Figure 3. Relative tolerance of temperature for citric acid production by Aspergillus niger GCBT7. All the fermentations were carried out at 30ºC following growth on 150 g/l initial sugar concentration. The initial pH of the molasses medium was kept constant at 6.0 throughout the fermentation period of 6-days. Qp = g citric acid produced/l/h, Yp/s = g citric acid produced/g substrate consumed, Yp/x = g citric acid produced/g cells formed.


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