A plant cell bioreactor with medium-perfusion for control of somatic embryogenesis in liquid cell suspensions |
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Authors: | Simon D. Moorhouse Graham Wilson Michael J. Hennerty Christopher Selby Seán Mac An tSaoir |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Applied Plant Science, The Queen's University of Belfast, Northern Ireland Horticulture and Plant Breeding Station (NIHPBS), Loughgall, N. Ireland;(2) Department of Botany, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland;(3) Department of Crop Science, Forestry and Horticulture, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland;(4) Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland, NIHPBS, Loughgall, N. Ireland |
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Abstract: | The Braun Biostat BF2 bioreactor system employs a novel aeration and agitation system, designed to enhance gaseous exchange and reduce shear stresses on submerged cell suspension cultures. The Biostat BF2 bioreactor employs a central pivoting spindle, around which the aeration tubing is wound forming a large paddle-type structure suspended from the top-plate and swung in a circle by a solid-state magnetic stirrer.The aeration tubing is a polypropylene capillary membrane, which has a unique microporous structure and is ideal for aeration, permitting two-way, bubble-free, gaseous exchange of the medium. This tubing can be rendered porous and can be used in the perfusion of aqueous solutions, enabling cell-free media exchange to be conducted. Thin-walled silicone rubber tubing, although gas permeable to a degree, cannot be made porous to aqueous solutions.The bioreactor was inoculated with a suspension culture of Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis [Bong.] Carr.) known to be embryogenic and capable of maturing to plantlets on solidified medium. The perfusion capability of the bioreactor was employed to replace the inital proliferation medium with maturation medium in order to induce the development of the somatic embryos in submerged cell culture. The size ratio of the somatic embryo heads was monitored over 7 weeks. This cell line was found to mirror just the initial elongation, previously observed in shake-flask culture.Abbreviations BAP 6-benzylaminopurine - 2,4-D 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid - SSPM Selby Sitka proliferation medium - SSMM Selby Sitka maturation mediumThe following was presented at the NERC TBLG '95 Meeting as the Bioreactor Workshop |
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Keywords: | medium exchange plant cell suspension culture bioreactor somatic embryogenesis Picea sitchensis |
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