A fast and simple method to estimate relative, hyphal tensile-strength of filamentous fungi used to assess the effect of autophagy.

Fungal hyphal strength is an important phenotype which can have a profound impact on bioprocess behavior. Until now, there is not an efficient method which allows its characterization. Currently available methods are very time consuming, thus, compromising their applicability in strain selection and process development.

Fungal Morphology in Industrial Enzyme Production--Modelling and Monitoring.

Filamentous fungi are widely used in the biotechnology industry for the production of industrial enzymes. Thus, considerable work has been done with the purpose of characterizing these processes. The ultimate goal of these efforts is to be able to control and predict fermentation performance on the basis of "standardized" measurements in terms of morphology, rheology, viscosity, mass transfer and productivity.