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Name two commonly used bioreactors. State the importance of using a bioreactor.

• commonly used bioreactor as follows:


1. Simple stirred-tank bioreactor


2. Sparged stirred-tank bioreactor


The importance of using bioreactors:


1. It provides processing of large volumes of culture which gives higher yields of the desired protein.


2. It provides the optimal conditions for achieving the desired product by providing optimum growth conditions (temperature, pH, substrate, salts, vitamins, oxygen).


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