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ArticleJournal of biological engineering2016

Respiration activity monitoring system for any individual well of a 48-well microtiter plate.

David Flitsch, Sebastian Krabbe, Tobias Ladner, Mario Beckers, Jana Schilling, Stefan Mahr, Uwe Conrath, Werner K Schomburg, Jochen Büchs

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Article in Journal of biological engineering, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

David FlitschAVT - Aachener Verfahrenstechnik, Biochemical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Worringer Weg 1, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
Sebastian KrabbeKEμ, Konstruktion und Entwicklung von Mikrosystemen, RWTH Aachen University, Steinbachstraße 53b, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
Tobias LadnerAVT - Aachener Verfahrenstechnik, Biochemical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Worringer Weg 1, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
Mario BeckersAVT - Aachener Verfahrenstechnik, Biochemical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Worringer Weg 1, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
Jana SchillingAVT - Aachener Verfahrenstechnik, Biochemical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Worringer Weg 1, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
Stefan MahrAVT - Aachener Verfahrenstechnik, Biochemical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Worringer Weg 1, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
Uwe ConrathInstitute of Plant Physiology, Aachen Biology and Biotechnology, RWTH Aachen University, 1 Worringer Weg, Aachen, 52074 Germany.
Werner K SchomburgKEμ, Konstruktion und Entwicklung von Mikrosystemen, RWTH Aachen University, Steinbachstraße 53b, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
Jochen BüchsAVT - Aachener Verfahrenstechnik, Biochemical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Worringer Weg 1, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
RWTH Aachen University · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSmall-scale micro-bioreactors have become the cultivation vessel of choice during the first steps of bioprocess development. They combine high cultivation throughput with enhanced cost efficiency per cultivation. To gain the most possible information in the early phases of process development, online monitoring of important process parameters is highly advantageous. One of these important process parameters is the oxygen transfer rate (OTR). Measurement of the OTR, however, is only available for small-scale fermentations in shake flasks via the established RAMOS technology until now. A microtiter plate-based (MTP) μRAMOS device would enable significantly increased cultivation throughput and reduced resource consumption. Still, the requirements of miniaturization for valve and sensor solutions have prevented this transfer so far. This study reports the successful transfer of the established RAMOS technology from shake flasks to 48-well microtiter plates. The introduced μRAMOS device was validated by means of one bacterial, one plant cell suspension culture and two yeast cultures.

resultsA technical solution for the required miniaturized valve and sensor implementation for an MTP-based μRAMOS device is presented. A microfluidic cover contains in total 96 pneumatic valves and 48 optical fibers, providing two valves and one optical fiber for each well. To reduce costs, an optical multiplexer for eight oxygen measuring instruments and 48 optical fibers is introduced. This configuration still provides a reasonable number of measurements per time and well. The well-to-well deviation is investigated by 48 identical

conclusionsThe introduced MTP-based μRAMOS device enables a sound and well resolved OTR monitoring for fast- and slow-growing organisms. It offers a quality similar to standard RAMOS in OTR determination combined with an easier handling. The experimental throughput is increased 6-fold and the media consumption per cultivation is decreased roughly 12.5-fold compared to the established eight shake flask RAMOS device.

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High throughputMicrotiter plate (MTP)Oxygen transfer rate (OTR)RAMOSμRAMOS

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PMID27795735
PMCPMC5081973
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