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Appl Environ Microbiol. 1992 May; 58(5): 1740-1745

Determination of the respiration kinetics for mycelial pellets of Phanerochaete chrysosporium.

F C Michel Jr, E A Grulke and C A Reddy

Department of Chemical Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824-1101.

ABSTRACT

In mycelial pellet cultures of the white rot basidiomycete Phanerochaete chrysosporium, low oxygen concentration negatively affects the production of the extracellular lignin peroxidases and manganese peroxidases which are key components of the lignin-degrading system of this organism. To test the hypothesis that oxygen limitation in the pellets is responsible for this effect, oxygen microelectrodes were used to determine oxygen concentration gradients within the mycelial pellets of P. chrysosporium. Pellets were removed from oxygenated cultures, allowed to equilibrate with air, and probed with oxygen microelectrodes. The oxygen profiles were modelled assuming that O2 uptake follows a Michaelis-Menten relationship. The Vmax and Km values for oxygen uptake were 0.76 +/- 0.10 g/m3 of pellet per s and 0.5 +/- 0.3 g/m3, respectively. These kinetic values were used to predict respiration rates in air-flushed cultures, oxygen-flushed cultures, and cultures with large pellets (diameter greater than 6 mm). The predicted respiration rates were independently validated by experimentally measuring the evolution of carbon dioxide from whole cultures.

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Appl Environ Microbiol. 1992 May; 58(5): 1740-1745

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