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Contribution of aerial hyphae of Aspergillus oryzae to respiration in a model solid-state fermentation system.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  12115123     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Oxygen transfer is for two reasons a major concern in scale-up and process control in industrial application of aerobic fungal solid-state fermentation (SSF): 1) heat production is proportional to oxygen uptake and it is well known that heat removal is one of the main problems in scaled-up fermenters, and 2) oxygen supply to the mycelium on the surface of or inside the substrate particles may be hampered by diffusion limitation. This article gives the first experimental evidence that aerial hyphae are important for fungal respiration in SSF. In cultures of A. oryzae on a wheat-flour model substrate, aerial hyphae contributed up to 75% of the oxygen uptake rate by the fungus. This is due to the fact that A. oryzae forms very abundant aerial mycelium and diffusion of oxygen in the gas-filled pores of the aerial hyphae layer is rapid. It means that diffusion limitation in the densely packed mycelium layer that is formed closer to the substrate surface and that has liquid-filled pores is much less important for A. oryzae than was previously reported for R. oligosporus and C. minitans. It also means that the overall oxygen uptake rate for A. oryzae is much higher than the oxygen uptake rate that can be predicted in the densely packed mycelium layer for R. oligosporus and C. minitans. This would imply that cooling problems become more pronounced. Therefore, it is very important to clarify the physiological role of aerial hyphae in SSF.
Authors:
Yovita S P Rahardjo; Frans J Weber; E Paul le Comte; Johannes Tramper; Arjen Rinzema
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article; Validation Studies    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Biotechnology and bioengineering     Volume:  78     ISSN:  0006-3592     ISO Abbreviation:  Biotechnol. Bioeng.     Publication Date:  2002 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2002-07-12     Completed Date:  2003-01-07     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7502021     Medline TA:  Biotechnol Bioeng     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  539-44     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Biotechnol Bioeng 78: 539-544, 2002.
Affiliation:
Wageningen Centre for Food Sciences, P.O. Box 557, 6700 AN Wageningen, The Netherlands. Yovita.Rahardjo@algemeen.pk.wau.nl
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Aspergillus oryzae / metabolism*
Biofilms*
Computer Simulation
Diffusion
Fermentation / physiology*
Hyphae / metabolism*
Models, Biological*
Models, Chemical
Oxygen / metabolism*
Oxygen Consumption
Sensitivity and Specificity
Triticum
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
7782-44-7/Oxygen

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