Figure 1 - Growth of Cunninghamella elegans UCP 542 and production of chitin and chitosan using yam bean medium

Figure 1. Cunninghamella elegans (UCP 542) grown in different culture media, after 96 hrs of time cultivation, at 28ºC, 150 rpm.
(a) Biomass production.
(b) Yield of chitin.
(c) Chitosan extracted of dry weight biomass.

Legend: SS (Sabouraud Sucrose), A (Medium proposed by Andrade et al.), H&A (Hesseltine and Anderson medium), MG (Malte glucose) and YB (Yam Bean medium)