Water availability in liquid media was reduced as osmotic pressure
increased, which was attributed to an increase in the
glucose concentration (Fig. S1 in the Electronic supplementary
material; Fig. 2). Initial glucose concentrations
greater than or equal to 140 g glucose L−1 for cultures
of ESALQ1432 and equal to 200 g glucose L−1 for cultures
of GHA boosted blastospore yields up to 2.93×109
and 2.94×109 cells mL−1, respectively. The relationship
between blastospore production and glucose concentration
was significantly explained by a sigmoidal growth model
(R2≥0.85, P