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A strain of Aspergillus niger adapted to grow on gluconate is cultivated on a medium containing gluconic acid lactone as the sole carbon source. Nutritional requirements of the adapted mold were studied. The organism shows optimum growth at 30° C in a medium containing per litre 20 g of gluconic acid lactone, 800 mg of NH4NO3, 100 mg of MgSO4, 7 H2O and 270 mg of KH2PO4 having pH 2.0. Mycelial growth reaches its maximum on the third day. Comparative growth responses of the adapted and parent strains on gluconate, glucose and sucrose were studied.
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Lakshminarayana, K., Modi, V.V. & Shah, V.K. Studies on gluconate metabolism in Aspergillus niger . Archiv. Mikrobiol. 66, 389–395 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00414593
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