9 Data processors and computers and local and wide area networks thereof, programs for data processing installations recorded on data carriers, in particular programs recorded on data carriers for controlling industrial working processes; magnetic recording carriers, in particular pre-recorded floppy disks and CD-ROMs containing software relating to planning, control, access, documentation and automation of parallel experiments if the field of cultivation of microorganisms and cells; remote controls for industrial working processes; sensors for measuring pH, pO2 and temperature, metabolic activity, peristaltic pumps, thermal mass flow controller, spinner flask, fixed bed reactor, culture vessels, magnetic stirrer, water bath, incubator, in relation to cultivation of microorganisms and cells; control apparatus relating to simultaneous cultivation of microorganisms or cells, namely sensors for measuring pH, pO2 and temperature, metabolic activity, and for monitoring peristaltic pumps, thermal mass flow controllers, spinner flasks, fixed bed reactors, culture vessels, magnetic stiffers, water baths and incubators