Table 2.

Comparison of itaconic acid productivity between SSF and CBP fermentations

	Total duration [h]	Itaconic acid titer [g/L]	Averaged productivity [g/L/h]	Source
SSF	164	15.3	0.093	Figure 4
CBP (itaconic acid phase only)	164	10.5	0.064	Figure 4
CBP (including cellulase production)	332	10.5	0.032
CBP fed-batch (itaconic acid phase only)	478	33.8	0.071	Figure 6 [3 days delay]
CBP fed-batch (including cellulase production)	593	33.8	0.057
Glucose fed-batch reference cultivation	87	42.2	0.485	Additional file 1: Figure S4