Blood glucose monitor: an alternative off-line method to measure glucose concentration during fermentations with Trichoderma reesei

Viviane Choy; Nilesh Patel; Jules Thibault

doi:10.1007/s10529-007-9353-2

Blood glucose monitor: an alternative off-line method to measure glucose concentration during fermentations with Trichoderma reesei

Biotechnol Lett. 2007 Jul;29(7):1075-80. doi: 10.1007/s10529-007-9353-2. Epub 2007 Mar 22.

Authors

Viviane Choy¹, Nilesh Patel, Jules Thibault

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontorio, Canada.

PMID: 17377750
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-007-9353-2

Abstract

Two home, blood-glucose monitoring meters, OneTouch Ultra and Ascensia Contour, were used to determine the glucose concentration during fermentations of Trichoderma reesei in both flasks and bioreactors. The results, when compared to those given by the 3,5-dinitrosalicylic acid reducing sugar assay, HPLC and YSI 2700 SELECT Biochemistry analyzer, showed that the glucose meters are a quick, reliable and economical alternative method for frequent glucose concentration measurement during fermentation. For T. reesei fermentations, the OneTouch meter was the more suitable.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Biomass
Bioreactors
Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring / instrumentation*
Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring / methods*
Fermentation*
Glucose / analysis*
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
Regression Analysis
Solutions
Trichoderma / metabolism*

Substances

Solutions
Glucose