Oxalic acid production by Aspergillus niger: An oxalate-non-producing mutant produces citric acid at pH 5 and in the presence of manganese

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2569-2576

  Ruijter, George J G ^a   Van De Vondervoort, Peter J I ^a   Visser, Jaap ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

A. niger; Acetyl CoA synthase; Citric acid; Oxalic acid; Oxaloacetate acetylhydrolase

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID; HYDROLASE; MANGANESE; OXALIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGUS MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER;

EID: 0032832111     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-145-9-2569     Document Type: Article

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