A chemostat (from Chemical environment is static) is a bioreactor to which fresh medium is continuously added, while culture liquid is continuously removed to keep the culture volume constant.
By changing the rate with which medium is added to the bioreactor the growth rate of the microorganism can be easily controlled.
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