MELISSA: A loop of interconnected bioreactors to develop life support in Space

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 319-330

  Godia F ^a   Albiol, J ^a   Montesinos, J L ^a   Perez J ^a   Creus, N ^a   Cabello, F ^a   Mengual, X ^a   Montras, A ^a   Lasseur, Ch ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Advanced life support; Closed ecological systems; Continuous operation; Gas lift bioreactors; Packed bed bioreactors

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; CELLS; ECOLOGY;

PLANT COMPARTMENT;

LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS (SPACECRAFT);

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ILLUMINATION; IMMOBILIZATION; LIGHT INTENSITY; MEASUREMENT; NITROBACTER; NITROSOMONAS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOBIOREACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPACE; SPIRULINA PLATENSIS; COCULTURE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; PILOT STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPACE FLIGHT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CYANOBACTERIA; EMBRYOPHYTA; MELISSA; NITROBACTER; NITROSOMONAS; SPIRULINA; SPIRULINA PLATENSIS;

BIOREACTORS; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS, CLOSED; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACE SIMULATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0037073223     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1656(02)00222-5     Document Type: Article

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