bioreactor

/bahy-oh-ree-ak-ter/US // ˌbaɪ oʊ riˈæk tər //

生物反应器,生物反应堆,实验生物反应器

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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- : Biotechnology. a fermentation vat for the production of living organisms, as bacteria or yeast, used in industrial processes such as waste recycling or in the manufacture of drugs or other products.

Using genetic engineering and synthetic biology, scientists can introduce brand new biochemical pathways into plant cells—or even whole plants—essentially turning them into single-use bioreactors.
Greenhouses, if needed, are still far more economical than stainless steel bioreactors.
Already, a scarcity of bioreactor bags for fermenting vaccine and specialized lipids needed for mRNA vaccines have been cited as bottlenecks.
Facilities for doing this at scale have to be very, very clean so no other microorganisms can infect the bioreactors.
In fact, you can make about 1 million doses in a bioreactor the size of a Coke bottle.