Microbial, plant, or animal cells which are immobilized by attachment to solid structures, usually a column matrix. A common use of immobilized cells is in biotechnology for the bioconversion of a substrate to a particular product. (From Singleton & Sainsbury, Dictionary of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, 2d ed)
Immobilized cells -- Congresses : Immobilized cells : basics and applications : proceedings of an international symposium organized under auspices of the Working Party on Applied Biocatalysis of the European Federation of Biotechnology, Noordwijkerhout, the Netherlands, November 26-29, 1995 / edited by R.H. Wijffels [and others]
