Channelling of glucose by methanol for citric acid production from Aspergillus niger

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 559-563

  Navaratnam, P ^a   Arasaratnam, V ^a,b   Balasubramaniam, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAFFNA   (Sri Lanka)

^b C/o Mrs A Balasubramaniam ^*  (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Channelling; Extracellular and intracellular citric acid; Fungus; Stimulating

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; METHANOL;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER;

EID: 0031796111     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008856603769     Document Type: Article

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