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Torrado,Ana María; Cortés,Sandra; Salgado,José Manuel; Max,Belén; Rodríguez,Noelia; Bibbins,Belinda P; Converti,Attilio; Domínguez,José Manuel. |
Valencia orange (Citrus sinensis) peel was employed in this work as raw material for the production of citric acid (CA) by solid-state fermentation (SSF) of Aspergillus niger CECT-2090 (ATCC 9142, NRRL 599) in Erlenmeyer flasks. To investigate the effects of the main operating variables, the inoculum concentration was varied in the range 0.5·10³ to 0.7·10(8) spores/g dry orange peel, the bed loading from 1.0 to 4.8 g of dry orange peel (corresponding to 35-80 % of the total volume), and the moisture content between 50 and 100 % of the maximum water retention capacity (MWRC) of the material. Moreover, additional experiments were done adding methanol or water in different proportions and ways. The optimal conditions for CA production revealed to be an... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Orange peel; Citric acid; Aspergillus niger; Solid-state fermentation. |
Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822011000100049 |
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