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Better One-Eyed than Blind—Challenges and Opportunities of Biomass Measurement During Solid-State Fermentation of Basidiomycetes

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Abbreviations

ATP:

Adenosine triphosphate

Bf :

Fungal biomass (g/gsample)

C:

Carbon

CER:

CO2 evolution rate

CO2 :

Carbon dioxide

DNA:

Deoxyribonucleic acid

e:

Density of hypha (g/cm3)

ELISA:

Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

IR:

Infrared

L:

Length of hypha (cm/gsample)

Mbp:

Mega base pairs

mRNA:

Messenger ribonucleic acid

N:

Nitrogen

O:

Oxygen

PCR:

Polymerase chain reaction

PLFA:

Phospholipid fatty acids

qPCR:

Quantitative polymerase chain reaction

r:

Radius of hypha

RNA:

Ribonucleic acid

RNP:

Ribonucleoprotein

Sc :

Solid content

SIR:

Substrate-induced respiration

SmF:

Submerged fermentation

sRNA:

Small ribonucleic acid

SSF:

Solid-state fermentation

tRNA:

Transfer ribonucleic acid

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Steudler, S., Bley, T. (2015). Better One-Eyed than Blind—Challenges and Opportunities of Biomass Measurement During Solid-State Fermentation of Basidiomycetes. In: Krull, R., Bley, T. (eds) Filaments in Bioprocesses. Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology, vol 149. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/10_2014_300

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