Biotechnology and Bioengineering · 1979 · 19 citations · 34 references
Life SciencesBiochemistryMicrobiologyBioenergeticsMicrobial MetabolismMicrobial PhysiologyAerobic FermentationAlcoholic FermentationFermentation KineticsFungal PhysiologyMicrobial Physiology In FermentationYeast BiologyAerationContinuous Culture GrowthOxygen Partial Pressure EffectsPh Effects On Fermentation KineticsRespiration RatesYeast FermentationYeast Fermentation PhysiologyYeast Metabolism
Abstract The effect of increasing the partial pressure of oxygen in the aeration gas on growth and physiological activity of the yeast Candida utilis in a multistage tower fermentor was studied. The measurements were made at steady states of continuous culture for single values of dilution rate, temperature, and pH in all stages of the fermentor and with one given ethanol concentration in the growth medium feed. The partial pressure of oxygen in the gas phase was changed in the range from 165 to 310 torr. The results revealed the existence of the upper critical value of the partial oxygen pressure in the gas phase. It was demonstrated that the upper critical value of P O 2 influences not only the growth rate, biomass yield, and productivity but also the cell physiology resulting in changes of respiration activity and activity of alcohol and aldehyde dehydrogenases.
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