bioreactor

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Etymology

From bio- +‎ reactor.

Noun

bioreactor (plural bioreactors)

2. (biochemistry) A vat or pressure vessel, containing microorganisms or biochemically active substances, used for biotechnological processes such as fermentation, waste recycling, or making drugs.

   Hypernyms: chemical reactor (sometimes construed as coordinate), reaction vessel < reactor

   Hyponyms: biodigester, biogester, chemostat, microbioreactor, minibioreactor, nanobioreactor, photobioreactor, sonobioreactor

   • 2011, C. P. Leslie Grady, Jr.; Glen T. Daigger; Nancy G. Love, Biological Wastewater Treatment, Third Edition, page 189:

     First, there will be little reaction in the settler so that the concentrations of soluble constituents in the recycle stream are the same as those in the bioreactor.

Derived terms

• microbioreactor
• minibioreactor
• nanobioreactor
• photobioreactor
• sonobioreactor

Translations

A fermentation vat containing microorganisms

Finnish: bioreaktori Irish: bith-imoibreoir m Italian: bioreattore (it) m Polish: bioreaktor m