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Gibberellic acid production in liquid fermentation was compared with production of this compound in solid-state fermentation systems using cassava flour, sugar cane bagasse and low density polyurethane. Gibberella fujikuroi produced 23 mg of gibberellin/ml in 120h of liquid fermentation. Solid-state fermentation on bagasse showed excellent growth but presented gibberellin extraction problems. Very low production and growth was observed in solid-state fermentation with low density polyurethane as an inert support. Solid-state fermentation on cassava flour showed high production (250 mg/kg of dry solid medium) in a very short time (36h).
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Tomasini, A., Fajardo, C. & Barrios-Gonza´lez, J. Gibberellic acid production using different solid-state fermentation systems. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 13, 203–206 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018545932104
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