A novel reactor design, coined a high density bioreactor (HDBR), is presented for the cultivation and study of high density microbial communities. Here, the HDBR is successfully applied in a photobioreactor (PBR) configuration for the study of nitrogen metabolism by a mixed high density algal community.
Price, J. R., Shieh, W. K., Sales, C. M. A Novel Bioreactor for High Density Cultivation of Diverse Microbial Communities. J. Vis. Exp. (106), e53443, doi:10.3791/53443 (2015).