A deficiency of manganese ions in the presence of high sugar concentrations is the critical parameter for achieving high yields of itaconic acid by Aspergillus terreus

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 99, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 7937-7944

  Karaffa, Levente ^a   Díaz, Rafael ^a   Papp, Benedek ^b   Fekete, Erzsébet ^a   Sándor, Erzsébet ^b   Kubicek, Christian P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b Institute of Food Science   (Hungary)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aspergillus terreus; d Glucose; Fermentation; Itaconic acid; Manganese ions; Specific yield; Volumetric yield

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CITRIC ACID; FERMENTATION; GLUCOSE; IONS; MANGANESE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; D-GLUCOSE; ITACONIC ACID; MANGANESE IONS; SPECIFIC YIELD; VOLUMETRIC YIELD;

ASPERGILLUS;

CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; CITRIC ACID; DICARBOXYLIC ACID; ITACONIC ACID; MANGANESE; CULTURE MEDIUM; GLUCOSE; SUCCINIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CITRIC ACID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FERMENTATION; FUNGUS; GLUCOSE; ION; MANGANESE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHYSIOLOGY; VOLUME; YIELD;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; CARBON SOURCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS HYPHAE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; QUANTUM YIELD; SUBMERGED FERMENTATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; FERMENTATION; METABOLISM;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CULTURE MEDIA; FERMENTATION; GLUCOSE; MANGANESE; SUCCINATES;

EID: 84941172547     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-015-6735-6     Document Type: Article

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