Citric acid production from the mash of dried sweet potato with its dregs by Aspergillus niger in an external-loop airlift bioreactor

Process Biochemistry

Volumn 35, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 237-242

  Yuguo, Zheng ^a   Zhao, Wang ^a   Xiaolong, Chen ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Airlift bioreactor; Aspergillus niger; Citric acid fermentation

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BIOREACTOR; FERMENTATION; NONHUMAN; POTATO;

EID: 0033229722     PISSN: 13595113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-9592(99)00055-2     Document Type: Article

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