Abstract
The bioreactor is the centerpiece of the upstream processing in any biotechnological production process. Its design, the cultivation parameters, the production cell line, and the culture medium all have a major influence on the efficiency of the process and the result of the cultivation. Disposable bioreactors have been used for the past 20 years, playing a major role in process development and commercial production of high-value substances at medium scales.
Our review deals with scalable, disposable bioreactors that have proven to be useful for the cultivation of plant cell and tissue cultures. Based on the definitions of terms and a categorization approach, the most commonly used, commercially available, disposable bioreactor types are presented below. The focus is on wave-mixed, stirred, and orbitally shaken bioreactors. In addition to their instrumentation and bioengineering characteristics, cultivation results are discussed, and emerging trends for the development of disposable bioreactors for plant cell and tissue cultures are also addressed.
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Maschke, R.W., Seidel, S., Rossi, L., Eibl, D., Eibl, R. (2024). Disposable Bioreactors Used in Process Development and Production Processes with Plant Cell and Tissue Cultures. In: Steingroewer, J. (eds) Plants as Factories for Bioproduction. Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology, vol 188. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/10_2024_249
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