A system for selective removal of metabolites from an aqueous broth
including a bioreactor vessel containing at least one live culture
producing at least one metabolite disposed within an aqueous broth, and a
membrane module having a mixed matrix membrane suitable for selective
removal of the at least one metabolite from the aqueous broth. The
membrane is made of mixtures of hydrophobic zeolite and carbon on a
porous substrate. In accordance with one particularly preferred
embodiment of this invention, the membrane module is integral with the
bioreactor vessel.