Week 4
Mikrobiologi industri_IT Del 2
Fermentation Media
• Several stages where media are required:
a. Inoculum propagation (starter culture);
b. Pilot scale fermentation;
c. Commercial fermentation.
The main factors to choose individual raw material:
a. Cost and availability;
b. Ease of handling in solid and liquid forms;
c. Sterilization requirements and denaturations
problem;
Mikrobiologi industri_IT Del 3
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d. formulation, mixing, complexing and vicosity
characteristics;
e. The concentration of target product attained;
f. The levels and range impurities;
g. Overall health and safety implication.
Brock, 2000
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Mikrobiologi industri_IT Del 9
Control and Monitoring
• Environmental factors that are frequently
monitored: temperature, oxygen
concentration, pH, Cell mass, and product
concentration.