Table 1.
Mycelial biomass, conversion factor of substrate to biomass (YX/S), yield (Yr/S) and productivity (PX) of P. albidus under different carbon and nitrogen sources.
Sources | Mycelial biomass (g L−1) | YX/S (g g−1) | Yr/S (g g−1) | PX (g L−1 h−1) | Final pH |
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Carbon | |||||
Saccharose | 7.28a | 1.15a | 0.36a | 0.061a | 5.19a |
Fructose | 7.07a | 0.86b | 0.35a | 0.059a | 5.05b |
Lactose | 6.23c | 0.65d | 0.31c | 0.052c | 5.21a |
Maltose | 6.99a | 0.79c | 0.35a | 0.058a | 5.00b |
Glucose (basal) | 6.56b | 0.43e | 0.33b | 0.055b | 5.06b |
Nitrogen | |||||
Yeast extract | 7.98a | 0.42a | 0.40a | 0.066a | 5.45a |
Tryptone | 7.19b | 0.39b | 0.36b | 0.060b | 4.70c |
Ammonium sulfate | 1.39d | 0.24c | 0.07d | 0.012d | 3.33d |
Sodium nitrate | 0.79e | 0.11d | 0.04e | 0.007e | 4.62c |
Peptone (basal) | 6.56c | 0.43a | 0.33c | 0.055c | 5.06b |
Each value represents an average of three replicates. Means followed by the same letter(s) are not significantly different by Tukey's test (p ≤ 0.05).