bioreactor

English

Etymology

bio- +‎ reactor

Noun

bioreactor (plural bioreactors)

1. (biochemistry) A vat or pressure vessel, containing microorganisms or biochemically active substances, used for biotechnological processes such as fermentation, waste recycling, or making drugs.

   Hyponyms: biodigester, biogester, chemostat, photobioreactor

   • 2011, C. P. Leslie Grady, Jr., Glen T. Daigger, Nancy G. Love, Biological Wastewater Treatment, Third Edition, page 189:

     First, there will be little reaction in the settler so that the concentrations of soluble constituents in the recycle stream are the same as those in the bioreactor.

Derived terms

• photobioreactor

Translations

A fermentation vat containing microorganisms

• Finnish: bioreaktori
• Irish: bith-imoibreoir m
• Italian: bioreattore (it) m
• Polish: bioreaktor m