Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology – Apparatus – Bioreactor
Patent
1990-02-09
1990-10-23
Kamen, Noah P.
Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology
Apparatus
Bioreactor
435 3, 435 39, 435289, 324663, C12M 134
Patent
active
049652060
ABSTRACT:
Method and apparatus for the determination of biomass in a suspension, such as a culture, in `real` time and a fermentation process using the method. In the method the electrical capacitance of the suspension is measured and from the measurement the volume fraction of the suspension enclosed by the cytoplasmic membranes of the cells (biovolume) is determined.
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