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A new approach for modelling the kinetics of mycelial cultures is presented It involves the estimation of the microscopic branching frequency in terms of the rate of mycelial tip elongation and the critical length of mycelial leading segments. Branching frequency was then related to the macroscopic specific growth rate. Two models for estimating the braching frequency (zero and first order) as a function of segment length, were considered. Simultaneous predictions of the observed values of specific growth rates and critical branching lengths were made in order to compare those models. Also, a macroscopic kinetic expression for the evolution of a mycelial culture was developed, based in terms of a self inhibiting power function of biomass density. Such an expression was used to test the zero and first order models for predicting mycelial growth. Results indicated that the first order model was the more adequate one.
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Viniegra-González, G., Larralde-Corona, C.P., López-Isunza, F. (1994). A New Approach for Modelling the Kinetics of Mycelial Cultures. In: Galindo, E., Ramírez, O.T. (eds) Advances in Bioprocess Engineering. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0641-4_25
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