Influence ofn-hexadecane on penicillin fermentation withPenicillium chrysogenum: The morphological effect

✍ Scribed by Chao-Shien Peng; Teh-Liang Chen

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag
• Year: 1994
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 292 KB
• Volume: 8
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0951-208X
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00152882

✦ Synopsis

In addition to acting as an oxygen transfer enhancer, n-hexadecane plays an important role in dominating the mycelial morphology of Penicillium chrysogenum in a submerged penicillin fermentation.

The cell morphology is related to the timing of adding nhexadecane to the culture, n-Hexadecane also has a function of suppressing foaming and thus can be employed as an antifoam agent in the fermentation.