Biochemistry of microbial itaconic acid production

Itaconic acid is an unsatured dicarbonic acid which has a high potential as a biochemical building block, because it can be used as a monomer for the production of a plethora of products including resins, plastics, paints and synthetic fibers. Some Aspergillus species, like A. itaconicus and A. terr...

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Main Authors: Matthias Georg Steiger, Marzena Lidia Blumhoff, Diethard eMattanovich, Michael eSauer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2013.00023/full