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. 2016 Apr 21;47(3):658–664. doi: 10.1016/j.bjm.2016.04.007

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
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).