Question

Name two commonly used bioreactors. State the importance of using a bioreactor.

Answer 1

The two commonly used bio-reactors are:

Simple stirred tank bioreactor

Sparged stirred - tank bioreactor

Importance of Bioreactors:

Very large volumes of cultures (100 - 1000 litres) can be processed.

The bioreactors provide optimal conditions for getting the desired product by providing optimum growth conditions like temperature, pH, substrate, salts, vitamins and oxygen.