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Using CRISPR-Cas9, scientists engineered a yeast to produce the nutrient feed. Farmers could have it in two years.

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[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's it! I'm calling my beer brewing vessels 'bio-reactors'! No more carboys for me!

[–] despoticruin@lemmy.zip 2 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

I mean, yeah. What did you think a bio-reactor was but a really fancy carboy?

There is some nuance in amenities, but at the end of the day it is a temperature-controlled and sterile environment for microbial growth to take place.

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 1 points 9 hours ago

I use glass ~~carboys~~ bio-reactors, and also have a couple stainless steel cone bottom bio-reactors. The first, not so fancy; temperature control is accomplished by moving them to a room that has something approximating the apppropriate temp. The second has a tap near the bottom, and a hole for an airlock on top. I do have a couple heat belts, if I needed to raise temp, as they came cheap from a kombucha operation that was shutting down. Hmm, for that matter I do have that instipot for making natto or yogurt, it's a bioreactor too, now. Come to think of it, so is this silly sphere in space we're conversing upon. Cheers!