A novel device for the assessment of shear effects on suspended microbial cultures |
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Authors: | N Edwards S Beeton A T Bull J C Merchuk |
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Institution: | (1) Biological Laboratory, University of Kent, CT2 7NJ Canterbury, Kent, U.K.;(2) Department of Chemical Engineering, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, 84105 Beer-Sheva, Israel |
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Abstract: | Summary A novel device has been designed for the evaluation of the effects of shear on microorganisms. The device consists of a combination of a coaxial cylinder plus cone and plate viscometers and enables cultures of both eukaryotic and prokaryotic microorganisms to be grown under fully defined and controlled fluid dynamic characteristics for serveral generations. In the preliminary tests performed a change in cell length was observed in Escherichia coli, and with Penicillium chrysogenum the septal length, hyphal diameter, and branching frequency all changes as shear was increased.Symbols
L
Height of liquid (m)
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r
Radius of cone/bob (m)
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r
m
Arithmetic mean of R and r (m)
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R
Radius of cup (m)
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T
Torque (Nm)
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Shear rate (s-1)
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Angle of cone (rad)
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Shear stress (Nm-2)
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Annular velocity (rad s-1) |
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