“…Filamentous fungal fermentation is widely used to commercially produce useful products such as organic acids, enzymes, antibiotics, and cholesterol lowering drugs (Statins) (Cao et al, 1996;Casas Lopez et al, 2004;Chahal, 1985;Hang, 1989;Papagianni, 2004;Schuurmans et al, 1956;Soccol et al, 1994;Steel et al, 1954). Fungi can be grown in submerged cultures by several different morphological forms: suspended mycelia, clumps, or pellets (Metz et al, 1977).…”