Effect of particle size on production of citric acid from oil palm empty fruit bunches as new substrate by wild Aspergillus niger

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 2648-2652

  Bari, M N ^a,b   Alam, M Z ^a   Muyibi, S A ^a   Jamal, P ^a   Mamun, A A ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Aspergillus niger; Citric acid; Oil palm Empty Fruit Bunches (EFB); Particle size; Solid state bioconversion

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; BIOCONVERSION; CITRIC ACID; FRUITS; PALM OIL; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SUBSTRATES;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; DIFFERENT PARTICLE SIZES; ERLENMEYER FLASKS; GRADED PARTICLES; OIL PALM EMPTY FRUIT BUNCH; OIL PALM EMPTY FRUIT BUNCHES (EFB); PRODUCTION RATES; SOLID STATE BIOCONVERSIONS;

PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 78049312799     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2010.2648.2652     Document Type: Article

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