Table 1 Filamentous fungal species used to create carriers and their morphological characteristics

From: Edible mycelium as proliferation and differentiation support for anchorage-dependent animal cells in cultivated meat production

Strain

Strain Details

Morphology

Pellet Diameter (μm)

Origin

FST 76-2

Aspergillus oryzae (A. oryzae 1)

1101 ± 580c

UC Davis Phaff Culture Collection, Davis, CA, USA

UCD 8

Aspergillus oryzae (A. oryzae 2)

3050 ± 17a

UC Davis Viticulture and Enology Culture Collection, Davis, CA, USA

FST 40-400

Aspergillus awamori

2990 ± 650a

UC Davis Phaff Culture Collection, Davis, CA, USA

FST 76-1

Aspergillus sojae

1720 ± 427bc

UC Davis Phaff Culture Collection, Davis, CA, USA

UCD15

Aspergillus nishimurae

1200 ± 78c

UC Davis Viticulture and Enology Culture Collection, Davis, CA, USA

UCD12

Aspergillus tubingensis

2097 ± 162b

UC Davis Viticulture and Enology Culture Collection, Davis, CA, USA

FST 72-2

Rhizopus oligosporus

-

UC Davis Phaff Culture Collection, Davis, CA, USA

H3

Penicillium chrysogenum

2270 ± 71b

University of Cordoba, Department of Microbiology, Spain

  1. Superscript letters (a–c) indicate statistically significant homogenous groups differing in the parameters among the strains (p < 0.05, F test). Scale bar is 1 cm.