Large-scale fermentation bioreactor design

Stirred-tank bioreactors are widely used in the modern biotechnological industry. Most products produced from animal cells on a large scale worldwide are manufactured in this type of bioreactor. In general, these reactors are very similar to fermenters used in industrial submerged culture of microorganisms, and are simple to design, having the shape of a tank and impellers to promote mixture of the contents. 

First, the advances in molecular biology will enable a much broader range of bioproducts, produced via fermentation by computer-designed cells and microorganisms, perfectly tuned to the continuously changing environment in large-scale bioreactors, with maximum carbon and energy conversion efficiencies. 

---