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Simulation of growth of a filamentous fungus in 3 dimensions

✍ Scribed by Robert Lejeune; Gino V. Baron


Book ID
101242004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1997
Tongue
English
Weight
325 KB
Volume
53
Category
Article
ISSN
0006-3592

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✦ Synopsis


The tridimensional growth of a filamentous fungus was simulated, based on a model for the evolution of the microscopic morphology of Trichoderma reesei. When supplemented with a spatial representation of growth, the model correctly simulates the evolution from a single spore to a pellet. Diffusion of oxygen is included in the model. The simulated tridimensional structures have a fractal nature; and the fractal dimension, determined by a box-counting method, increases during growth. The fractal dimension only depends on the mass of the pellet and is not affected by model parameters such as tip extension rate and branching frequency. Realistic pictures are obtained and the radius of the pellet increases at a constant rate. The influence of model parameters (tip extension rate, branching frequency, minimum porosity) on dissolved oxygen concentration profiles, biomass concentration profiles, rate at which the pellet diameter increases, and the evolution of the fractal dimension was determined. The dissolved oxygen profiles were found to be very different from the profiles, obtained by assuming a homogenous biomass distribution within the pellet. Finally, the formation of pellets from spore aggregates is calculated and the size of the spore aggregate is found to only influence the time needed before the appearance of a pellet and not its morphology.


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