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How a fungus shapes biotechnology: 100 years of Aspergillus niger research
In 1917, a food chemist named James Currie made a promising discovery: any strain of the filamentous mould Aspergillus niger would produce high concentrations of citric acid when grown in sugar medium. This tricarboxylic acid, which we now know is an intermediate of the Krebs cycle, had previously b...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2018
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5966904/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29850025 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40694-018-0054-5 |