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Dithiocarbamates were found to enhance the production of citric acid under solidstate fermentation conditions byAspergillus niger. Maximum increase was observed with tetramethylthiuram disulfide (TMTD). Percent increases observed were 74.2% with 2.5 ⧎g/mL of TMTD, 19.6 % with 2.5 ⧎g/mL of sodium dimethyldithiocarbamate and 33.1 % with 0.6 ⧎g/mL of zinc dimethyldithiocarbamate.
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Khanna, V., Gupta, K.G. Effect of Dithiocarbamates on Citric acid production byAspergillus niger . Folia Microbiol 31, 288–292 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02926953
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