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Coffee husk: an inexpensive substrate for production of citric acid by Aspergillus niger in a solid-state fermentation system.

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Title Coffee husk: an inexpensive substrate for production of citric acid by Aspergillus niger in a solid-state fermentation system.
 
Creator Shankaranand, V. S.
Lonsane, B. K.
 
Subject 04 Fermentation Technology
04 Coffee
07 Waste utilization
 
Description Aspergillus niger CFTRI 30 produced 1.3 g citric acid/10 g dry coffee husk in 72 h solid-state fermentation when the substrate was moistened with 0.075M NaOH solution. Production was increased by 17% by adding a mixture of iron, copper and zinc to the medium but enrichment of the moist solid medium with (NH4)2SO4, sucrose or any of 4 enzymes [2 cellulases, pectinase, amylase] did not improve production. Production of approx. 1.5 g citric acid/10 g dry coffee husk at a conversion of 82% (based on sugar consumed) under standardized conditions is concluded to demonstrate the commercial potential of using the husk in this way.
 
Date 1994
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://ir.cftri.com/3487/1/World%20Journal%20of%20Microbiology%20%26%20Biotechnology%2010%2C%20165-168.pdf
Shankaranand, V. S. and Lonsane, B. K. (1994) Coffee husk: an inexpensive substrate for production of citric acid by Aspergillus niger in a solid-state fermentation system. World Journal of Microbiology & Biotechnology, 10 (2). 165-168, 18 ref..