resulted in a marked increase in the FA production (31.3±2.77 g/L) and produced fungal
pellets with a highly reduced diameter (Fig. 5a) which was later confirmed from SEM analysis
(Fig. 6b, e). At 10 % (v/v), the results were almost repeated as obtained earlier with the growth
conditions of pH 6, 200 rpm, and 25 °C. On reaching the highest concentration (20% v/v),
there was a massive fungal mycelium growth (12 g/L BDW) with negligible amount (0.892 g/
L) of FA production.