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Parallel use of shake flask and microtiter plate online measuring devices (RAMOS and BioLector) reduces the number of experiments in laboratory-scale stirred tank bioreactors

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Title
Parallel use of shake flask and microtiter plate online measuring devices (RAMOS and BioLector) reduces the number of experiments in laboratory-scale stirred tank bioreactors
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Journal of Biological Engineering, May 2015
DOI 10.1186/s13036-015-0005-0
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S. J. Wewetzer, M. Kunze, T. Ladner, B. Luchterhand, S. Roth, N. Rahmen, R. Kloß, A. Costa e Silva, L. Regestein, J. Büchs

Abstract

Conventional experiments in small scale are often performed in a 'Black Box' fashion, analyzing only the product concentration in the final sample. Online monitoring of relevant process characteristics and parameters such as substrate limitation, product inhibition and oxygen supply is lacking. Therefore, fully equipped laboratory-scale stirred tank bioreactors are hitherto required for detailed studies of new microbial systems. However, they are too spacious, laborious and expensive to be operated in larger number in parallel. Thus, the aim of this study is to present a new experimental approach to obtain dense quantitative process information by parallel use of two small-scale culture systems with online monitoring capabilities: Respiration Activity MOnitoring System (RAMOS) and the BioLector device. The same 'mastermix' (medium plus microorganisms) was distributed to the different small-scale culture systems: 1) RAMOS device; 2) 48-well microtiter plate for BioLector device; and 3) separate shake flasks or microtiter plates for offline sampling. By adjusting the same maximum oxygen transfer capacity (OTRmax), the results from the RAMOS and BioLector online monitoring systems supplemented each other very well for all studied microbial systems (E. coli, G. oxydans, K. lactis) and culture conditions (oxygen limitation, diauxic growth, auto-induction, buffer effects). The parallel use of RAMOS and BioLector devices is a suitable and fast approach to gain comprehensive quantitative data about growth and production behavior of the evaluated microorganisms. These acquired data largely reduce the necessary number of experiments in laboratory-scale stirred tank bioreactors for basic process development. Thus, much more quantitative information is obtained in parallel in shorter time.

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United Kingdom 1 <1%
China 1 <1%
Germany 1 <1%
Unknown 137 98%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 36 26%
Researcher 22 16%
Student > Master 22 16%
Student > Bachelor 12 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 9 6%
Other 18 13%
Unknown 21 15%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 45 32%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 29 21%
Engineering 20 14%
Chemical Engineering 7 5%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 2 1%
Other 7 5%
Unknown 30 21%
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