PMID- 31401655 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200409 LR - 20200409 IS - 1615-7605 (Electronic) IS - 1615-7591 (Linking) VI - 42 IP - 12 DP - 2019 Dec TI - Modulation of fungal biofilm physiology and secondary product formation based on physico-chemical surface properties. PG - 1935-1946 LID - 10.1007/s00449-019-02187-6 [doi] AB - Relative to the amount of knowledge concerning bacterial biofilms, little is known about the impact of physico-chemical properties of support material on fungal biofilm adhesion and physiology. In the field of industrial fermentation, large-scale production of low-cost fungal secondary product is a challenging area of research. In the present work, the effect of physico-chemical surface properties of five different materials (Teflon, glass, Viton rubber, silicon rubber, and stainless steel) on the production of class II hydrophobins (HFBI and HFBII) from Trichoderma reesei (HFB2a-2) and Trichoderma harzianum) was evaluated. Two culture systems (shake flask and drip flow reactor (DFR)) were used in this study to promote biomass growth and the production of hydrophobins. Furthermore, the effect of physico-chemical surface properties (hydrophobicity, surface energy) and surface texture (roughness) of support material on the initial colonization and attachment of the fungal biofilm was evaluated. Maximum biofilm productivity was obtained using Viton rubber for T. reesei and Viton rubber and stainless steel as support materials for T. harzianum. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) revealed that fungal biofilm adhesion was higher on the rough hydrophobic Viton rubber surface as compared to the smooth hydrophobic Teflon surface. Initial colonization initiated because of surface irregularities and holes in the material as hyphal filaments. Moreover, compared to traditional submerged fermentation, a significant increase in biofilm productivity for both strains (T. reesei, T. harzianum) in all five materials was obtained. FAU - Bajoul Kakahi, F AU - Bajoul Kakahi F AD - Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems (M2S), KULeuven, 3001, Heverlee, Belgium. FAU - Ly, S AU - Ly S AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9895-3007 AD - Gembloux Agro-Bio tech, TERRA Research and Teaching Center, Microbial Processes and Interactions, University of Liege, Avenue de la Faculte 2B, 5030, Gembloux, Belgium. AD - Faculty of Chemical and Food Engineering, Institute of Technology of Cambodia, Phnom Penh, 12156, Cambodia. FAU - Tarayre, C AU - Tarayre C AD - Gembloux Agro-Bio tech, TERRA Research and Teaching Center, Microbial Processes and Interactions, University of Liege, Avenue de la Faculte 2B, 5030, Gembloux, Belgium. FAU - Deschaume, O AU - Deschaume O AD - Soft-Matter Physics and Biophysics Section, Department of Physics and Astronomy, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200 D, Box 2416, 3001, Heverlee, Belgium. FAU - Bartic, C AU - Bartic C AD - Soft-Matter Physics and Biophysics Section, Department of Physics and Astronomy, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200 D, Box 2416, 3001, Heverlee, Belgium. FAU - Wagner, P AU - Wagner P AD - Soft-Matter Physics and Biophysics Section, Department of Physics and Astronomy, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200 D, Box 2416, 3001, Heverlee, Belgium. FAU - Compere, P AU - Compere P AD - Department of Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Freshwater and Oceanic Science Unit of Research FOCUS & Centre of Aid for Research and Teaching in Microscopy (CAREM), University of Liege, Campus du Sart-Tilman, Allee de six Aout 15, 4000, Liege 1, Belgium. FAU - Derdelinckx, G AU - Derdelinckx G AD - Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems (M2S), KULeuven, 3001, Heverlee, Belgium. FAU - Blecker, C AU - Blecker C AD - Department of Food Technology, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech University of Liege, Avenue de la Faculte 2B, 5030, Gembloux, Belgium. FAU - Delvigne, F AU - Delvigne F AD - Gembloux Agro-Bio tech, TERRA Research and Teaching Center, Microbial Processes and Interactions, University of Liege, Avenue de la Faculte 2B, 5030, Gembloux, Belgium. f.delvigne@uliege.be. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20190810 PL - Germany TA - Bioprocess Biosyst Eng JT - Bioprocess and biosystems engineering JID - 101088505 RN - 0 (Fungal Proteins) RN - 9002-84-0 (Polytetrafluoroethylene) SB - IM MH - *Biofilms MH - Biomass MH - Bioreactors MH - Fermentation MH - Fungal Proteins/chemistry MH - Fungi/*physiology MH - Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions MH - Microscopy, Atomic Force MH - Microscopy, Electron, Scanning MH - Polytetrafluoroethylene MH - Surface Properties MH - Trichoderma/*physiology OTO - NOTNLM OT - Biofilm reactor OT - Hydrophobin OT - Solid-state physiology OT - Surface colonization OT - Trichoderma EDAT- 2019/08/12 06:00 MHDA- 2020/04/10 06:00 CRDT- 2019/08/12 06:00 PHST- 2019/06/24 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/08/01 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/07/24 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/08/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/04/10 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/08/12 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s00449-019-02187-6 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s00449-019-02187-6 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Bioprocess Biosyst Eng. 2019 Dec;42(12):1935-1946. doi: 10.1007/s00449-019-02187-6. Epub 2019 Aug 10.