Saccharomyces cerevisiae fermentations in a pilot scale airlift bioreactor: Comparison of air sparger configurations

Bioprocess Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 279-288

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

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

BIOREACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG FORMULATION; ENGINEERING; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 85047680095     PISSN: 0178515X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02391590     Document Type: Review

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