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Power Input Measurements in Stirred Bioreactors at Laboratory Scale
Published on: May 16, 2018
Effect of stirring on growth and cellulolytic enzymes production by Trichoderma harzianum in a novel bench-scale
N Lopez-Ramirez1, T Volke-Sepulveda1, I Gaime-Perraud2
1Departamento de Biotecnología, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Iztapalapa, CP 09340, Iztapalapa, México, D.F., Mexico.
Abstract:
A novel bench-scale stirred bioreactor for solid-state fermentation was used to determine the effect of the stirring rate on growth and enzymes production by Trichoderma harzianum PBLA. Lab-scale static tubular bioreactors were first used to assess the effect of bioreactor diameter on heat accumulation, growth, and production of cellulases and xylanases. The increased diameters (1.8-4.2 cm) led to increases in temperature up to 36 °C (at a rate of 1.08 °C/cm), which negatively affected the growth and enzyme production. Afterward, in the bench-scale bioreactor operated at rates up to 3.0 rpm, maximum xylanases production (107 ± 0.3 U/g dm) was attained at rates of 0.5 and 1.0 rpm, reaching a maximum of 34 ± 0.3 °C. Cellulases production was reduced (up to 79%) due to stirring. Therefore, the production of xylanases by T. harzianum can be performed in this cross-flow stirred SSF bioreactor at rates up to 1.0 rpm, avoiding heat accumulation and damage on metabolic activity.
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