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Journal of Biological Sciences

Year: 2002 | Volume: 2 | Issue: 11 | Page No.: 760-761
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2002.760.761
Time Course Profile of Citric Acid Fermentation by Aspergillus niger and its Kinetic Relations
Aamir Ishaq, Sikander Ali , Ikram-ul-Haq and M.A. Qadeer

Abstract: The present study is concerned with the time course profile of citric acid fermentation by Aspergillus niger and its kinetic reletions. Maximum amount of anhydrous citric acid (70.60 g l-1) obtained, 144 h after inoculation, with a sugar consumption of 88.40 g l-1. The dry weight of mycelia was 17.39 g l-1. On the basis of comparison of kinetic parameters namely the product and growth yield coefficients (Yp/s, Yp/x), volumetric rates (Qq) and specific rate constants (qp), it was observed that mutant strain of Aspergillus niger GCB47 was a faster growing organism and has the ability to hyper produce citric acid.

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Aamir Ishaq, Sikander Ali , Ikram-ul-Haq and M.A. Qadeer , 2002. Time Course Profile of Citric Acid Fermentation by Aspergillus niger and its Kinetic Relations. Journal of Biological Sciences, 2: 760-761.

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