes go big: surface hydrolysis and functionalisation of synthetic polymers

    Georg M. Guebitz;Artur Cavaco-Paulo

  • Bio-preparation of cotton fabrics

    Tzanko Tzanov;Margarita Calafell;Georg M Guebitz;Artur Cavaco-Paulo

  • Tailoring cutinase activity towards polyethylene terephthalate and polyamide 6,6 fibers.

    Rita Araújo;Carla Silva;Alexandre O’Neill;Nuno Micaelo

  • Influence of trace elements on methane formation from a synthetic model substrate for maize silage.

    Herbert Pobeheim;Bernhard Munk;Johan Johansson;Georg M. Guebitz

  • A New Esterase from Thermobifida halotolerans Hydrolyses Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) and Polylactic Acid (PLA)

    Doris Ribitsch;Enrique Herrero Acero;Katrin Greimel;Anita Dellacher

  • Enhanced Cutinase-Catalyzed Hydrolysis of Polyethylene Terephthalate by Covalent Fusion to Hydrophobins

    Doris Ribitsch;Enrique Herrero Acero;Agnieszka Przylucka;Sabine Zitzenbacher

  • Antimicrobial and antioxidant properties of chitosan enzymatically functionalized with flavonoids

    Fernanda Sousa;Georg M. Guebitz;Vanja Kokol

  • Enzymatic and chemical hydrolysis of poly(ethylene terephthalate) fabrics

    Tina Brueckner;Anita Eberl;Sonja Heumann;Maike Rabe

  • Hydrolysis of polyethyleneterephthalate by p-nitrobenzylesterase from Bacillus subtilis.

    Doris Ribitsch;Sonja Heumann;Eva Trotscha;Enrique Herrero Acero

  • Fusion of binding domains to Thermobifida cellulosilytica cutinase to tune sorption characteristics and enhancing PET hydrolysis.

    Doris Ribitsch;Antonio Orcal Yebra;Sabine Zitzenbacher;Jing Wu

  • Surface engineering of a cutinase from Thermobifida cellulosilytica for improved polyester hydrolysis.

    Enrique Herrero Acero;Doris Ribitsch;Anita Dellacher;Sabine Zitzenbacher

  • Antifouling and Antibacterial Multifunctional Polyzwitterion/Enzyme Coating on Silicone Catheter Material Prepared by Electrostatic Layer-by-Layer Assembly.

    Anne Vaterrodt;Barbara Thallinger;Kevin Daumann;Dereck Koch

  • Characterization of a new cutinase from Thermobifida alba for PET-surface hydrolysis

    Doris Ribitsch;Enrique Herrero Acero;Katrin Greimel;Inge Eiteljoerg

  • Purification and characterization of a new bioscouring pectate lyase from Bacillus pumilus BK2.

    Barbara G. Klug-Santner;Wolfgang Schnitzhofer;Maria Vrsanska;Jörg Weber

  • Impact of nickel and cobalt on biogas production and process stability during semi-continuous anaerobic fermentation of a model substrate for maize silage

    Herbert Pobeheim;Bernhard Munk;Harald Lindorfer;Georg M. Guebitz

Frequent Co-Authors

Artur Cavaco-Paulo
Artur Cavaco-Paulo University of Minho
Karl Gruber
Karl Gruber University of Graz
Roland Ludwig
Roland Ludwig BOKU University
Vanja Kokol
Vanja Kokol University of Maribor
Michael Murkovic
Michael Murkovic Graz University of Technology
Wolfgang Kroutil
Wolfgang Kroutil University of Graz
Gabriele Berg
Gabriele Berg University of Potsdam
Aharon Gedanken
Aharon Gedanken Bar-Ilan University
Rolf Breinbauer
Rolf Breinbauer Graz University of Technology
Giuliano Freddi
Giuliano Freddi Stazione Sperimentale per la Seta

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