Relationship between morphology and citric acid production in submerged Aspergillus niger fermentations

Biochemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 121-129

  Paul, G C ^a   Priede, M A ^b   Thomas, C R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b LATVIAN STATE INSTITUTE OF WOOD CHEMISTRY   (Latvia)

Author keywords

Agitation; Aspergillus niger; Citric acid; Image analysis; Morphology

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CITRIC ACID; GLUCOSE; OXALIC ACID; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FERMENTATION; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; REACTION ANALYSIS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0032911593     PISSN: 1369703X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-703X(99)00012-1     Document Type: Article

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