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General Considerations about Solid-state Fermentation Processes

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SSF offers numerous advantages over submerged fermentation (SmF). These include high volumetric productivity, relatively higher concentration of the products, less effluent generation, and simple fermentation equipments, etc. The major factors, which affect microbial growth and activity in SSF include the selection of a suitable micro-organism and substrate, pre-treatment of the substrate, particle size (inter-particle space and surface area) of the substrate, moisture content and water activity (aw) of the substrate, relative humidity, type and size of inoculum, temperature of fermenting matter, removal of metabolic heat generated during respiration, period of cultivation, maintenance of uniformity in environment of SSF, and the gaseous atmosphere, i.e. oxygen consumption rate and carbon dioxide evolution rate.

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  1. Biotechnology Division, National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science & Technology, Trivandrum, 695 019, India

    Ashok Pandey

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    Christian Larroche

  3. Bioprocess Engineering and Biotechnology Division, Federal University of Paraná, CEP 81530-970, Curitiba-PR, Brazil

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Pandey, A., Larroche, C., Soccol, C.R. (2008). General Considerations about Solid-state Fermentation Processes. In: Pandey, A., Soccol, C.R., Larroche, C. (eds) Current Developments in Solid-state Fermentation. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-75213-6_2

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