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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Elsevier
2012-10-01
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| Series: | Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.sfu.ca/rncsb/index.php/csbj/article/view/csbj.201210014 |