Evaluation of fungal mixed cultures for production of citric acid using empty fruit bunches by solid state bioconversion

Alam, Md. and Bari, Md. Niamul and Muyibi, Suleyman Aremu and Jamal, Parveen and Al-Mamun, Abdullah (2008) Evaluation of fungal mixed cultures for production of citric acid using empty fruit bunches by solid state bioconversion. In: 2nd International Conference on Advancement in Science and Technology (iCAST),, 13 - 15 June 2008, Kuantan.

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Abstract

The filamentous fungal strains of Aspergillus niger O-103A, O-109A and O-114A isolated from orange were selected for the evaluation of compatible/incompatible for the production of citric acid by mixed culture. Four combinations of O-103A and O-109A; O-103A and O-114A; O-109A and O-114A; O-103A, O-109A and O-114A were used to examine their potentiality in terms of compatible/incompatible mixed culture through citric acid production. The experiment was carried out to observe the productivity of citric acid in 250 ml Erlenmeyer flasks. The result obtained through this study showed that every culture of fungal combinations was inhibited to produce of citric acid by presence of other strain. The maximum production of citric acid obtained from the single culture of O-114A was 181.251.5 g/kg of dry EFB which was 2 times higher than the maximum production by the mixed culture of O-109A and O-114A.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Full Paper)
Additional Information:	4157/5526
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Citric acid; oil palm empty fruit bunches (EFB); solid state bioconversion; Aspergillus niger; mixed culture
Subjects:	T Technology > TP Chemical technology T Technology > TP Chemical technology > TP248.13 Biotechnology
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Engineering > Department of Biotechnology Engineering
Depositing User:	Dr. Md. Zahangir Alam
Date Deposited:	09 Aug 2012 11:11
Last Modified:	09 Aug 2012 11:11
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/5526

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