Effect of aeration on large-scale cultures of plant cells

SummaryThe large scale culture of plant cells in bioreactors presents problems of a different nature to those seen with micro-organisms. One particular problem is concerned with the mode of culture aeration and the effects of aeration on cell growth. Data is presented which illustrates this problem through the effects of varying rates of aeration on both the initial growth rate and maximum growth rate of cells of Catharanthus roseus.