Validation study of 24 deepwell microtiterplates to screen libraries of strains in metabolic engineering

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 646-652

  Waegeman, Hendrik ^a   Beauprez, Joeri ^a   Maertens, Jo ^a   De Mey, Marjan ^a   Demolder, Lieven ^a   Foulquié Moreno, Maria R ^b   Boon, Nico ^a   Charlier, Daniel ^b   Soetaert, Wim ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

High throughput; Microtiterplates; Minibioreactors; Screening; Succinate production

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE VALUES; BY-PRODUCT FORMATION; CLUSTER BASED APPROACH; DEAD CELLS; E. COLI; GROWTH PARAMETERS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MICROTITERPLATES; MINIBIOREACTORS; PRODUCT YIELDS; STANDARD DEVIATION; SUCCINATE PRODUCTION; VALIDATION STUDY; WILD TYPES;

BIOCONVERSION; BIOREACTORS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIBRARIES;

THROUGHPUT;

ACETIC ACID; SUCCINIC ACID;

24 DEEPWELL MICROTITERPLATE; 2L BENCHTOP BIOREACTOR; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOREACTOR; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH RATE; LABORATORY APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACETATES; BIOREACTORS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MINIATURIZATION; SUCCINIC ACID;

EID: 78449255021     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2010.07.008     Document Type: Article

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