Oxygen transfer phenomena in 48-well microtiter plates: Determination by optical monitoring of sulfite oxidation and verification by real-time measurement during microbial growth

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 698-708

  Kensy, Frank ^a   Zimmermann, Hartmut F ^b   Knabben, Ingo ^c   Anderlei, Tibor ^c   Trauthwein, Harald ^b   Dingerdissen, Uwe ^b   Büchs, Jochen ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b EVONIK INDUSTRIES AG   (Germany)

^c AC Biotec GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Microtiter plates; Oxygen transfer rate; Specific mass transfer area; Sulfite oxidation; Surface aerated bioreactors; Volumetric mass transfer coefficient

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; DATA ACQUISITION; MASS TRANSFER; OXYGEN SUPPLY; YEAST;

48-WELL MICROTITER PLATES (MTP); OXYGEN TRANSFER PHENOMENA; RESPIRATION ACTIVITY MONITORING SYSTEM (RAMOS); SHAKING FREQUENCIES;

OXYGEN;

OXYGEN; SULFITE;

AEROBIC REACTOR; ARTICLE; FERMENTATION TECHNIQUE; FILM; FUNGUS GROWTH; HANSENULA POLYMORPHA; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; NONHUMAN; ONLINE ANALYSIS; OXIDATION; OXYGEN TRANSPORT;

BIOREACTORS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PICHIA; SULFITES; TIME;

PICHIA;

EID: 16344367449     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.20373     Document Type: Article

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