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What is a disadvantage of forced aeration in fixed bed bioreactors?
Water evaporation and substrate drying
Why are column reactors considered the most studied in the laboratory scale?
Minimization of temperature gradients
How is temperature control achieved in column reactors?
By placing the reactor in a bath or using tactical terms columns jacketed with circulating coolant
What advantage do column reactors have over tray reactors in terms of bacterial contamination?
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What is a challenge associated with the progress of fermentation in column reactors?
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Which type of bioreactor is primarily used for the production of biomass such as cells, shoots, or roots?
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What type of bioreactor has been modified with a variety of impeller designs distinct from blade turbines for agitation?
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Which type of bioreactor is used for the biotransformation of exogenously added metabolites?
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What type of bioreactor is fundamentally classified by agitation methods and vessel construction into mechanically agitated, rotating drum, and spin filter bioreactors?
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Which type of bioreactor is specifically designed to allow better conditions for plant cell cultures, including a variety of impeller designs distinct from blade turbines for agitation?
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What is the main focus of the study carried out by Prakash and Srivastava in the stirred tank bioreactor?
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What is the significant advantage of bubble columns for plant cell cultures, as mentioned in the text?
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In which type of bioreactor was the effect of elicitation with fatty acids investigated by Wu et al (2009)?
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What material is used to make the Bioreactor of Immersion by Bubbles developed by Soccol et al (2008)?
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What kind of impeller was used in the stirred tank bioreactor compared with the centrifugal impeller bioreactor in the study by Prakash and Srivastava?
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