Cultivation of Bacillus thuringiensis in an airlift reactor with wire mesh draft tubes

An aeration strategy was proposed for foam control in an airlift reactor with double wire mesh draft tubes. The airlift reactor was employed in the cultivation of Bacillus thuringiensis for thuringiensin production. The aeration strategy involved two situations. If the foam rose and touched the foam...

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Veröffentlicht in:Biochemical engineering journal. - 1998. - 7(2001), 1 vom: 01. Jan., Seite 35-39
1. Verfasser: Huang (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Wang, Wu
Format: Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2001
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Biochemical engineering journal
Schlagworte:Journal Article
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Zusammenfassung:An aeration strategy was proposed for foam control in an airlift reactor with double wire mesh draft tubes. The airlift reactor was employed in the cultivation of Bacillus thuringiensis for thuringiensin production. The aeration strategy involved two situations. If the foam rose and touched the foam probe, the air flow rate was dropped to a low value for a certain period. However, if the DO value was already below 10% of the saturation when the air flow rate was dropped, the conventional foam control was employed. The production of thuringiensin based on the proposed strategy was up to 70% higher than that of using the conventional cultivation method with addition of antifoam agents for foam control
Beschreibung:Date Revised 30.09.2020
published: Print
Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE
ISSN:1369-703X