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The use of the moss Physcomitrella patens as a production system for heterologous proteins requires highly standardised culture conditions. For this purpose a semi-continuous photoautotrophic bioreactor culture of Physcomitrella was established. This culture grew stably for 7 weeks in a 5-l bioreactor with a dilution rate of 0.22/day. Enrichment of the air for aeration in a batch bioreactor culture with 2% (v/v) CO2 resulted in an increase in the specific growth rate to 0.57/day. Changes in the pH of the semi-continuous bioreactor culture medium between pH 4.5 and pH 7.0 influenced protonema differentiation; however it did not negatively affect the growth rate compared to uncontrolled pH. The advantages of Physcomitrella as a system for the production of heterologous proteins in plants are discussed.
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Hohe, A., Decker, E., Gorr, G. et al. Tight control of growth and cell differentiation in photoautotrophically growing moss (Physcomitrella patens) bioreactor cultures. Plant Cell Rep 20, 1135–1140 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00299-002-0463-y
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00299-002-0463-y