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		BWStearns on Nov 13, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why companies are racing to build the biggest bug ... > The bigger question for me is how they harvest at that scale What about just heating up or cooling down the space they're in beyond their tolerances?

tantalor on Nov 13, 2023 [–]

Extreme temperature change could ruin the final products.

I'd flood the bioreactor with inert gas. Nitrogen ought to do it and we got plenty of it.

Edit: this company actually advertises that:

Pure nitrogen is used to control the growth rate before harvesting.

https://www.concoa.com/applications/bioreactors

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