Other research and support laboratories are available on-site. Aerobic or anaerobic operation is possible. The large fermentors have been approved for use with nonhazardous recombinant microbes.
Apparatus exists for the production of small, uniform, immobilized biocatalysts.
Large equipment available for product separation and recovery includes continuous centrifuges, homogenizers, and a crossflow filtration unit. Users of the facility have access to a variety of analytical equipment such as gas chromatographs, spectrophotmeters, carbon and nitrogen analyzers, high-pressure liquid chromatographs, and ion chromatographs. Containment facilities for recombinant DNA studies can be used for the development of advanced analytical techniques and for conceptual investigations of advanced bioreactors. These resources are located primarily in the Chemical Technology Division . The Bioprocessing Research Facility is a user resource open to university, national laboratory, and industrial scientists and engineers.