title: Overview of solid state bioprocessing.
abstract: Solid-state fermentation has centuries of history, but it is only in the last two decades that there has been a concerted effort to understand the bioprocessing issues involved and to apply them to a wide range of new products. This article provides an overview of the knowledge of solid-state bioprocessing that has been gained over this time. It shows that, although significant advances have been achieved in understanding of what controls process performance, much research is still required.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Cx. P. 19041, Curitiba 81531-990, Parana, Brazil. david@bio.ufpr.br
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.forename: Marin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Berovic
authors.forename: Nadia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Krieger
mesh_terms: D019149:Bioreactors / Q000145:classification / Q000382:microbiology*; D017753:Ecosystem; D004867:Equipment Design; D005285:Fermentation / Q000502:physiology*; D007218:Industrial Microbiology / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D008954:Models, Biological