What is Bioreactor? What are the advantages of Stirred tank Bioreactor over Shake flask? Show diagrammatically a simple Stirred tank Bioreactor?
The bioreactors are the devices in the form of the vessel which contains various organisms or chemical substances that undergo the chemical processes and result in the formation of the biologically active substances. They consist of large vessels where the raw materials using microbial, plant, animal, or human cells are converted biologically into specific proteins. The advantages of Bioreactor over shake flask are: a) To produce the optimum growth of the desired product, it provides the optimal conditions e.g., temp, pH, etc. b) For testing the sample, a small volume of cultures can be withdrawn periodically from the bioreactor. c) It has an agitation system, temp control system, from control system & pH control system.
