Citric Acid from Aspergillus Niger

Citric acid has occupied a space in the global market due to its vast uses and applications in many industries. Aspergillus niger is used for industrial production of citric acid due to its property of citric acid accumulation. It has found to produce certain enzymes that help accumulate large quantities of citric acid. Aspergillus niger uses carbohydrate sources to channel energy through glycolytic pathway that subsequently leads to pentose phosphate pathway and Tri carboxylic acid (TCA) cycle. Citric acid is an important organic acid which is being globally consumed and produced in large numbers. In the present study, sweet orange, mango and banana peels were utilized for citric acid production by Aspergillus niger and the fermentation parameters were optimized.

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Docteur en biologie moléculaire, CEMB, PU, post-doctorat SBS, Université du Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan. Il travaille depuis peu en tant qu'agent scientifique principal au Centre de recherche sur l'alimentation et la biotechnologie, PCSIR Laboratories, Lahore, Pakistan. Ses principaux domaines d'activité sont la biotechnologie, la biologie moléculaire, la microbiologie et la virologie. Plus de 25 ans d'expérience dans la recherche et l'enseignement.