Industrial production of organic acids by fungi: State of the art and opportunities

Applications of Microbial Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 52-74

  Li, An ^a   Punt, Peter ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

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Indexed keywords

FUNGI;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS RESOURCES; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY; COMMERCIAL PRODUCTIONS; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; ORGANIC ACID PRODUCTIONS; OXIDATION PRODUCTS; TRICARBOXYLIC ACIDS;

ORGANIC ACIDS;

EID: 84890433849     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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