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| rdf:type | |
| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
2
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1991-7-22
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| pubmed:abstractText |
A 225 dm3 pilot-plant bioreactor system has been designed and constructed that is suitable for biohazardous fermentations. The design enables operation at containment levels above the requirements of good industrial large-scale practice (GILSP) without secondary containment of the whole plant. The main biosafety features of the systems include the use of steam barriers on O-ring seals, supply lines and stirrer seals, multiple O-ring seals, piping of condensate lines and pressure relief systems to a 'kill tank', double filtration of inlet and off gases and a mobile isolation unit that allows localised containment of sample valve and probe entry ports. The fermenter can, with minor modifications, be operated as a bottom-or top-stirred reactor for the culture of microbial or animal cells, or as an airlift reactor. The design offers considerable flexibility that could prove cost-effective for process development and production. The relevance of the various design features to enable bioreactor operations at pilot-plant scale to be carried out in compliance with current guidelines for large-scale culture of recombinant microorganisms and microbial pathogens is discussed.
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
B
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:issn |
0268-2575
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
50
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
167-80
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2003-11-14
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| pubmed:meshHeading | |
| pubmed:year |
1991
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
A high containment polymodal pilot-plant fermenter--design concepts.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
Division of Biologics, Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research (CAMR), Porton Down, Salisbury, UK.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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