- STATEMENT:
- When growing a mycelial fungus under continuous culture conditions the
stirrer usually consists of blades which prevent large mycelial pellets
from forming.
- QUESTION:
- Why might this be important?
- ANSWER:
- If large, compact mycelial pellets were allowed to form, it would prove
difficult for nutrients and oxygen to reach all the hyphae and for metabolic
by-products (which might inhibit growth) to diffuse away from the hyphae.
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