Question

Mammalian cell culture processes are of shorter duration.

(a) True

(b) False

I had been asked this question in examination.

My doubt is from Bioreactor in portion Recovery and Purification of Fermentation Products, Effluent Treatment, Bioreactor Design Considerations of Fermentation Technology

Answer 1

Right choice is (b) False

The explanation is: Mammalian cell culture processes are of longer duration due to the slow growing nature of cells. In fed-batch culture, it may run from 7 to 14 days and in batch fermentation, it lasts for a few days.