title: Exponential growth kinetics for Polyporus versicolor and Pleurotus ostreatus in submerged culture.
abstract: Simple mathematical models for a batch culture of pellet-forming fungi in submerged culture were tested on growth data for Polyporus versicolor (ATCC 12679) and Pleurotus ostreatus (ATCC 9415). A kinetic model based on a growth rate proportional to the two-thirds power of the cell mass was shown to be satisfactory. A model based on a growth rate directly proportional to the cell mass fitted the data equally well, however, and may be preferable because of mathematical simplicity.
mesh_terms: D000363:Agaricales / Q000254:growth & development*; D001487:Basidiomycota / Q000254:growth & development*; D005285:Fermentation; D008954:Models, Biological; D011124:Polyporaceae / Q000254:growth & development*