Influence of a propeller on Saccharomyces cerevisiae fermentations in a pilot scale airlift bioreactor

Bioprocess Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 273-281

  Pollard, D J ^a,b   Ison, A P ^a   Ayazi Shamlou, P ^a   Lilly, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; BIOREACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERMENTATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 85047676568     PISSN: 0178515X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00008945     Document Type: Article

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