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Liquid Culture Systems for in vitro Plant Propagation

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Application of Bioreactor Design Pr<strong>in</strong>ciples 39<br />

Greek symbols<br />

� = Bunsen coefficient, volume of oxygen dissolved per volume<br />

of media @ 0 o C and 1 atm, dimensionless<br />

���� � �� Bunsen coefficient of pure water, volume of oxygen dissolved<br />

per volume of media @ 0 o C and 1 atm, dimensionless�<br />

�k = Kalmogorov length scale, cm�<br />

�media = Viscosity of media, dyne • sec • cm -2 = g • cm -1 • s -1<br />

= Density of water, g • cm -3<br />

�H 2 O<br />

�media = Media density, g • cm -3<br />

�t, �tissue= Tissue density, g • cm -3<br />

Acknowledgements<br />

I thank Undergraduate Researchers Olatilewa O. Awe and Adam J.<br />

P<strong>in</strong>gel <strong>for</strong> implement<strong>in</strong>g the polystyrene bead suspension studies <strong>in</strong> the airlift<br />

and stirred tank bioreactors, respectively. We would like to acknowledge<br />

grant support from the National Science Foundation Grants No. BES-<br />

0003926, BES-9522033 <strong>for</strong> support of our research <strong>in</strong> bioreactor design.<br />

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