Performance of Aspergillus niger cultivation in geometrically dissimilar bioreactors evaluated on the basis of morphological analyses

Food Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 57-66

  Priede, M A ^a   Vanags, J J ^a   Viesturs, U E ^a  

^a LATVIAN STATE INSTITUTE OF WOOD CHEMISTRY   (Latvia)

Author keywords

Aspergillus niger; Citric acid; Flow energy distribution; Geometrically dissimilar bioreactors; Morphology; Stirring intensity measuring device

Indexed keywords

STIRRING INTENSITY MEASURING DEVICES (SIMD);

BIOREACTORS; FERMENTATION; FUNGI; IMPELLERS; MASS TRANSFER; MIXING; SHEAR STRESS; VISCOSITY;

CULTIVATION;

CULTIVATION; FERMENTATION; FUNGI; MASS TRANSFER; MIXING; PROPELLERS; SHEAR STRESS; VISCOSITY;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGI;

EID: 0036004405     PISSN: 13309862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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