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Growth characteristics of Geotrichum ingens on propionic acid and acetic acid in batch and continuous culture

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Growth of Geotrichum ingens in batch cultures was completely inhibited by 47 g acetic acid/l or 33 g propionic acid/I. With mixtures of acetic and propionic acids, however, growth only ceased at 55 g/l. Acetic acid inhibited growth linearly, whereas propionic acid inhibited growth non-linearly. In continuous culture, two steady states at each dilution rate were observed at high dilution rates for acetic acid and propionic acid. The highest yield coefficient (0.69 g cells/g substrate) was achieved with propionic acid as substrate. On both substrates and their mixtures, the protein content of the biomass increased when the dilution rate was increased.

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The authors are with the Department of Microbiology and Biochemistry, University of the Orange Free State, P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa

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Vorster, E., Kilian, S.G. & du Preez, J.C. Growth characteristics of Geotrichum ingens on propionic acid and acetic acid in batch and continuous culture. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 10, 505–509 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00367654

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