Microfluidic tools toward industrial biotechnology

Biotechnology Progress

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1372-1389

  Oliveira, Aline F ^a   Pessoa, Amanda C S N ^a   Bastos, Reinaldo G ^b   de la Torre, Lucimara G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

concentration gradient generator; droplet based; industrial biotechnology; microbioreactor; microfluidics

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DROPS; ENZYMES;

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS; BIOPROCESSES; CONCENTRATION GRADIENT GENERATORS; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; DROPLET-BASED MICROFLUIDICS; INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY; MICRO-BIOREACTOR;

MICROFLUIDICS;

ANIMAL; BIOTECHNOLOGY; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; MICROFLUIDICS;

ANIMALS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 84988602691     PISSN: 87567938     EISSN: 15206033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/btpr.2350     Document Type: Review

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