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- Title
Measurements of the fragmentation rate constant imply that the tensile strength of fungal hyphae can change significantly during growth.
- Authors
Li, Zheng Jian; Bhargava, Swapnil; Marten, Mark R.
- Abstract
Because little is known about filamentous fungal tensile strength, it is assumed to be constant in many models. A method involving off-line fragmentation and image analysis is used now to measure relative tensile strength of Aspergillus oryzae hyphae. During the course of shake-flask and fed-batch cultures, hyphal tensile strength increases during growth then decreases. Hyphal tensile strength can change up to 3-fold over time.
- Subjects
HYPHAE of fungi; ASPERGILLUS; MONILIACEAE; IMAGE analysis; MOLDS (Fungi); CELL culture
- Publication
Biotechnology Letters, 2002, Vol 24, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0141-5492
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1023/A:1013848325193