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. 1975 Nov;30(5):879–880. doi: 10.1128/am.30.5.879-880.1975

Utilization of Brewery Spent Grain Liquor by Aspergillus niger1

Y D Hang 1, D F Splittstoesser 1, E E Woodams 1
PMCID: PMC187289  PMID: 1200633

Abstract

Aspergillus niger was found capable of rapidly converting about 97% of the sugar from brewery spent grain liquor to fungal mass. The yield of dry mycelium, based on the sugar consumed, was approximately 57%. This fungus produced 1.10% titratable acid calculated as citric acid and reduced the biochemical oxygen demand by 96%.

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