Citric acid production by Aspergillus niger on the ethanol dry milling coproduct thin stillage

Research Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 678-683

  Xie, Gang ^a   West, Thomas P ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspergillus niger; Biomass; Citric acid; Surface fermentation; Thin stillage; Yield

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGI;

EID: 34548672365     PISSN: 18164935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jm.2007.678.683     Document Type: Article

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