A Fully Automated Robotic System for High Throughput Fermentation

JALA - Journal of the Association for Laboratory Automation

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 134-137

  Zimmermann, Hartmut F ^a   Rieth, Jochen ^a  

^a Degussa ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

bioprocess design; micro scale fermentation; microbial growth; NADPH fluorescence; process development

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL LABORATORIES; FERMENTATION; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; ROBOT APPLICATIONS; ROBOTICS;

BIOPROCESS DESIGN; MICRO-SCALE FERMENTATION; MICROBIAL GROWTH;

AUTOMATION;

ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EVAPORATION; FERMENTATION TECHNIQUE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN SUPPLY; RELIABILITY; ROBOTICS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745033750     PISSN: 15355535     EISSN: 15402452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jala.2006.03.003     Document Type: Article

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