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Zabriskie DW, Humphrey AE. Estimation of fermentation biomass concentration by measuring culture fluorescence. Appl Environ Microbiol. 1978;35(2):337-43doi: 10.1128/aem.35.2.337-343.1978.
Zabriskie, D. W., & Humphrey, A. E. (1978). Estimation of fermentation biomass concentration by measuring culture fluorescence. Applied and environmental microbiology, 35(2), 337-43. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.35.2.337-343.1978
Zabriskie, D W, and Humphrey, A E. "Estimation of fermentation biomass concentration by measuring culture fluorescence." Applied and environmental microbiology vol. 35,2 (1978): 337-43. doi: https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.35.2.337-343.1978
Zabriskie DW, Humphrey AE. Estimation of fermentation biomass concentration by measuring culture fluorescence. Appl Environ Microbiol. 1978 Feb;35(2):337-43. doi: 10.1128/aem.35.2.337-343.1978. PMID: 16345274; PMCID: PMC242835.
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Appl Environ Microbiol. 1978 Feb;35(2):337-43. doi: 10.1128/aem.35.2.337-343.1978.

Estimation of fermentation biomass concentration by measuring culture fluorescence.

Applied and environmental microbiology

D W Zabriskie, A E Humphrey

Affiliations

  1. University of Pennsylvania, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19174.

PMID: 16345274 PMCID: PMC242835 DOI: 10.1128/aem.35.2.337-343.1978

Abstract

The fluorescence of a fermentation culture was studied for its application as an estimator of biomass concentration. The measurement was obtained by irradiating the culture with ultraviolet light (366 nm) through a glass window and detecting fluorescent light at the window surface at 460 nm. It was estimated that over one-half of the fluorescent material was intercellular reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, with the remainder being reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate and other unidentified intercellular and extracellular fluorophores. The culture fluorescence was found to be a function of biomass concentration, together with environmental factors, which presumably act at the cellular metabolic level to modify intercellular reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide pools (e.g., dissolved oxygen tension, energy substrate concentration, and inhibitors). When these environmental conditions were controlled, a linear relationship was obtained between the log of the biomass concentration and the log of the fluorescence. Under these conditions, this relationship has considerable potential as a method to provide real-time biomass concentration estimates for process control and optimization since the fluorescence data is obtained on line. When environmental conditions are variable, the fluorescence data may be a sensitive index of overall culture activity because of its dependence on intercellular reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide reserves and metabolic rates. This index may provide information about the period of maximum specific productivity for a specific microbial product.

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