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US 4,791,058 AGranted
Grape pomace as substrate for microbial production of citric acid
AssigneeCornell Research Foundation, Inc.
InventorYong D. Hang
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Abstract
It has now been found that grape pomace can be employed as a substrate for citric acid production using Aspergillus niger as the fermentation agent.
Claims4
A fermentation process for producing citric acid which comprises fermenting grape pomace in the presence of citric acid producing amount of Aspergillus niger NRRL 567 in the presence of a citric acid production stimulating amount of methanol at a temperature and for a time sufficient to produce citric acid and recovering citric acid.
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