Performance of biomass and exopolysaccharide production from the medicinal mushroom Ganoderma lucidum in a new fabricated Air-L-Shaped Bioreactor (ALSB)

• Main Authors: Supramani, Sugenendran, Rejab, Nur Ardiyana, Ilham, Zul, Ahmad, Rahayu, Show, Pau-Loke, Ibrahim, Mohamad Faizal, Wan Mohtar, Wan Abd Al Qadr Imad
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) 2023
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/110363/1/110363.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/110363/; https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9717/11/3/670

Conventional stirred-tank bioreactor (STR) designs are optimised for cultures of bacteria but not fungal cultures; therefore, a new Air-L-Shaped Bioreactor (ALSB) was fabricated. The ALSB was designed to eliminate the wall growth and clumping of fungal mycelium in STRs. Ganoderma lucidum was used as...