Direct production of citric acid from raw starch by Aspergillus niger

Process Biochemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 921-924

  Haq, Ikram Ul ^a   Ali, Sikander ^a   Iqbal, Javed ^b  

^a GC UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Aspergillus niger; Citric acid; Direct production; Fermentation; Filamentous fungi; Mutants; Organic acids; Starch hydrolysis

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGI; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0037474348     PISSN: 00329592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-9592(02)00201-7     Document Type: Article

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