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Baffles increase performance of solid-state fermentation in rotating drum bioreactors

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Rhizopus oligosporus grew better on wheat bran in a rotating drum when baffles were fitted. The maximum O2 uptake rates for the baffled and unbaffled runs were 9.0 and 5.7 mmol/min.kg initial dry substrate respectively. The RQ remained at 1.0 throughout the baffled run but varied between 1.0 and 1.2 for the unbaffled run.

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland, 4072, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

    Carl J. Fung & David A. Mitchell

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Fung, C.J., Mitchell, D.A. Baffles increase performance of solid-state fermentation in rotating drum bioreactors. Biotechnol Tech 9, 295–298 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00151578

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