Citric Acid Production by Aspergillus niger Cultivated on Parkia biglobosa Fruit Pulp

Table 1

Comparison of citric acid production between results in the current research and the literature values.

Organism	Substrate	Fermentation configuration	Citric acid yield (g/L)	Reference
Aspergillus niger	Parkia biglobosa; fruit pulp	Shake flask	1.15	Present study
Aspergillus niger	Coconut husk	Shake flask	1.00	Sukesh et al. [43]
Aspergillus niger	Whey/sucrose	Shake flask	106.50	El-Holi and Al-Delaimy [44]
Aspergillus niger 14/20	Pumpkin	Shake flask	10.35	Majumder et al. [45]
Aspergillus niger	Tapioca	Shake flask	1.60	Sukesh et al. [43]
Aspergillus niger	Apple	Shake flask	2.10	Sukesh et al. [43]
Aspergillus niger 14/20	Molasses	Shake flask	7.72	Majumder et al. [45]
Aspergillus niger	Bagasse	Shake flask	0.24	Vaishnavi et al. [46]
Aspergillus niger	Beet molasses	Shake flask	240.10	Lotfy et al. [47]
Aspergillus niger	Corn steep liquor	Shake flask	10.50	Lotfy et al. [47]
Aspergillus niger ATTCC 9142	Beet molasses	Shake flask	35.00	Roukas [48]
Aspergillus niger; CBS733.83	Sugar cane bagasse	Shake flask	21.24	Pallares et al. [49]
Yarrowia lipolytica	Glycerol	Bioreactor	124.50	da Silva et al. [50]
Yarrowia lipolytica	Whey/sucrose	Shake flask	106.50	da Silva et al. [50]
Yarrowia lipolytica	Crude glycerol	Bioreactor	35.00	Papanikolaou et al. [51]
Yarrowia lipolytica; IMUFRJ50682	Raw glycerol	Shake flask	12.94	Wojtatowicz et al. [52]
Yarrowia lipolytica ACA-DC50109	Olive mill; waste/glucose	Shake flask	28.90	Papanikolaou et al. [39]
Yarrowia lipolytica	Olive mill waste water	Shake flask	18.1	Sarris et al. [53]