Magnetic stirrers for biotechnology
BIOTECHNOLOGY
The human and animal healthcare sector increasingly calls for biotechnology to discover, test and produce new forms of treatment, as well as to diagnose and understand the causes of diseases. Research in the complex field of how the body functions and the design of medicines able to act on any disruption are therefore important.
Distinguishing between the genetic and environment influence in the etiology and epidemiology of diseases also comes within this research. Fermentation is a process that enables the bacteria used for the production of vaccines to be developed.
Together with MARLLIN®, major multi-disciplinary firms are creating a favourable culture environment for the production and reproduction of bacteria. A stirrer is placed on each vessel and enables these organisms to develop.
The type of agitation and mixing principle differs according to the type of fermentation - bacterial or cell culture. For bacteriological fermentation, MARLLIN® develops large hydraulic dynamics equipment, the purpose of which is to oxygenate bacteria. As far as cell fermentation is concerned, slow agitation respects the cells generally being reproduced on micro-carriers.
