Bioreactor
AssigneeBayer Technology Services GmbH
InventorsMarc Jenne, Björn Frahm, Joerg Kauling, Helmut Brod
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Abstract
The invention relates to a bioreactor, to the use of the bioreactor for culturing microorganisms or cell cultures, and also to a method for culturing microorganisms or cell cultures.
Claims12
Bioreactor constructed as an air-lift bioreactor, having a ratio H/D of height H of the bioreactor to a diameter D of the bioreactor of less than 6.
Method for culturing microorganisms or animal or plant or human cells, comprising culturing said microorganisms or animal or plant or human cells in a bioreactor having a ratio H/D of height H to diameter D less than 6, and a loop flow (circulation flow) between an inner guide tube and a region between an outer wall of the guide tube and an inner wall of the bioreactor generated by means of a gas-introduction unit.
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