Abstract
Of 19 Rhizopus spp. only four produced l-lactic acid in shake-flask culture. Aerobically and in the presence of a neutralizing agent, Rhizopus oryzae NRRL 395 produced the highest concentration of l-lactic acid (65 g/l) but with O2-limited growth ethanol was produced instead.
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C.R. Soccol and V.I. Stonoga are with the Laboratório de Processos Biotecnológicos, Departmento de Engenharia Química da Universidade Federal do Paraná, 81531-970 Curitiba, PR, Brazil; M. Raimbault is with the Centre ORSTOM, Laboratoire de Biotecnologie, Physiologie et Métabolisme Cellulaires, 911, Avenue Agropolis, 34032 Montpellier, Cedex 1, France.
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Soccol, C.R., Stonoga, V.I. & Raimbault, M. Production of l-lactic acid by Rhizopus species. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 10, 433–435 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00144467
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00144467