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ArticleBiotechnology and bioengineering2025

Improved Mixing Properties of Stirred Fermentation of an Aspergillus oryzae Hyphal Dispersion Mutant.

Shunya Susukida, Ken Miyazawa, Hikaru Ichikawa, Kiyoaki Muto, Akira Yoshimi, Toshitaka Kumagai, Yoshikazu Kato, Keietsu Abe

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Article in Biotechnology and bioengineering, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Shunya SusukidaLaboratory of Applied Microbiology, Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0994-370X
Ken MiyazawaLaboratory of Applied Microbiology, Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9211-1020
Hikaru IchikawaLaboratory of Applied Microbiology, Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.
Kiyoaki MutoLaboratory of Applied Microbiology, Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.
Akira YoshimiABE-Project, New Industry Creation Hatchery Center, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4331-2744
Toshitaka KumagaiFermlab Inc., Tokyo, Japan.
Yoshikazu KatoMixing Technology Laboratory, Satake Multimix Corporation, Saitama, Japan.
Keietsu AbeLaboratory of Applied Microbiology, Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5344-3794

Funding

This study was supported by the Institute for Fermentation, Grant/Award Number: L-2018-2-014; Japan Science and Technology Agency-Adaptable and Seamless Technology Transfer Program through target-driven R&D, Grant/Award Number: JPMJTM19Y4; JSPS KAKENHI, Grant/Award Number: JP20H02895; and New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization, Grant/Award Number: JPNP20011.
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The complexity of mechanical and biological processes in filamentous fungal fermentation remains a major obstacle to improving product yield. We previously demonstrated that the AGΔ-GAGΔ strain of Aspergillus oryzae, lacking both α-1,3-glucan (AG) and galactosaminogalactan (GAG), had improved hyphal dispersion, reduced culture viscosity, and increased recombinant protein production. Here, we applied computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and multi-omics analysis to characterize the AGΔ-GAGΔ strain during fermentation in a stirred-tank bioreactor. CFD simulations revealed large gas cavities behind the impeller blades and severe compartmentalization in both wild-type and AGΔ-GAGΔ cultures. However, shear stress distribution was broader and gas cavity formation was lower in the AGΔ-GAGΔ strain than in the wild type. The simulation results were consistent with measurements of volumetric oxygen mass transfer coefficients (K

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Aspergillus oryzaeBioreactorsFermentationHyphaeHydrodynamicscomputational fluid dynamicsgalactosaminogalactanmixingrecombinant protein productionα‐1,3‐glucan

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PMID40542710
PMCPMC12322652

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