The biochemistry of citric acid accumulation by Aspergillus niger (a review)

Acta Microbiologica et Immunologica Hungarica

Volumn 48, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 429-440

  Karaffa, Levente ^a   Sándor, Erzsébet ^a   Fekete, Erzsébet ^a   Szentirmai, Attila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Aspergillus niger; Citric acid accumulation

Indexed keywords

6 PHOSPHOFRUCTOKINASE; CITRIC ACID; GLUCOSE; OXALIC ACID;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; GLYCOLYSIS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CITRIC ACID; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; GLUCOSE; GLYCOLYSIS; OXALIC ACID; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHOSPHOFRUCTOKINASES; PHOSPHORYLATION;

EID: 0035756436     PISSN: 12178950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/AMicr.48.2001.3-4.11     Document Type: Article

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