(i) Bioreactors are large vessels in which raw materials are biologically converted into specific products by microbes, plant and animal cells or human cells. The bioreactors work by providing optimal conditions to process the culture as well as the production of desired product by maintaining optimum pH, temperature, oxygen and other growth conditions required. (ii) The two commonly used bioreactors are: (a) Simple stirred-tank bioreactors (b) Sparged stirred-tank bioreactors.
(i) What is a bioreactor? How does it work? (ii) Name two commonly used bioreactors.
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(i) Bioreactors are large vessels in which raw materials are biologically converted into specific products by microbes, plant and animal cells or human cells. The bioreactors work by providing optimal conditions to process the culture as well as the production of desired product by maintaining optimum pH, temperature, oxygen and other growth conditions required.
(ii) The two commonly used bioreactors are:
(a) Simple stirred-tank bioreactors
(b) Sparged stirred-tank bioreactors.