Production of citric acid by Aspergillus niger MTCC 282 in submerged fermentation using Colocassia antiquorum

Research Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 150-156

  Ganne, Kishore Kumar ^a   Dasari, Venkata Ratna Ravi Kumar ^a   Garapati, Hanumantha Rao ^a  

^a ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aspergillus niger MTCC 282; Citric acid; Colocassia antiquorum; Optimization; Submerged fermentation

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGI;

EID: 40949145319     PISSN: 18164935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jm.2008.150.156     Document Type: Article

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