Beyond de-foaming: the effects of antifoams on bioprocess productivity

Antifoams are often added to bioprocesses with little knowledge of their impact on the cells or product. However, it is known that certain antifoams can affect the growth rates of both prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms in addition to changing surface properties such as lipid content, resulting in...

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Main Author: Sarah Jayne Routledge
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2012-10-01
Series:Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal
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Online Access:http://journals.sfu.ca/rncsb/index.php/csbj/article/view/csbj.201210014

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