Biotechnology Letters, Vol.19, No.1, 65-69, 1997
Prediction of Phenol-Oxidase Expression in a Fungus Using the Fractal Dimension
The filamentous white-rot fungus Pycnoporus cinnabarinus secretes extracellular phenol-oxidases. This paper demonstrates that the Fractal Dimension of branching complexity can be used to predict the generalized yield of this oxidase in submerged culture. This confirms a positive correlation between the amount of hyphal tip branching and exoenzyme secretion in this fungus, and under these conditions.
Keywords:PACKED-BED BIOREACTOR;WHITE-ROT FUNGUS;PYCNOPORUS-CINNABARINUS;COLONIES;DECOLORIZATION;CULTIVATION