Effect of moisture content and inoculum on the growth and conidia production by Beauveria bassiana on wheat bran
Braz. arch. biol. technol
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53(4): 771-777, July-Aug. 2010. graf, tab
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The aim of the present work was to study the effect of moisture content and inoculum on the growth and conidia production by Beauveria bassiana on wheat bran (WB).The highest growth rate of B. bassiana 885.2 on WB media was obtained at a w=1.0, with no detected growth at a w < 0.97. Solid-state fermentation (SSF) using WB (66 percent moisture; a w=1.0) achieved a maximal yield of 1.18x10 10 conidia per gram of dry substrate (gds). This yield decreased one order of magnitude with higher moisture contents or the addition of sugarcane bagasse (SCB) as a texturiser. In SSF using WB (66 percent humidity),the time to obtain a yield of 1x10(10) conidia/gds, referred to as t10, could be predicted using a model considering common inoculum levels and maximal yields. For instance, t10 was 285 h with an inoculum of 1x10(6) conidia/gds; however, t10 was reduced to 232 h and 148 for inocula of 7x10(6) and 5x10(7) conidia/gds, respectively. The estimation of t10 values allowed both comparison between the cultures and prediction of harvesting times in production processes. Values for hydrophobicity were within 90 and 92 percent, whereas viability averages were around 70 percent for all the cultures
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Braz. arch. biol. technol
Asunto de la revista:
Biologia
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2010
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México
Institución/País de afiliación:
Colegio de Posgraduados/MX
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Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa/MX
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