This is part of the intermediate pilot scale fermentation lab at the National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center at SIUE. These 1,500-liter fermenters are pharmaceutical grade. This is the control room ...

So, you have a great idea for a new fermentation-based product or ingredient, and a successful process in the lab. All that remains is to scale up to mass production. That’s just a matter of running ...

For the first time, large amounts of melatonin are being made by bacteria. In industrial sized fermentation vats, harmless strains of engineered E. coli bacteria are feeding on glucose and churning ...

Global fermentation capacity no longer fits manufacturers’ needs. Less than 20% of facilities have bioreactors larger than 20,000 L but, as companies move to demo-scale and commercial-scale batch ...