"Scott Coutts" <scott.coutts at med.monash.edu.au> wrote in message
news:V4Mxe.12898$oJ.2999 at news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>> Hi Larry,
>> Are they the flasks with the sealed tube projecting from the neck? If so,
> yeah, I'd considered them, but it would be more convenient to have one
> that allows us to automate the procedure. Since we're buying new specs
> anyway, I thought it would be best to see if we can get a model that will
> do the widest range of things we need (: The thing is, I'm pretty sure
> they exist, I'm just not sure who makes them.
>There's a few things it would be useful to know - expected volumes, for a
start. How critical will dissolved oxygen be? Most of the automative reading
apparatus we had in the past could only manage a very sedate shaking rate,
which meant that oxygen was frequently limiting as the cultures matured...
Some years back, I was fortunate to use a spectrophotometer at the Free
University of Amsterdam which had been adapted to take a full-sized
continuous culture system (it was used for measuring cytochromes oxidation
levels at steady state) - 1 litre pot and all. I have an idea that they did
the adaptions themselves, but I'll try and check - that particular Prof has
now retired.
Lesley Robertson
