Pranaba Nanda Bhattacharyya's study presents data on optimizing cultural conditions for growth and bioactive metabolite production by Aspergillus strain TSF 146, isolated from subsurface soils in Assam, India. The dataset likely contains experimental results measuring mycelial growth and metabolite production under varying conditions of media, temperature, pH, incubation period, shaking, inoculum size, and carbon/nitrogen sources. Optimal conditions were identified, including Potato dextrose broth at 25°C, pH 5.5, sucrose and asparagine as sources, and specific inoculum size and shaking parameters.
Use Cases
- Modeling the effect of temperature on mycelial growth based on experimental temperature variations
- Predicting optimal bioactive metabolite yield based on carbon and nitrogen source concentrations
- Analyzing the relationship between incubation period and metabolite production based on time-series measurements
- Optimizing fermentation parameters like pH and shaking speed for microbial culture based on tested conditions
Strengths
- Experimental design includes seven distinct cultural condition variables: culture media, temperature, pH, incubation period, shaking, inoculum size, and carbon/nitrogen sources
- Specific optimal values are reported, such as 25°C temperature, pH 5.5, 14-day incubation, and concentrations of sucrose (2.0 g/l) and asparagine (1.0 g/l)
Limitations
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified
Provenance
- Source
- Pranaba Nanda Bhattacharyya
- Collection Method
- Experimental study using agar disc diffusion assay and measurement of growth and metabolite production in culture broth
- Geography
- Subsurface soils of Brahmaputra plains, Assam, India