Manganese Deficiency Is Required for High Itaconic Acid Production From D-Xylose in Aspergillus terreus

Itaconic acid is used as a bio-based, renewable building block in the polymer industry. It is produced by submerged fermentations of the filamentous fungus Aspergillus terreus from molasses or starch, but research over the efficient utilization of non-food, lignocellulosic plant biomass is soaring....

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Main Authors: István S. Kolláth, Ákos P. Molnár, Áron Soós, Erzsébet Fekete, Erzsébet Sándor, Béla Kovács, Christian P. Kubicek, Levente Karaffa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2019.01589/full