Definition of bioreactor
: a device or apparatus in which living organisms and especially bacteria synthesize useful substances (such as interferon) or break down harmful ones (as in sewage)
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In a mini-bioreactor that simulates C. diff infection in the bowels, the RT078 elbowed out the mutant when trehalose was present at low doses.
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But the Raccoon River is imperiled, and a bioreactor here and a wetland there is just a drop in the bucket.
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All of a sudden bioreactors and other equipment have become available for cheap.
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Miller Creek watershed supporters hope to raise $100,000 in the months ahead to help farmers plant cover crops, build bioreactors and tackle other conservation practices that will reduce runoff, reported the Des Moines Register .
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The scientists put the bacteria in a coffee-cup-sized bioreactor along with water and an electric water splitter.
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The scientists put the bacteria in a coffee-cup-sized bioreactor along with water and an electric water splitter.
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Cardiologist and CEO Uma Valeti says the poultry was developed in a stainless-steel bioreactor using cells taken from animals.
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To Strous, a critical arrow in the quiver of modern microbiologists is the chemostat, a continually flushing bioreactor that maintains stable chemical conditions.
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First Known Use of bioreactor
1974
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medical Definition of bioreactor
: a device or apparatus in which living organisms and especially bacteria synthesize useful substances (as interferon) or break down harmful ones (as in sewage)
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