title: The kinetics of the autolytic phase of growth in cultures of Aspergillus niger.
abstract: The kinetics of the autolytic phase of growth in cultures of Aspergillus niger has been studied. Two different autolytic periods could be distinguished. One, consisting of a rapid (exponential) loss (62%) of mycelial weight, occurred between 36 and 117 hours of incubation. A second, consisting of a slow autolysis, occurred between the 117th and the 190th hour of incubation; the mycelial loss here being 5%. Based on the degree of autolysis (alpha = 67.0%), 92.5% and 7.5% are lost during the first and the second autolytic periods, respectively.
mesh_terms: D001234:Aspergillus niger / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism; D001329:Autolysis; D007700:Kinetics