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    Correlation of oxygen consumption with growth and red pigment production of Monascus purpureus in solid state fermentation of rice
    (2024-04-01)
    Chysirichote, T.
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    Sakoolkaew, P.
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    Klinthong, W.
    Since aeration has a crucial role in mass and heat transfer during solid-state fermentation (SSF), the aim of the present work was to find out how it related to biomass and red pigment production of Monascus purpureus TISTR3615 during SSF. The fungal consumption of oxygen, one of the air's constituents important for fungal metabolism, was used to explain the relationship between the aeration rate, the fungal growth, and the red pigment production during the SSF of rice. Findings showed that at increased aeration rates, the fungus absorbed more oxygen, which boosted fungal growth but decreased red pigment production. Conversely, red pigment production increased when the fungus' oxygen consumption decreased. Regression equations with an acceptable R 2 were used to explain the relationship between M. purpureus' red pigment production and its oxygen consumption and aeration rate. The ideal oxygen concentration for increasing M. purpureus' capacity to produce red pigment was 0.0685 mmol/day/g of dry biomass, which produced red pigment at around 2,897 AU500nm/g of dry biomass. However, the optimal oxygen consumption of the fungus for overall red pigment production (including growth impact) was 1.390 mmol/day/g of dry biomass, which produced red pigment at around 2,787 AU500nm/g of dry fermented rice. The results of the present work could potentially be utilised in developing M. purpureus' red pigment production approach.
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    Luffa sponge offsets the negative effects of aeration on bacterial cellulose production
    (2016-12-01)
    Krusong, W.
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    Kerdpiboon, S.
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    Pornpukdeewattana, S.
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    Jindaprasert, A.
    Aims: To offset the negative effects of aeration on bacterial cellulose (BC) production by acetic acid bacteria using enmeshed cellulose microfibrils (CM) on luffa sponge matrices (LSM). Methods and Results: The CM were enmeshed on LSM (LSM-CM). The optimal amount of LSM-CM was determined for BC production under aerated conditions. Without LSM-CM, no BC was produced in seven out of nine production cycles at the highest aeration rate (9 l min<sup>−1</sup>). However, with 0·5% LSM-CM and an aeration rate of 3 l min<sup>−1</sup>, a satisfactory oxygen transfer coefficient was achieved, and also a good yield of BC (5·24 g l<sup>−1</sup>). Moreover, the LSM-CM was able to be recycled through nine consecutive BC production cycles. The highest BC yields (from 5·8 ± 0·4 to 6·6 ± 0·4 g l<sup>−1</sup>) were associated with high bacterial biomass and this was confirmed by scanning electron microscopy. Conclusions: We confirm that LSM-CM works well as a starter. Microenvironments low in dissolved oxygen within the matrices of LSM-CM are important for BC production under aeration conditions. Significance and Impact of the Study: The LSM-CM provides a microenvironment which offsets the negative effects of aeration on BC production. A sustainable, economic process for mass BC production is described using recycled LSM-CM with aeration.