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Besides better aeration and mixing properties, what other advantage do stirred tank bioreactors have over shake asks?

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Shake asks are used for growing microbes and mixing the desired materials on a small scale in the lab. But the large scale production of desired bio technological product requires large stirred tank bioreactors.

Besides better aeration and mixing properties, the bioreactors have following advantages –

1. It has oxygen delivery system. 

2. It has foam control, temperature and  P control system.

3. Small volumes of culture can be with drawn periodically.

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