A BOD (Bio-Oxygen Demand) incubator is a type of laboratory incubator that is used in order to maintain the temperature for the growth of cell cultures, the storage of bacterial cultures and the incubation where a high degree of precision of constant temperature. Kalstein BOD incubators provide precise conditions and uniformity throughout the chamber. They are essential for a great deal of experimental work focused on cell biology, microbiology, and molecular biology.
Specifically, this equipment is used to control the oxygen consumed by microorganisms while acting on the deterioration of the matter. The BOD Incubator is developed for laboratories that need to control the incubation temperature, control the quality of the water in relation to oxygen, contamination levels and improve biology studies in insects, among others.
How is a BOD incubator different from a normal incubator?
Incubation is the period of time during which humidity, temperature, among other environmental factors are used to provide the required level of growth and development of the microbial culture. Therefore, an incubator is a device that allows the incubation process to occur. Here, all the optimal conditions for the growth of microbial cultures are maintained. The incubator is based on the principle of thermoelectricity, where a thermal gradient is created by maintaining a constant temperature by the thermostat that the device has.
In standard incubators the default temperature, 37 ° C, is set while power is being supplied to the incubator circuit. This temperature is maintained by the compatibility operation of the main components; the temperature controller, the temperature sensor and the temperature contactor. In the pharmaceutical industry there are two types of incubators, the bacteriological incubator and the BOD incubator.
So the difference between an incubator and a BOD incubator is basically the temperature. As stated above, a standard incubator operates primarily at 37 ° C and only has the option of heating. On the other hand, a BOD incubator has heating and cooling options and is primarily operated at lower temperatures, such as 10 ° C. Another difference between an incubator and a BOD incubator is revealed through their working principles. For example, electricity is supplied through miniature circuit breakers before setting the temperature through an advanced PID temperature controller, mainly at 20 ° C.
Why are BOD incubators important?
BOD incubators are popularly used in different industries to create an insulated chamber with a temperature of 20 ° C. Some industries need to test the products at a certain temperature where the biochemical oxygen demand can be satisfied. Germination studies, bacteria culture and insect study use this machine to make accurate observations.
What is the BOD methodology?
These incubators are called biochemical oxygen demand or biological oxygen demand. In this, the microorganisms consume oxygen and, therefore, there is a severe depletion of oxygen. In this process, oxygen is used as an electron acceptor. The organic matter absorbed by microorganisms provides them with the energy to survive and multiply. Simultaneously, the oxidation process develops without any support from microorganisms. All this is measured by the COD procedure, that is, the chemical oxygen demand.
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