Sustainable reduction of bioreactor contamination in an industrial fermentation pilot plant

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 251-268

  Junker, Beth ^a   Lester, Michael ^a   Leporati, James ^a   Schmitt, John ^a   Kovatch, Michael ^a   Borysewicz, Stan ^a   Maciejak, Waldemar ^a   Seeley, Anna ^a   Hesse, Michelle ^a   Connors, Neal ^a   Brix, Thomas ^a   Creveling, Eric ^a   Salmon, Peter ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

culture purity; fermentor; sterility

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; FERMENTATION; METABOLITES; PILOT PLANTS; PROTEINS;

CULTURE PURITY; FERMENTORS; STERILITY; VERIFICATION TESTING;

BIOREACTORS;

INDUSTRIAL ENZYME; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOCLAVE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BIOREACTOR; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CLEANING; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; FED BATCH FERMENTATION; FERMENTATION MODEL; FERMENTATION MONITORING; HOSPITAL SERVICE; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MICROBIAL PEST CONTROL; MONITORING; POLLUTION MONITORING; REACTOR MONITORING; REDUCTION KINETICS; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TANK; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BIOREACTORS; DECONTAMINATION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FERMENTATION; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; MAINTENANCE; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 33751227505     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1263/jbb.102.251     Document Type: Article

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