[Suitability of support materials for the fixation of microfungi]

Saccharomyces cerevisiae Müller-Thurgau F and Aspergillus spec. NH, a producer of glucoamylase, were cultivated in the presence of various supporting materials (three microspherical zeolitic particles, alpha-alumina and foam corundum). The supports were microscopically tested to find out whether they are settled by microfungi or not. Whereas the yeast cells lay on the supports only loosely the hyphae of Aspergillus grew around the supports and with the exception of foam corundum enclosed them in mycelial spheres. This phenomenon may favour the separation of fungal biomass in biotechnological processes.