Bioprocess Engineering: Basic Concepts
by Michael L. Shuler, Fikret Kargi, Matthew DeLisa · Michael L. Shuler, Fikret Kargi, Matthew DeLisa
Undergraduate textbook on bioprocess design, moving from enzyme and cell kinetics through bioreactor operation, scale-up, sterilization, and downstream recovery, with chapters on recombinant products and metabolic engineering. Worked problems make it usable for a first bioreactor design course.
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