This is immobilized state and cultures do not expose to nutrient added. This condition makes difficult a proper regulation of inflow and outflow for the fermentation. It is also observed that conditions for the microbial growth and product formation differ. Hence, the optimum conditions for microbial growth do not align with the optimum conditions required for product formation.
In a single stage fermentation, a compromise must be laid in the nutrient and physical conditions during the fermentation, growth in the first stage and product formation in the second or succeeding stages are required. The multistage chemostat is useful in the utilization of multiple C source in the production of secondary metabolites.
This system is complex hence in industries limited applications are those as in continuous brewing. This process allows to carry out laboratory procedure at industrial scale. It is the best way to obtain fermentation information for production tanks directly in large tanks. Aside from these considerations, costs, media also affect the scale-up.
The conventional methods provide a poor production because of the poor aeration characteristics associated with this vessel. In this, flask with glass baffles projecting into the medium from bottoms or sides provide better aeration than Erlenmeyer flask.
One to ten to twelve litre size fermenters are most ideal for this type of studies, since their aeration and agitation conditions can be varied and the overall fermentation conditions of these tanks more closely resemble with those of the larger production tanks.
These tanks allow fermentation studies on a scale that has meaning in relation to production tank but without too great an expense for media, labour, power input, etc. Experience with particular fermentation equipment and previous fermentations are the only real guide in translating scale up. In virtually all fermentation processes, it is mandatory for a cost effective operation to have contamination free seed culture at all stages from the preliminary culture to the production fermenter.
A fermenter or bioreactor can be sterilized by destroying the organism with some lethal agents or by removing the viable organisms by a physical process such as filtration. Nutrient media as initially prepared contain a variety of different cells and spares derived from the constituents of the culture medium, the water and the vessel.
These must be eliminated by a suitable means before inoculation. A number of means are recommended but in practice for large scale sterilisation, heat is the main mechanism used. It is extremely important to maintain microorganisms for extended periods in viable conditions, and in situation which did not alter their desired product formation capacity.
This condition is also true for strains used in biological assays. Thus, microbial species procured from various culture collection centres are maintained in viable conditions and known as stock-culture collection. The stock culture generally retains all the characteristics initially described. Stock culture collection centres have been established throughout the world to help microbiologists in obtaining cultures for various studies. These centres also help in classifying a newly isolated organism.
These stocks are used frequently and they must be maintained in vigorous and uncontaminated conditions on agar slants, agar stabs, spore preparations, or broth culture, and one held under refrigeration.
They must be checked constantly for possible changes in growth characteristics, nutrition, productive capacity and contamination. The cultures that are held in reserve for presently practical or new fermentation for comparative purposes, for biological assays, or for possible later screening programmes. These are not maintained in a state of physiological activity. Transfers from these cultures are made only when a new working stock culture is required, or when the primary stock culture is sub-cultured to avoid death of the cells.
Thus, primary stock cultures are stored in such a manner as to require the least possible numbers of transfers over a period of time. Further, these are stored at room temperature, are maintained in sterile soil, or in agar or broth over-layed with sterile mineral oil. Agar and broth culture without mineral oil also are refrigerated. The culture in milk of agar are maintained frozen at low temperature.
Finally, primary stock cultures are lyophilized or frozen-dried, and stored at low temperature. However, at room temperature transfers are being made to fresh medium when the cultures become nearly dried out. Industrial Microbiology , Fermenters , History of Fermenters. Top Menu BiologyDiscussion. Production of Various Vitamins Microbiology. Environmental Monitoring of Pharmaceutical Products Microbiology. This is a question and answer forum for students, teachers and general visitors for exchanging articles, answers and notes.
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Diagram of a fermenter Fermenters are usually made from a metal that will not corrode, such as stainless steel. Steam inlet. Hot steam sterilises the inside of the fermenter. An aseptic precaution to prevent contamination by unwanted micro-organisms. Nutrient inlet. Allows sterile nutrients to enter the fermenter. Penicillium need nutrients so that they can grow and reproduce.
Water jacket with cooling water. Microorganisms need nutrients so that they can grow and reproduce. Water jacket with cooling water. Keeps the temperature inside constant. Microorganisms grow best at an optimum temperature. Air inlet. Provides a source of oxygen. Microorganisms need oxygen for aerobic respiration.
Filter on air inlet. Stops microorganisms getting inside the fermenter.
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