Process for producing citric acid by fermentation

Details Process for producing citric acid by fermentation Process for producing citric acid by fermentation

1973-12-06

1976-06-29

Monacell, A. Louis

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195 82, 195114, 195115, C12B 100

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ABSTRACT:
Process for manufacturing citric acid by aerobic culture of yeast strains in a medium containing at least one n-paraffin, comprising adding to the culture medium, after the phase of exponential growth thereof, a nitrogenous heterocyclic organic compound selected from .alpha.-picolinic acid, 2,6-dipicolinic acid, quinaldic acid, bi-pyridine, orthophenanthroline, 8-hydroxyquinoline and 5-hydroxyquinoxaline, at a concentration from 0.5 to 10 g/liter, and controlling the pH value of said medium during said growth phase by addition of sodium or potassium carbonate.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2883329 (1959-04-01), Vergnaud et al.
patent: 3189527 (1965-06-01), Lockwood et al.

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