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Mycelial Pellet Formation in Fungal Lipid Production by Cunninghamella bainieri 2A1 Using Repeated Batch Culture

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Repeated batch culture of Cunninghamella bainieri 2A1 was performed to investigate mycelial pellet formation in fungal lipid production process. Experimental studies were performed based on the size and structural morphology of pellets formed with consideration of harvesting times and harvested volumes of repeated batch culture. Electron microscope images showed that fungal cells formed mycelial pellets with varied size from 575 µm × 586 µm in 60 % harvesting volume with a hairy loose morphology to 1.01 mm × 1.18 mm in 90 % harvesting volume with a tightly packed dense morphology.

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  1. Enteric Diseases Research Cluster, Institute for Research in Molecular Medicine (INFORMM), Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), 11800, Penang, Malaysia

    Marjan Ganjali Dashti

  2. Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (National University of Malaysia), 43600, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia

    Mohd Sahaid Kalil

  3. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science for Women, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq

    Ekhlass M. Taha

  4. Food Security Research Center, Department of Community Nutrition, School of Nutrition and Food Science, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

    Nimah Bahreini Esfahani

  5. School of Biosciences and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (National University of Malaysia), 43600, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia

    Wan Mohtar Wan Yusoff & Aidil Abdul Hamid

  6. Department of Bioprocess Engineering, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310, UTM Skudai, Johor, Malaysia

    Peyman Abdeshahian

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Dashti, M.G., Abdeshahian, P., Taha, E.M. et al. Mycelial Pellet Formation in Fungal Lipid Production by Cunninghamella bainieri 2A1 Using Repeated Batch Culture. Natl. Acad. Sci. Lett. 38, 329–332 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40009-014-0341-5

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