Effect of aeration and agitation on the production of mycelial biomass and exopolysaccharides in an enthomopathogenic fungus Paecilomyces sinclairii

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 321-326

  Kim, S W ^a   Hwang, H J ^a   Xu, C P ^a   Choi, J W ^a   Yun, Jong Won ^a  

^a Daegu University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aeration rate; Agitation intensity; Exopolysaccharide; Morphology; P. sinclarii; Rheology

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FUNGI; METABOLITES;

AERATION RATE; AGITATION CONDITIONS; AGITATION INTENSITY; AGITATION SPEED; ENTHOMOPATHOGENIC FUNGI; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MYCELIAL BIOMASS; P SINCLARII; PAECILOMYCES; STIRRED TANK BIOREACTORS;

FERMENTATION;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AERATION; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; FUNGUS;

AERATION; AGITATION; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BASIDIOMYCETES; BIOMASS FERMENTATION; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FLOW KINETICS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; METHODOLOGY; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PAECILOMYCES; PAECILOMYCES SINCLAIRII; STIRRED REACTOR; VELOCITY; VISCOSITY;

ASCOMYCOTA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI; PAECILOMYCES; PAECILOMYCES SINCLAIRII;

EID: 0038071566     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.2003.01318.x     Document Type: Article

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