Abstract
A bioreactor control system was used to investigate the effects of two dissolved oxygen concentrations (10% and 100%) on the growth and differentiation of Daucus carota L. cell cultures. The strategy used allowed the dissolved oxygen concentration to be controlled without the need for changing either the agitator speed or the total gas flow rate. During the proliferation phase, reducing oxygen resulted in a lower growth rate and in a delay in sugar uptake kinetics. Nonetheless, varying levels of oxygen were observed to have no effect on the final dry biomass. The higher alcohol dehydrogenase activity obtained under reduced oxygen conditions suggests that proliferating cultures adapted to the hypoxic environment by inducing alcoholic fermentation. Cell differentiation was highly sensitive to reduced oxygen since under this condition, the somatic embryo production was inhibited by about 75%. Sugar uptake and embryo formation were also delayed.
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