Aeration, Mixing and Hydrodynamics in Bioreactors

Cell Culture Technology for Pharmaceutical and Cell-Based Therapies

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 225-248

  Ma, Ningning ^a   Mollet, Mike ^a   Chalmers, Jeffrey J ^a  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1201/9780849351068-10     Document Type: Chapter

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