Malic acid production from thin stillage by Aspergillus species

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2463-2467

  West, Thomas P ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Biomass; Ethanol fermentation; Glycerol; Malic acid; Thin stillage

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS STRAINS; BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; COMMERCIAL PRODUCTIONS; ETHANOL FERMENTATION; MALIC ACID; MALIC ACIDS; NIGER; STILLAGE; THIN STILLAGE;

BIOMASS; ETHANOL; GLYCEROL;

ASPERGILLUS;

MALIC ACID; MALIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MAIZE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; MALATES; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; ZEA MAYS;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER;

EID: 81155133927     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-011-0720-7     Document Type: Article

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